Indiana Open - Winslow, IN
Final
Chris Henton, Bill Malbrough, Lynne Higgins, Joe Ramage, Norm Gibson, Jamie Eilers, John McCrory, Will Thompson, Ed Smith, Jason Ingle, Sam Harbin, Andy Bing
He managed to strike Ingle, Thompson and Eilers but Chris Henton (1st Spring Fling Derby, 2nd Arkansas Derby, 2nd Bluegrass Derby, 2nd Hickory Derby) failed to register a point for the third time in his fourteen finals as Malbrough and Smith both dealt with his presence, and a trio of eliminations started with Sam Harbin (2nd Arizona Derby, 5th Ohio Derby, 2nd Mile High Open) took six shots with Norm Gibson's huge hit causing massive damage by itself.
Andy Bing (1st Idaho Invitational, Indy Nationals, Ohio, Golden Gate Invitational) scrapes his first point in five weeks with John McCrory's blindside one of the three hits on Bing, and Jason Ingle (Tied-5th Lobster Nationals, 7th Louisiana Invitational, 3rd Mile High) finishes his third final in twelve weeks with a ninth place finish as Smith and McCrory hit him twice each.
Norm Gibson (1st Lobster, 1st Texas Nationals, 2nd Louisiana) was rocked by a surprise hit from Eilers at the very start of the final but, after tearing apart Harbin, went on to exact some revenge with a double-tap before a trio of opponents waded in, then Will Thompson (1st Arizona Derby, 2nd Summer Sizzler, 2nd Bryan Family Open, 1st Halloween Open) moves within two points of championship leader Darryl Lozier as stalls and an untimely miss conspire to keep him down in seventh place as McCrory helped him along with three straight shots.
After six hits on as many competitors Bill Malbrough (11th Halloween) adds to his debut point earned as co-winner of heat three, finishing in sixth place when Ingle, Ramage and Smith struck him in turn, and Joe Ramage (1st Valentine's Day Massacre, 1st Bryan Family Open) collects his first set of final points for nine weeks with two hits on both Gibson and Malbrough. In return Ramage took seven shots with Higgins and Harbin delivering a pair each.
Jamie Eilers (2nd Frostbite, 2nd Ides of March, 1st Sizzler, 1st Summer National Derby) claims his sixth top four finish this year with a stal ending his run, but not before taking it to some of the bigger names in the final with Gibson, Bing, McCrory (2) and Ramage all feeling his wrath, and Ed Smith (7th Ohio Derby, 4th Mile High, 7th Hickory, 7th Halloween) continues to impress as the season winds down as, in his fifth final out of the last eight, he did not shy away from anyone, running through the pack with impunity with eight hits for and five against; two from McCrory deciding his fate.
That left Lynne Higgins and John McCrory battling it out for the win. Four times a fifth place finisher Higgins (4th Arkansas, 3rd Bluegrass), heading for her best result whatever the outcome, warred hard with Joe Ramage and Jamie Eilers, only striking McCrory late on with the pack thinned out.
McCrory (3rd Seattle, 2nd Ohio, 2nd Halloween), one of those who came out of the consolation heat, took down several entrants with Ingle, Thompson and Smith all taking multiple hits and, like his final opponent, only initiated contact with Higgins very late one with their only contacts resulting in a dead heat handing both drivers their first event victory.
Race Result
1. Lynne Higgins
1. John McCrory
3. Ed Smith
4. Jamie Eilers
5. Joe Ramage
6. Bill Malbrough
7. Will Thompson
8. Norm Gibson
9. Jason Ingle
10. Andy Bing
11. Sam Harbin
12. Chris Henton
Saturday, 22 June 2013
Friday, 21 June 2013
Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967/68 Playoff SF's, May 1st
Wednesday 1st May 1968
East Division
Montreal Canadiens @ Toronto Maple Leafs Game #6
It was May Day for two teams today as both the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Pittsburgh Penguins faced elimination. The Eastern matchup had fireworks at the very start when Harper and Stemkowski dropped the gloves, but the game, like the series as a whole, had very few penalties.
Toronto took the lead through Pappin (2) on the powerplay but were then forced to change netminders when Gamble went down with an injury after stopping all six shots, allowing Bower to make his return after being lit up in game three.
It was 2-0 when Pulford (1) went in unobstructed late in the first period, then becoming 3-0 on Pappin's (3) second of the night as Keon picked up his second assist. Keon (5) had his favours returned by Pappin for a 4-0 lead in the third but Beliveau (9) spoiled the shutout with four minutes and change left to play.
Game seven will be in Montreal in two days time.
MON Worsley (7-5 .900 3.08) 31/35, Powerplay 0/0
TOR Gamble (1-2 .913 2.25) 6/6; Bower (6-2 .894 2.88) 13/14, Powerplay 1/3
Goalscorers:
1st Period
Fight MON Harper vs TOT Stemkowski 1:38
TOR PPG Pappin (2) Keon, M Pronovost 4:26
INJ TOR Gamble 12:20
TOR Pulford (1) unassisted 19:05
2nd Period
TOR Pappin (3) Keon, Horton 8:58
3rd Period
TOR Keon (5) Pappin 11:10
MON Beliveau (9) Rousseau, JC Tremblay 15:46
The best-of-seven series is tied 3-3
West Division
Philadelphia Flyers @ Pittsburgh Penguins Game #6
Bassen started his third straight game after helping to stave off elimination for games four and five, including a sixteen shot shutout in the most recent contest. In game six Bassen was left out to dry all too often by his defence as he was bombarded with thirty-six shots; twenty-seven of them coming in the first forty minutes.
Parent, keeping his place as he was not to blame for the shutout defeat of game five, stopped all ten shots in the opening frame, including a blinding save, and, along with his opposite number's twelve saves, kept the game scoreless after the first period.
The rink was sloped in favour of Philadelphia throughout the second period as they outshot the Pens 15-4 and making the breakthrough 7:58 into the frame when Miszuk (2) found the net. 1:06 later it was 2-0, Sutherland (8) piling on the pain of the home crowd.
A fight between Dornhoefer and Boivin failed to get Pittsburgh fired up and went into the final period down 3-0 when Selby (4) scored his third of the series. Hoekstra (4) tallied early in that last frame and, after one final fight when Dornhoefer dropped the gloves with MacNeil, the Philadelphia Flyers finish their state rivals at the third time of asking to become the first expansion team to reach the Stanley Cup Finals.
PHI Parent (5-4 .911 2.56) 19/19, Powerplay 0/0
PIT Bassen (2-1 .909 2.33) 32/36, Powerplay 0/0
Goalscorers:
1st Period
No SCoring
2nd Period
PHI Miszuk (2) JC Watson, Selby 7:58
PHI Sutherland (8) Hoekstra, Rochefort 9:04
Fight PHI Dornhoefer vs PIT Boivin 11:23
PHI Selby (4) Dornhoefer, Angotti 17:26
3rd Period
PHI Hoekstra (4) Sutherland 4:07
Fight PHI Dornhoefer vs PIT MacNeil 9:16
Philadelphia Flyers win the best-of-seven series 4-2
East Division
Montreal Canadiens @ Toronto Maple Leafs Game #6
It was May Day for two teams today as both the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Pittsburgh Penguins faced elimination. The Eastern matchup had fireworks at the very start when Harper and Stemkowski dropped the gloves, but the game, like the series as a whole, had very few penalties.
Toronto took the lead through Pappin (2) on the powerplay but were then forced to change netminders when Gamble went down with an injury after stopping all six shots, allowing Bower to make his return after being lit up in game three.
It was 2-0 when Pulford (1) went in unobstructed late in the first period, then becoming 3-0 on Pappin's (3) second of the night as Keon picked up his second assist. Keon (5) had his favours returned by Pappin for a 4-0 lead in the third but Beliveau (9) spoiled the shutout with four minutes and change left to play.
Game seven will be in Montreal in two days time.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | F | ||
| MON | @ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| TOR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
MON Worsley (7-5 .900 3.08) 31/35, Powerplay 0/0
TOR Gamble (1-2 .913 2.25) 6/6; Bower (6-2 .894 2.88) 13/14, Powerplay 1/3
Goalscorers:
1st Period
Fight MON Harper vs TOT Stemkowski 1:38
TOR PPG Pappin (2) Keon, M Pronovost 4:26
INJ TOR Gamble 12:20
TOR Pulford (1) unassisted 19:05
2nd Period
TOR Pappin (3) Keon, Horton 8:58
3rd Period
TOR Keon (5) Pappin 11:10
MON Beliveau (9) Rousseau, JC Tremblay 15:46
The best-of-seven series is tied 3-3
West Division
Philadelphia Flyers @ Pittsburgh Penguins Game #6
Bassen started his third straight game after helping to stave off elimination for games four and five, including a sixteen shot shutout in the most recent contest. In game six Bassen was left out to dry all too often by his defence as he was bombarded with thirty-six shots; twenty-seven of them coming in the first forty minutes.
Parent, keeping his place as he was not to blame for the shutout defeat of game five, stopped all ten shots in the opening frame, including a blinding save, and, along with his opposite number's twelve saves, kept the game scoreless after the first period.
The rink was sloped in favour of Philadelphia throughout the second period as they outshot the Pens 15-4 and making the breakthrough 7:58 into the frame when Miszuk (2) found the net. 1:06 later it was 2-0, Sutherland (8) piling on the pain of the home crowd.
A fight between Dornhoefer and Boivin failed to get Pittsburgh fired up and went into the final period down 3-0 when Selby (4) scored his third of the series. Hoekstra (4) tallied early in that last frame and, after one final fight when Dornhoefer dropped the gloves with MacNeil, the Philadelphia Flyers finish their state rivals at the third time of asking to become the first expansion team to reach the Stanley Cup Finals.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | F | ||
| PHI | @ | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PHI Parent (5-4 .911 2.56) 19/19, Powerplay 0/0
PIT Bassen (2-1 .909 2.33) 32/36, Powerplay 0/0
Goalscorers:
1st Period
No SCoring
2nd Period
PHI Miszuk (2) JC Watson, Selby 7:58
PHI Sutherland (8) Hoekstra, Rochefort 9:04
Fight PHI Dornhoefer vs PIT Boivin 11:23
PHI Selby (4) Dornhoefer, Angotti 17:26
3rd Period
PHI Hoekstra (4) Sutherland 4:07
Fight PHI Dornhoefer vs PIT MacNeil 9:16
Philadelphia Flyers win the best-of-seven series 4-2
Controlled Chaos - Indiana Open, Consolation Heat
Indiana Open - Winslow, IN
Consolation Heat
Tom Gariepy, Reggie Banks, Leo May, Don Davis, Randy Tondreau, Will Murphy, Charlie Clayton, Chris Henton, Rob Remaley, Andy Bing, John McCrory, Bob Alexander
With Bob Alexander (6th Arizona Derby, 3th Lobster Nationals, 9th Texas Nationals) unfit to participate Charlie Clayton became the first real elimination when he was shunted offline in his blindside attempt on Randy Tondreau by Leo May at the three minute mark, then six minutes in Leo May (4th Wisconsin Invitational, 4th Idaho Invitational, 2nd Indy Nationals) misses his twelfth straight final after Reggie Banks set him up for Don Davis (2nd Jersey Derby,7th Summer Sizzler, 9th Arkansas Derby) blindside that took them both out.
Hot on the heels of these eliminations Randy Tondreau (6th Tampa Open, 3rd Firecracker Open, 7th Alamo Derby) was forced to leave the arena of carnage with a slight leg injury, his battle with McCrory the cause of the hurt, and Tom Gariepy (1st Wisconsin,, 1st Arkansas, 1st Mile High Open)stalled out after tapping Reggie Banks (1st Firecracker, 10th Ohio Derby, 10th Fall Nationals) twice before the latter then took back-to-back blindsides from Bing and then Murphy.
The domino effect continued all the way down until only the three qualifiers remained and it was Rob Remaley (3rd Ides of March, 4th Seattle Derby, Tied-4th SidelineStrategy.com Derby) falling in fifth place thanks to Chris Henton's unrelenting triple assault with fourth spot going to Will Murphy (2nd Tampa, 3rd Spring Fling Derby, 3rd Idaho, 3rd Big Apple Smash Up) who misses his sixth final in a row, with just three appearances in eighteen, with both McCrory and Bing tag-teaming him at the very end.
Chris Henton makes it fourteen finals this year and, after back-to-back absences, returns to his first since his eight week final run. With hits on May, Banks, and three on Rob Remaley, Henton took just two hits, both from Bing that caused a stall he was able to salvage.
Andy Bing rolled into his sixteenth final, but just his fourth in ten weeks, on the back of seven hits with McCrory and Henton both taking a pair. Only Remaley at the very start of proceedings was able to make contact with the four-time event winner as he was otherwise untouched throughout.
Finally, John McCrory is heading into his thirteenth final this season, and third in a month, with a troubling stall interrupting his progress. Hits on Remaley and Tondreau came either side of the delay, with Murphy taking a late double-tap. McCrory took six shots as Bing and Tondreau both laid it on him twice each.
Race Result
Q. Chris Henton
Q. Andy Bing
Q. John McCrory
4. Will Murphy
5. Rob Remaley
6. Reggie Banks
7. Tom Gariepy
8. Randy Tondreau
9. Don Davis
10. Leo May
11. Charlie Clayton
12. Bob Alexander (DNS)
Consolation Heat
Tom Gariepy, Reggie Banks, Leo May, Don Davis, Randy Tondreau, Will Murphy, Charlie Clayton, Chris Henton, Rob Remaley, Andy Bing, John McCrory, Bob Alexander
With Bob Alexander (6th Arizona Derby, 3th Lobster Nationals, 9th Texas Nationals) unfit to participate Charlie Clayton became the first real elimination when he was shunted offline in his blindside attempt on Randy Tondreau by Leo May at the three minute mark, then six minutes in Leo May (4th Wisconsin Invitational, 4th Idaho Invitational, 2nd Indy Nationals) misses his twelfth straight final after Reggie Banks set him up for Don Davis (2nd Jersey Derby,7th Summer Sizzler, 9th Arkansas Derby) blindside that took them both out.
Hot on the heels of these eliminations Randy Tondreau (6th Tampa Open, 3rd Firecracker Open, 7th Alamo Derby) was forced to leave the arena of carnage with a slight leg injury, his battle with McCrory the cause of the hurt, and Tom Gariepy (1st Wisconsin,, 1st Arkansas, 1st Mile High Open)stalled out after tapping Reggie Banks (1st Firecracker, 10th Ohio Derby, 10th Fall Nationals) twice before the latter then took back-to-back blindsides from Bing and then Murphy.
The domino effect continued all the way down until only the three qualifiers remained and it was Rob Remaley (3rd Ides of March, 4th Seattle Derby, Tied-4th SidelineStrategy.com Derby) falling in fifth place thanks to Chris Henton's unrelenting triple assault with fourth spot going to Will Murphy (2nd Tampa, 3rd Spring Fling Derby, 3rd Idaho, 3rd Big Apple Smash Up) who misses his sixth final in a row, with just three appearances in eighteen, with both McCrory and Bing tag-teaming him at the very end.
Chris Henton makes it fourteen finals this year and, after back-to-back absences, returns to his first since his eight week final run. With hits on May, Banks, and three on Rob Remaley, Henton took just two hits, both from Bing that caused a stall he was able to salvage.
Andy Bing rolled into his sixteenth final, but just his fourth in ten weeks, on the back of seven hits with McCrory and Henton both taking a pair. Only Remaley at the very start of proceedings was able to make contact with the four-time event winner as he was otherwise untouched throughout.
Finally, John McCrory is heading into his thirteenth final this season, and third in a month, with a troubling stall interrupting his progress. Hits on Remaley and Tondreau came either side of the delay, with Murphy taking a late double-tap. McCrory took six shots as Bing and Tondreau both laid it on him twice each.
Race Result
Q. Chris Henton
Q. Andy Bing
Q. John McCrory
4. Will Murphy
5. Rob Remaley
6. Reggie Banks
7. Tom Gariepy
8. Randy Tondreau
9. Don Davis
10. Leo May
11. Charlie Clayton
12. Bob Alexander (DNS)
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Controlled Chaos - Indiana Open, Heat Three
Indiana Open - Winslow, IN
Heat Three
Steven Redden, Charlie Clayton, John McCrory, Phillip Ruffin, Lynne Higgins, Dick Garrett, Ricky Grimes, Bill Malbrough, Joe Ramage, Rob Remaley, Randy Corson, Chris Henton
Only Dick Garrett (6th Ides of March, 7th Wisconsin Invitational, 5th Seattle Derby, 7th Indy Nationals), who suffered five hits in the opening two minutes to force him to miss a seventeenth straight final, was eliminated after six minutes of the third heat, with seven-time finalist Ricky Grimes (3rd Jersey Derby, 3rd Texas Nationals, 1st Louisiana Invitational) starting a run of four exits after he was involved with eight collisions.
It's four finals in twenty-two weeks now for Randy Corson (5th Frostbite, 5th Tampa Open, 6th Alamo Derby, 6th Fall Nationals) as he re-fired a lengthy stall only for Rob Remaley to return from an early hit to finish what he started, and, after Steven Redden came in to break up the attached Charlie Clayton and Phillip Ruffin just prior to the clock counting down on the both of them, Ruffin (8th Big Apple Smash Up, 8th Mile High Open, 5th Hickory Derby, 5th Fall) finally fell to the abuse handed down by John McCrory.
After his charitable work ten-time finalist Steven Redden (Tied-2nd Valentine's Day Massacre, 3rd Indy), who now has one appearance in the last thirteen finals (7th Fall), took a fourth consecutive hit from Chris Henton who, as a result of this brutality, claimed the seventh spot, moving him on to the consolation heat and leaving Redden nowhere.
John McCrory, who laid five of his eight hits on Ruffin (3) and Lynne Higgins (2), ended up smashed into the wall after a terrible miss, and he joins both Rob Remaley and Charlie Clayton who combined for fourteen hits with Corson and McCrory taking three each.
It's fourteen finals on the year for Lynne Higgins with her eighth in eleven weeks. Starting out with a short stall Higgins went on to strike Garrett, Redden and Corson before Remaley took a pair. A return to Redden and Remaley led into Malbrough, then Ramage twice, taking punishment. In return she rode ten hits with her final two victims sandwiching her at the end.
After so long without an appearance this season Bill Malbrough makes it back-to-back finals, with Joe Ramage making it thirteen. Malbrough spent a lot of the fourteen minute contest chasing after Ramage striking him six times, with Higgins and McCrory taking a pair each, all while his final opponent was merrily carving through the whole pack as only Clayton (3) and Remaley (2) experiencing multiple attacks. In the end it was the sixth hit from Malbrough while Ramage was stalled that caused both vehicles to call it day, resulting in Malbrough picking up his first ever point; Ramage in comparison earns his one-hundred-and-twenty-second.
Race Result
1. Joe Ramage
1. Bill Malbrough
3. Lynne Higgins
4. Charlie Clayton
5. Rob Remaley
6. John McCrory
7. Chris Henton
8. Steven Redden
9. Phillip Ruffin
10. Randy Corson
11. Ricky Grimes
12. Dick Garrett
Heat Three
Steven Redden, Charlie Clayton, John McCrory, Phillip Ruffin, Lynne Higgins, Dick Garrett, Ricky Grimes, Bill Malbrough, Joe Ramage, Rob Remaley, Randy Corson, Chris Henton
Only Dick Garrett (6th Ides of March, 7th Wisconsin Invitational, 5th Seattle Derby, 7th Indy Nationals), who suffered five hits in the opening two minutes to force him to miss a seventeenth straight final, was eliminated after six minutes of the third heat, with seven-time finalist Ricky Grimes (3rd Jersey Derby, 3rd Texas Nationals, 1st Louisiana Invitational) starting a run of four exits after he was involved with eight collisions.
It's four finals in twenty-two weeks now for Randy Corson (5th Frostbite, 5th Tampa Open, 6th Alamo Derby, 6th Fall Nationals) as he re-fired a lengthy stall only for Rob Remaley to return from an early hit to finish what he started, and, after Steven Redden came in to break up the attached Charlie Clayton and Phillip Ruffin just prior to the clock counting down on the both of them, Ruffin (8th Big Apple Smash Up, 8th Mile High Open, 5th Hickory Derby, 5th Fall) finally fell to the abuse handed down by John McCrory.
After his charitable work ten-time finalist Steven Redden (Tied-2nd Valentine's Day Massacre, 3rd Indy), who now has one appearance in the last thirteen finals (7th Fall), took a fourth consecutive hit from Chris Henton who, as a result of this brutality, claimed the seventh spot, moving him on to the consolation heat and leaving Redden nowhere.
John McCrory, who laid five of his eight hits on Ruffin (3) and Lynne Higgins (2), ended up smashed into the wall after a terrible miss, and he joins both Rob Remaley and Charlie Clayton who combined for fourteen hits with Corson and McCrory taking three each.
It's fourteen finals on the year for Lynne Higgins with her eighth in eleven weeks. Starting out with a short stall Higgins went on to strike Garrett, Redden and Corson before Remaley took a pair. A return to Redden and Remaley led into Malbrough, then Ramage twice, taking punishment. In return she rode ten hits with her final two victims sandwiching her at the end.
After so long without an appearance this season Bill Malbrough makes it back-to-back finals, with Joe Ramage making it thirteen. Malbrough spent a lot of the fourteen minute contest chasing after Ramage striking him six times, with Higgins and McCrory taking a pair each, all while his final opponent was merrily carving through the whole pack as only Clayton (3) and Remaley (2) experiencing multiple attacks. In the end it was the sixth hit from Malbrough while Ramage was stalled that caused both vehicles to call it day, resulting in Malbrough picking up his first ever point; Ramage in comparison earns his one-hundred-and-twenty-second.
Race Result
1. Joe Ramage
1. Bill Malbrough
3. Lynne Higgins
4. Charlie Clayton
5. Rob Remaley
6. John McCrory
7. Chris Henton
8. Steven Redden
9. Phillip Ruffin
10. Randy Corson
11. Ricky Grimes
12. Dick Garrett
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967/68 Playoff SF's, April 29th 1968
Mon 29th April 1968
East Division
Toronto Maple Leafs @ Montreal Canadiens Game #5
After two periods there were just twenty-two shots and a single goal on the scoreboard as Cournoyer's (5) tally at 2:15 in the first period held out until 6:44 in the third where Ellis (8) scored his fifth goal of the series while the Leafs were shorthanded.
T Harris (3) restored Montreal's lead on that same powerplay and only an F Mahovlich (5) finish eighteen seconds from time prevented the Habs from taking a 3-2 series lead back to Toronto. WHile the Leafs spent the final frame of regulation on the ascendancy with fourteen shots to Montreal's eight, it was the Canadiens who controlled OT with twelve shots against one. The relentless pressure finally broke Toronto and at 3:39 of the extra period G Tremblay (5) finished off what his brother started to get that series lead for a third time.
TOR Gamble (1-2 .908 3.00) 30/33, Powerplay 0/0
MON Worsley (7-4 .902 3.00) 21/23, Powerplay 1/3
Goalscorers:
1st Period
MON Cournoyer (5) Duff 2:15
2nd Period
No Scoring
3rd Period
TOR SHG Ellis (8) Stranley 6:44
MON PPG T Harris (3) Duff, Lamaire 7:02
TOR F Mahovlich (5) L Hillman, Walton 19:42
Overtime
MON G Tremblay (5) JC Tremblay 3:39
Montreal leads the best-of-seven series 3-2
West Division
Pittsburgh Penguins @ Philadelphia Flyers Game #5
While the Penguins stuck with game four winner Bassen in goal Philadelphia went back to Parent as they once again tried to close out the series. Eight shots a piece in the opening frame yielded no success as both netminders stood firm, but Ingarfield (2) carried on from his OT winner last time out by breaking the deadlock midway though the second period on the powerplay.
K McCreary (1) was then set up by MacNeil (2) with the latter scoring himself in the final period with Pittsburgh on their sixth man advantage as Bassen stops all sixteen shots that came his way, becoming the third goalie to keep a clean sheet in the playoffs and the second Pen to do so. The series heads back to Pittsburgh for game six where Philadelphia have a third chance to book their place in the finals.
PIT Bassen (2-0 .927 1.50) 16/16, Powerplay 2/6
PHI Parent (4-4 .903 2.88) 28/31, Powerplay 0/o
Goalscorers:
1st Period
No Scoring
2nd Period
PIT PPG Ingarfield (2) Schinkel, Price 8:13
PIT K McCreary (1) MacNeil 13:24
3rd Period
PIT PPG MacNeil (2) Ingarfield, Fonteyne 14:52
Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven series 3-2
East Division
Toronto Maple Leafs @ Montreal Canadiens Game #5
After two periods there were just twenty-two shots and a single goal on the scoreboard as Cournoyer's (5) tally at 2:15 in the first period held out until 6:44 in the third where Ellis (8) scored his fifth goal of the series while the Leafs were shorthanded.
T Harris (3) restored Montreal's lead on that same powerplay and only an F Mahovlich (5) finish eighteen seconds from time prevented the Habs from taking a 3-2 series lead back to Toronto. WHile the Leafs spent the final frame of regulation on the ascendancy with fourteen shots to Montreal's eight, it was the Canadiens who controlled OT with twelve shots against one. The relentless pressure finally broke Toronto and at 3:39 of the extra period G Tremblay (5) finished off what his brother started to get that series lead for a third time.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | F | ||
| TOR | @ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MON | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
TOR Gamble (1-2 .908 3.00) 30/33, Powerplay 0/0
MON Worsley (7-4 .902 3.00) 21/23, Powerplay 1/3
Goalscorers:
1st Period
MON Cournoyer (5) Duff 2:15
2nd Period
No Scoring
3rd Period
TOR SHG Ellis (8) Stranley 6:44
MON PPG T Harris (3) Duff, Lamaire 7:02
TOR F Mahovlich (5) L Hillman, Walton 19:42
Overtime
MON G Tremblay (5) JC Tremblay 3:39
Montreal leads the best-of-seven series 3-2
West Division
Pittsburgh Penguins @ Philadelphia Flyers Game #5
While the Penguins stuck with game four winner Bassen in goal Philadelphia went back to Parent as they once again tried to close out the series. Eight shots a piece in the opening frame yielded no success as both netminders stood firm, but Ingarfield (2) carried on from his OT winner last time out by breaking the deadlock midway though the second period on the powerplay.
K McCreary (1) was then set up by MacNeil (2) with the latter scoring himself in the final period with Pittsburgh on their sixth man advantage as Bassen stops all sixteen shots that came his way, becoming the third goalie to keep a clean sheet in the playoffs and the second Pen to do so. The series heads back to Pittsburgh for game six where Philadelphia have a third chance to book their place in the finals.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | F | ||
| PIT | @ | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PIT Bassen (2-0 .927 1.50) 16/16, Powerplay 2/6
PHI Parent (4-4 .903 2.88) 28/31, Powerplay 0/o
Goalscorers:
1st Period
No Scoring
2nd Period
PIT PPG Ingarfield (2) Schinkel, Price 8:13
PIT K McCreary (1) MacNeil 13:24
3rd Period
PIT PPG MacNeil (2) Ingarfield, Fonteyne 14:52
Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven series 3-2
Controlled Chaos - Indiana Open, Heat Two
Indiana Open - Winslow, IN
Heat Two
Jess Yates, Reggie Banks, Danny Krol, Jason Ingle, Tom Gariepy, Bob Alexander, Norm Gibson, Will Thompson, Scott Hutchins, Bambi Rogers, John Ruiz, Randy Tondreau
Almost six minutes had passed in the second heat in Winslow before Scott Hutchins (1st Seattle Derby, 2nd Big Apple Smash Up, 2nd Lobster Nationals, 1st Bluegrass Derby) blew a huge chance to take over the lead in the championship, missing his first final in six weeks as Banks, Tondreau and Krol all conspired against him, knocking him out after he had struck Ruiz, Yates, Tondreau, and his title rival Will Thompson.
That was the first of a string of eliminations where Jess Yates (4th Summer Sizzler, 3rd Alamo Derby, 3rd Halloween Open) was knocked around by the pack, Bambi Rogers (6th Arknsas Derby, 11th Bryan Family Open, 5th Halloween) tried to hunt down John Ruiz before Thompson charged in with a devastating blindsider, and then Ruiz (1st Ides of March, 8th Seattle Derby, 2nd Fall Nationals) unsurprisingly succumbed to the nine shots he took with Thompson finishing the job on a double-tap, keeping his poor record going with just three finals out of the last twenty.
With Danny Krol (4th Jersey Derby, 3rd Sizzler, 4th Bluegrass, 1st Hickory) taken out by just three hits - his five shots on as many opponents causing as much damage to himself as to anyone else - the consolation heat entrants were Reggie Banks, who carved through seven different competitors, Randy Tondreau, who survived a stall and rampaged over Reggie Banks to take him down, with Tom Gariepy and Bob Alexander both heading out together when the former flew up and over Alexander.
While Gariepy was stalling and requiring the marshall's help in putting out a small fire Bob Alexander was warring with Rogers and then helped to soften up Banks before his nemesis of the day paid heavy attention to him. The second hit laid on by Gariepy saw his car crush the roof of his opponent while he somersaulted onto his own back, eliminating the pair.
When Will Thompson and Norm Gibson came together for the eighth time in the heat that was it for both drivers, forcing them to share runner-up spot. Thompson, who trails championship leader Darryl Lozier by just six points, heads into his twenty-second final after chasing after Ingle and Gibson, but it was a hit to Bambi Rogers that started off his heat. Hutchins then came in with a blindside early in his ill-fated day before passing it on, then he struck his two victims once each, double-tapped Ruiz, then laid five more hits on Ingle (2) and Gibson (3).
That final hit left Gibson stranded along with his attacker, but it's fourteenth final for him; just his second in five weeks. Also suffering an early blindside - from who else but Thompson? - their ten minute war raged on with Alexander earning a couple of shots along the way; Yates and Rogers one each.
Jason Ingle therefore takes his third heat win this year as he moves on into eleventh final of his season, third in twelve. Almost falling at the start when his car stalled for a long time Ingle re-fired and struck both Alexander and Banks, avoiding a hit to his blindside as well, before suffering yet another tough stall. Again he had seconds to spare when he eventually re-fired the engine, but with everyone else preoccupied he suffered only six hits against throughout the heat. Laying a shot each into Gariepy and Alexander before their cataclysmal finale, he then rode the final challenges to take the win,.
Race Result
1. Jason Ingle
2. Norm Gibson
2. Will Thompson
4. Tom Gariepy
4. Bob Alexander
6. Randy Tondreau
7. Reggie Banks
8. Danny Krol
9. John Ruiz
10. Bambi Rogers
11. Jess Yates
12. Scott Hutchins
Heat Two
Jess Yates, Reggie Banks, Danny Krol, Jason Ingle, Tom Gariepy, Bob Alexander, Norm Gibson, Will Thompson, Scott Hutchins, Bambi Rogers, John Ruiz, Randy Tondreau
Almost six minutes had passed in the second heat in Winslow before Scott Hutchins (1st Seattle Derby, 2nd Big Apple Smash Up, 2nd Lobster Nationals, 1st Bluegrass Derby) blew a huge chance to take over the lead in the championship, missing his first final in six weeks as Banks, Tondreau and Krol all conspired against him, knocking him out after he had struck Ruiz, Yates, Tondreau, and his title rival Will Thompson.
That was the first of a string of eliminations where Jess Yates (4th Summer Sizzler, 3rd Alamo Derby, 3rd Halloween Open) was knocked around by the pack, Bambi Rogers (6th Arknsas Derby, 11th Bryan Family Open, 5th Halloween) tried to hunt down John Ruiz before Thompson charged in with a devastating blindsider, and then Ruiz (1st Ides of March, 8th Seattle Derby, 2nd Fall Nationals) unsurprisingly succumbed to the nine shots he took with Thompson finishing the job on a double-tap, keeping his poor record going with just three finals out of the last twenty.
With Danny Krol (4th Jersey Derby, 3rd Sizzler, 4th Bluegrass, 1st Hickory) taken out by just three hits - his five shots on as many opponents causing as much damage to himself as to anyone else - the consolation heat entrants were Reggie Banks, who carved through seven different competitors, Randy Tondreau, who survived a stall and rampaged over Reggie Banks to take him down, with Tom Gariepy and Bob Alexander both heading out together when the former flew up and over Alexander.
While Gariepy was stalling and requiring the marshall's help in putting out a small fire Bob Alexander was warring with Rogers and then helped to soften up Banks before his nemesis of the day paid heavy attention to him. The second hit laid on by Gariepy saw his car crush the roof of his opponent while he somersaulted onto his own back, eliminating the pair.
When Will Thompson and Norm Gibson came together for the eighth time in the heat that was it for both drivers, forcing them to share runner-up spot. Thompson, who trails championship leader Darryl Lozier by just six points, heads into his twenty-second final after chasing after Ingle and Gibson, but it was a hit to Bambi Rogers that started off his heat. Hutchins then came in with a blindside early in his ill-fated day before passing it on, then he struck his two victims once each, double-tapped Ruiz, then laid five more hits on Ingle (2) and Gibson (3).
That final hit left Gibson stranded along with his attacker, but it's fourteenth final for him; just his second in five weeks. Also suffering an early blindside - from who else but Thompson? - their ten minute war raged on with Alexander earning a couple of shots along the way; Yates and Rogers one each.
Jason Ingle therefore takes his third heat win this year as he moves on into eleventh final of his season, third in twelve. Almost falling at the start when his car stalled for a long time Ingle re-fired and struck both Alexander and Banks, avoiding a hit to his blindside as well, before suffering yet another tough stall. Again he had seconds to spare when he eventually re-fired the engine, but with everyone else preoccupied he suffered only six hits against throughout the heat. Laying a shot each into Gariepy and Alexander before their cataclysmal finale, he then rode the final challenges to take the win,.
Race Result
1. Jason Ingle
2. Norm Gibson
2. Will Thompson
4. Tom Gariepy
4. Bob Alexander
6. Randy Tondreau
7. Reggie Banks
8. Danny Krol
9. John Ruiz
10. Bambi Rogers
11. Jess Yates
12. Scott Hutchins
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Controlled Chaos - Indiana Open, Heat One
Indiana Open - Winslow, IN
Heat One
Jamie Eilers, Ben Hadsell, Ed Smith, Matt Welliver, Sam Harbin, Andy Bing, Leo May, Will Murphy, Timmy Barnes, Darrell Andresen, Darryl Lozier, Don Davis
Ben Hadsell (1st Frostbite, Tied-2nd Summer National Derby, 2nd Texas Nationals, 1st Fall Nationals) went from hitting Ed Smith to colliding with Matt Welliver, jarring him enough to force him out very early on with a knock, and Darrell Andresen (4th Indy Nationals, 5th Firecracker Open, 5th Arknsas Derby) has two finals out of the last eight as he and Darryl Lozier tangled leaving the former stalled out.
It's no finals in four and with only three all year Timmy Barnes (12th Spring Fling Derby, 4th Big Apple Smash Up, 8th Bluegrass Derby) endures another hard luck round with five hits against him in quick order, two of them coming from Jamie Eilers, and the fall of the long-term standings leader Darryl Lozier (1st Tampa Open, Jersey Derby, Big Apple, Alamo Derby) continues as his battle with Ed Smith leaves him stalled and unable to re-fire in ninth position. This is the second time in two months he has missed back-to-back finals with only a 10th in the Bluegrass Derby and 4th at Hickory making up his points hauls in that time.
Matt Welliver (1st SidelineStrategy.com Derby, 2nd Golden Gate Invitational, 3rd Fall Nationals) is unable to continue his good form of late where he has four top four finishes in the last seven rounds, Andy Bing finishing with a blindside what Smith started with a double-attack, and then Bing creeps into the consolation heat after Welliver freed him and Harbin from a locked-bumper situation, going on to be crushed by a trio of assailants to take his total of hits against into double figures.
After looking in good form by taking it to five drivers Will Murphy suffered from a terrible miss that ended his heat in a wall, but he moves onto the second chance race along with Leo May who became locked up with Hadsell before Bing freed them, and Don Davis who warred hard with both Bing and Eilers with the latter ending it with a surprise hit after missing an earlier blindside attempt.
It's a fifth final in eight for Ed Smith who only enjoyed a single pointless appearance through the first twenty-two rounds. With eight hits for and only three against he was a repeat visitor to Bing, Welliver and May with two hits each as Hadsell, Lozier and May failed in their attempts to cause enough damage.
Jamie Eilers qualifies for his first final in five as he threw all of his efforts into striking Timmy Barnes, Andy Bing and Don Davis multiple shots on each. Avoiding much of the trouble he eventually ran out of places to hide and the pack descended upon him with Sam Harbin laying on the final hit.
Harbin's ninth final appearance, and first in six weeks, comes after taking his second heat victory this season. Another keen attacker of Andy Bing with three early shots which briefly locked them together Sam Harbin went through Lozier, Davis, May and then Eilers for the win, taking just three hits in the ten minute heat.
Race Result
1. Sam Harbin
2. Jamie Eilers
3. Ed Smith
4. Don Davis
5. Leo May
6. Will Murphy
7. Andy Bing
8. Matt Welliver
9. Darryl Lozier
10. Timmy Barnes
11. Darrell Andresen
12. Ben Hadsell
Heat One
Jamie Eilers, Ben Hadsell, Ed Smith, Matt Welliver, Sam Harbin, Andy Bing, Leo May, Will Murphy, Timmy Barnes, Darrell Andresen, Darryl Lozier, Don Davis
Ben Hadsell (1st Frostbite, Tied-2nd Summer National Derby, 2nd Texas Nationals, 1st Fall Nationals) went from hitting Ed Smith to colliding with Matt Welliver, jarring him enough to force him out very early on with a knock, and Darrell Andresen (4th Indy Nationals, 5th Firecracker Open, 5th Arknsas Derby) has two finals out of the last eight as he and Darryl Lozier tangled leaving the former stalled out.
It's no finals in four and with only three all year Timmy Barnes (12th Spring Fling Derby, 4th Big Apple Smash Up, 8th Bluegrass Derby) endures another hard luck round with five hits against him in quick order, two of them coming from Jamie Eilers, and the fall of the long-term standings leader Darryl Lozier (1st Tampa Open, Jersey Derby, Big Apple, Alamo Derby) continues as his battle with Ed Smith leaves him stalled and unable to re-fire in ninth position. This is the second time in two months he has missed back-to-back finals with only a 10th in the Bluegrass Derby and 4th at Hickory making up his points hauls in that time.
Matt Welliver (1st SidelineStrategy.com Derby, 2nd Golden Gate Invitational, 3rd Fall Nationals) is unable to continue his good form of late where he has four top four finishes in the last seven rounds, Andy Bing finishing with a blindside what Smith started with a double-attack, and then Bing creeps into the consolation heat after Welliver freed him and Harbin from a locked-bumper situation, going on to be crushed by a trio of assailants to take his total of hits against into double figures.
After looking in good form by taking it to five drivers Will Murphy suffered from a terrible miss that ended his heat in a wall, but he moves onto the second chance race along with Leo May who became locked up with Hadsell before Bing freed them, and Don Davis who warred hard with both Bing and Eilers with the latter ending it with a surprise hit after missing an earlier blindside attempt.
It's a fifth final in eight for Ed Smith who only enjoyed a single pointless appearance through the first twenty-two rounds. With eight hits for and only three against he was a repeat visitor to Bing, Welliver and May with two hits each as Hadsell, Lozier and May failed in their attempts to cause enough damage.
Jamie Eilers qualifies for his first final in five as he threw all of his efforts into striking Timmy Barnes, Andy Bing and Don Davis multiple shots on each. Avoiding much of the trouble he eventually ran out of places to hide and the pack descended upon him with Sam Harbin laying on the final hit.
Harbin's ninth final appearance, and first in six weeks, comes after taking his second heat victory this season. Another keen attacker of Andy Bing with three early shots which briefly locked them together Sam Harbin went through Lozier, Davis, May and then Eilers for the win, taking just three hits in the ten minute heat.
Race Result
1. Sam Harbin
2. Jamie Eilers
3. Ed Smith
4. Don Davis
5. Leo May
6. Will Murphy
7. Andy Bing
8. Matt Welliver
9. Darryl Lozier
10. Timmy Barnes
11. Darrell Andresen
12. Ben Hadsell
Monday, 17 June 2013
Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967/68 Playoff SF's, April 28th 1968
Sun 28th April 1968
East Division
Montreal Canadiens @ Toronto Maple Leafs Game #4
After Bower was lit up in game three the Maple Leafs turn to Gamble for the second time this postseason and he faced only twenty-three shots as Montreal fail to take home a 3-1 series lead.
Toronto got off on the right foot through Ellis (7) midway through the first period, then, after a fight between Ferguson and Horton, doubled their lead when Armstrong (2) nailed his chance in the second period. Redmond (1) slashed the advantage in half less than three minutes later but Walton (7) restored the two goal cushion late on.
F Mahovlich (4) on the powerplay, completing Walton's three pointer on an assist, and Armstrong (3) with his second of the game sealed a 5-1 Leafs victory. The game ended with another bout between Ferguson and Horton, the former racking up over fifty penalty minutes in eleven playoff games.
MON Worsley (6-4 .901 3.10) 32/37, Powerplay 0/4
TOR Gamble (1-1 .908 3.00) 22/23, Powerplay 1/6
Goalscorers:
1st Period
TOR Ellis (7) L Hillman, Walton 10:04
2nd Period
Fight MON Ferguson vs TOR Horton 6:55
TOR Armstrong (2) Conacher 8:07
MON Redmond (1) Harper, H Richard 10:51
TOR Walton (7) Ellis, Horton 18:32
3rd Period
TOR PPG F Mahovlich (4) Walton 5:40
TOR Armstrong (3) Pulford 7:07
Fight MON Ferguson vs TOR Horton 16:51
The best-of-seven series is tied 2-2
East Division
Montreal Canadiens @ Toronto Maple Leafs Game #4
After Bower was lit up in game three the Maple Leafs turn to Gamble for the second time this postseason and he faced only twenty-three shots as Montreal fail to take home a 3-1 series lead.
Toronto got off on the right foot through Ellis (7) midway through the first period, then, after a fight between Ferguson and Horton, doubled their lead when Armstrong (2) nailed his chance in the second period. Redmond (1) slashed the advantage in half less than three minutes later but Walton (7) restored the two goal cushion late on.
F Mahovlich (4) on the powerplay, completing Walton's three pointer on an assist, and Armstrong (3) with his second of the game sealed a 5-1 Leafs victory. The game ended with another bout between Ferguson and Horton, the former racking up over fifty penalty minutes in eleven playoff games.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | F | ||
| MON | @ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| TOR | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
MON Worsley (6-4 .901 3.10) 32/37, Powerplay 0/4
TOR Gamble (1-1 .908 3.00) 22/23, Powerplay 1/6
Goalscorers:
1st Period
TOR Ellis (7) L Hillman, Walton 10:04
2nd Period
Fight MON Ferguson vs TOR Horton 6:55
TOR Armstrong (2) Conacher 8:07
MON Redmond (1) Harper, H Richard 10:51
TOR Walton (7) Ellis, Horton 18:32
3rd Period
TOR PPG F Mahovlich (4) Walton 5:40
TOR Armstrong (3) Pulford 7:07
Fight MON Ferguson vs TOR Horton 16:51
The best-of-seven series is tied 2-2
Controlled Chaos - Indiana Open Preview
Don Davis continues as understudy with Billy Edgington still sidelined, but Darryl Lozier is back from the knock that kept him out of action last week; Kenny Rose making way.
Since winning the Ohio Derby and Golden Gate Invitational two weeks apart Andy Bing has qualified for just one final (11th Fall Nationals) in the past month and he goes against Lozier in heat one. Ben Hadsell, coming off back-to-back appearances with a win at the Fall Nationals and sixth last week, joins them along with Jamie Eilers who is final-less in five weeks.
After his win in Akron Will Thompson will look to take charge of the standings but he has Scott Hutchins with him in the second heat in Winslow, and he will certainly have the same idea. Tom Gariepy has only one final in five (4th Fall) and Norm Gibson one in four (10th Halloween Open), but they both go in this heat as well.
Joe Ramage and Chris Henton are the big names going into the third heat with the former not enjoying a points scoring final in nine weeks since he won the Bryan Family Open, and Henton missing two straight after an eight-week run that contained six top four finishes and three runner-up spots.
Since winning the Ohio Derby and Golden Gate Invitational two weeks apart Andy Bing has qualified for just one final (11th Fall Nationals) in the past month and he goes against Lozier in heat one. Ben Hadsell, coming off back-to-back appearances with a win at the Fall Nationals and sixth last week, joins them along with Jamie Eilers who is final-less in five weeks.
After his win in Akron Will Thompson will look to take charge of the standings but he has Scott Hutchins with him in the second heat in Winslow, and he will certainly have the same idea. Tom Gariepy has only one final in five (4th Fall) and Norm Gibson one in four (10th Halloween Open), but they both go in this heat as well.
Joe Ramage and Chris Henton are the big names going into the third heat with the former not enjoying a points scoring final in nine weeks since he won the Bryan Family Open, and Henton missing two straight after an eight-week run that contained six top four finishes and three runner-up spots.
Sunday, 16 June 2013
Controlled Chaos - Halloween Derby Standings
After missing out this week due to a slight injury, making it five pointless rounds out of the last seven, Darryl Lozier's lead is now a slender six points after Will Thompson claimed his second event victory in Akron, and Scott Hutchins is just half a point back after back-to-back eighth place finishes.
Halloween Open runner-up John McCrory moves on up as does third place Jess Yates but both men remain entrenched in the middle of the standings. Tom Gariepy and Andy Bing keep hold of their top five positions with Joe Ramage (12th) and Norm Gibson (10th) making little noise; Chris Henton also misses out on making a splash by failing to qualify for the final for the second straight time since making eight in a row.
Halloween Open runner-up John McCrory moves on up as does third place Jess Yates but both men remain entrenched in the middle of the standings. Tom Gariepy and Andy Bing keep hold of their top five positions with Joe Ramage (12th) and Norm Gibson (10th) making little noise; Chris Henton also misses out on making a splash by failing to qualify for the final for the second straight time since making eight in a row.
| Name | Pts | Derby Wins | Heat Wins |
| Darryl Lozier | 165.5 | 4 | 4 |
| Will Thompson | 159.5 | 2 | 5 |
| Scott Hutchens | 159 | 2 | 4 |
| Tom Gariepy | 138.5 | 3 | 1 |
| Andy Bing | 136 | 4 | 3 |
| Joe Ramage | 121 | 2 | 1 |
| Norm Gibson | 119.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Chris Henton | 118 | 1 | 3 |
| Ben Hadsell | 110.5 | 2 | 5 |
| Jamie Eilers | 102 | 2 | 3 |
| Will Murphy | 102 | 2 | |
| Matt Welliver | 81.5 | 1 | 4 |
| John McCrory | 77.5 | 1 | |
| Lynne Higgins | 72 | 4 | |
| Leo May | 70 | 3 | |
| Danny Krol | 62 | 1 | 4 |
| Steven Redden | 61.5 | 1 | |
| Darrell Andresen | 57 | 7 | |
| Jess Yates | 50 | 3 | |
| Sam Harbin | 50 | 1 | |
| Ricky Grimes | 49 | 1 | 2 |
| John Ruiz | 48 | 1 | 3 |
| Rob Remaley | 45.5 | 2 | |
| Randy Corson | 35 | 2 | |
| Charlie Clayton | 32 | 2 | |
| Jason Ingle | 30.5 | 2 | |
| Bobby Gallagher | 27 | 2 | |
| Philip Ruffin | 27 | 2 | |
| Dick Garrett | 27 | 1 | |
| Don Davis | 25 | 2 | |
| Ed Smith | 24 | 2 | |
| Reggie Banks | 22 | 1 | |
| Bob Alexander | 22 | 2 | |
| Randy Tondreau | 22 | 1 | |
| Timmy Barnes | 14 | 1 | |
| Bambi Rogers | 14 | 1 | |
| Kenny Rose | 2 | 1 | |
| Billy Edgington | 2 | ||
| Tommy Miller | 0 | ||
| Bill Malbrough | 0 |
Saturday, 15 June 2013
Player of the Game Hockey - 1967/68 NHL Playoff SF's, April 27th 1968
Saturday 27th April 1968
West Division
Philadelphia Flyers @ Pittsburgh Penguins Game #4
With both teams going to their alternate goalies game four was on a knife edge throughout and extra time was needed in order to find a winner. The home fans' joy at taking an early lead through Ubriaco (3) was short lived as J Johnson (1) tied the game for the Flyers 1:07 later.
Pittsburgh regained the lead again early in the next period when Stratton (5) scored his third of the series, but again Philadelphia tied the game, this time Selby (3) on the powerplay. The third period was were a lot of nerves were frayed after the Flyers took the lead just two minutes into the third period, LaForge (4) getting on the board for the first time in the series, and that is how the score remained heading into the closing stages.
Pittsburgh pulled their goalie for the extra attacker and with sixty-five seconds left to play Dea (4) was setup by Ubriaco for the game-tying goal. The game headed into OT with Pittsburgh leading in shots 27-25.
The extra period was all Penguins as they enjoyed thirteen shots to the Flyers' five and at 12:04 it finally paid off as Ingarfield (1), who scored nine goals in the regular season, put home Fonteyne's rebound to keep Pittsburgh alive to fight another day.
PHI Favell (3-1 .925 2.00) 36/40, Powerplay 1/3
PIT Bassen (1-0 .880 3.00) 22/25, Powerplay 0/4
Goalscorers:
1st Period
PIT Ubriaco (3) Speer 6:15
PHI J Johnson (1) Miszuk 7:22
2nd Period
PIT Stratton (5) Bathgate 3:03
PHI PPG Selby (3) Dornhoefer, Angotti 11:56
3rd Period
PHI LaForge (4) Peters 2:05
PIT Dea (4) Ubriaco 18:55
Overtime
PIT Ingarfield (1) Fonteyne, Schinkel 12:04
Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven series 3-1
West Division
Philadelphia Flyers @ Pittsburgh Penguins Game #4
With both teams going to their alternate goalies game four was on a knife edge throughout and extra time was needed in order to find a winner. The home fans' joy at taking an early lead through Ubriaco (3) was short lived as J Johnson (1) tied the game for the Flyers 1:07 later.
Pittsburgh regained the lead again early in the next period when Stratton (5) scored his third of the series, but again Philadelphia tied the game, this time Selby (3) on the powerplay. The third period was were a lot of nerves were frayed after the Flyers took the lead just two minutes into the third period, LaForge (4) getting on the board for the first time in the series, and that is how the score remained heading into the closing stages.
Pittsburgh pulled their goalie for the extra attacker and with sixty-five seconds left to play Dea (4) was setup by Ubriaco for the game-tying goal. The game headed into OT with Pittsburgh leading in shots 27-25.
The extra period was all Penguins as they enjoyed thirteen shots to the Flyers' five and at 12:04 it finally paid off as Ingarfield (1), who scored nine goals in the regular season, put home Fonteyne's rebound to keep Pittsburgh alive to fight another day.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | F | ||
| PHI | @ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| PIT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
PHI Favell (3-1 .925 2.00) 36/40, Powerplay 1/3
PIT Bassen (1-0 .880 3.00) 22/25, Powerplay 0/4
Goalscorers:
1st Period
PIT Ubriaco (3) Speer 6:15
PHI J Johnson (1) Miszuk 7:22
2nd Period
PIT Stratton (5) Bathgate 3:03
PHI PPG Selby (3) Dornhoefer, Angotti 11:56
3rd Period
PHI LaForge (4) Peters 2:05
PIT Dea (4) Ubriaco 18:55
Overtime
PIT Ingarfield (1) Fonteyne, Schinkel 12:04
Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven series 3-1
Controlled Chaos - Halloween Derby Final
Halloween Derby - Akron, OH
Final
Ben Hadsell, Ed Smith, Norm Gibson, Jess Yates, John McCrory, Bambi Rogers, Scott Hutchins, Will Thompson, Darrell Andresen, Matt Welliver, Bill Malbrough, Joe Ramage
It took less than two minutes for Joe Ramage (1st Valentine's Day Massacre, 1st Bryan Family Open) to fall by the wayside in his twelfth final thanks to Ben Hadsell's massive hit, and, while he lasted until the sixth minute, Bill Malbrough's final debut ended when his gas tank was judged to be unsecured just as he had re-fired a long stall caused by Ed Smith's attentions.
Norm Gibson (1st Lobster Nationals, Tied-2nd Summer National Derby, 1st Texas Nationals, 2nd Louisiana Invitational) was nearly finished as soon as he started with a fire needing to be extinguished as soon as the green light came on. As a result it didn't take much to wipe him out as Bambi Rogers slid into him to end his day in tenth, giving Gibson his first point in three weeks.
Darrel Andresen's (4th Indy Nationals, 5th Firecracker Open, 5th Arkansas Derby) seventh heat victory ends with another top ten finish, only failing to score in two of his thirteen appearances this year. Taking on Malbrough before Matt Welliver caught him unawares Andresen then went to take on McCrory but that shot bounced him into the barriers where he would remain.
With championship leader Darryl Lozier out for the week it was missed opportunity when Scott Hutchins (1st Seattle, 2nd Big Apple, 2nd Lobster, 1st Bluegrass Derby), in his fifth consecutive final, only managed to take home three points for finishing eighth. An early stall was saved and followed by attacks on Welliverand Hadsell, but a blindsider from Rogers set him up nicely for Jess Yates to finish off.
It took seven hits to bring down the co-winner of heat three Ed Smith (7th Ohio Derby, 4th Mile High Open, 7th Bluegrass) as Hadsell and Welliver smashed him around with three hits a piece, and Ben Hadsell (1st Frostbite, Tied-2nd Summer National, 2nd Texas, 1st Fall Nationals) suffered from his own attacks on Yates, Rogers and Welliver after only taking four hits and avoiding much of the trouble.
A top five finish for Bambi Rogers (6th Arkansas, 11th Bryan Family Open) came after she too suffered only four hits against, delivering seven of her own on six different opponents, and Matt Welliver (1st SidelineStrategy.com Derby, 2nd Golden Gate Invitational, 3rd Fall) claims his fourth top four finish in seven weeks after winning the battles with Smith and Rogers; both targets making up five of his seven hits.
Jess Yates (4th Summer Sizzler, 3rd Arkansas, 5th Bluegrass) has finishedno worse than eighth, with four finishes coming in the top five four times this year, but sadly for him has only qualified for eight finals. This, his second podium, came with six hits against and six delivered as a stall midway through the thirteen minute final halted his positive progress and left him open to the pack.
His executioner for the day was runner-up John McCrory (3rd Seattle, Tied-4th SidelineStrategy.com, 2nd Ohio) who, in just his second final in six weeks, was standing still more than he was moving as situations that left him stalled or stuck frequently occurred. He was embedded into the barriers three minutes in after Thompson and Andresen forced him through, but after long stay he was able to free himself. Four of his six hits came after this event but a late miss sent him back to the scenery where he stalled for the round winner to pick his spot.
Will Thompson (1st Arizona, 2nd Sizzler, 2nd Bryan Family) takes his second event win of the year and ninth top five finish in his twenty-first final, jumping him up into second place in the standings half a point ahead of Hutchins and six points back of Lozier.
Only eight hits delivered in the final Thompson judged them well to cause minimal damage to himself, but even then a vicious strike from Jess Yates upset his vehicle enough to stop for a moment. A near miss with the wall and a narrowly avoided blindside attempt, either connecting would have surely spelt disaster, came next before he rammed McCrory for the killer blow. That was his second attack on the runner-up with Andresen also taking two attacks; Gibson, Hadsell,and Welliver made up the rest of the hits.
Race Result
1. Will Thompson
2. John McCrory
3. Jess Yates
4. Matt Welliver
5. Bambi Rogers
6. Ben Hadsell
7. Ed Smith
8. Scott Hutchins
9. Darrell Andresen
10. Norm Gibson
11. Bill Malbrough
12. Joe Ramage
Final
Ben Hadsell, Ed Smith, Norm Gibson, Jess Yates, John McCrory, Bambi Rogers, Scott Hutchins, Will Thompson, Darrell Andresen, Matt Welliver, Bill Malbrough, Joe Ramage
It took less than two minutes for Joe Ramage (1st Valentine's Day Massacre, 1st Bryan Family Open) to fall by the wayside in his twelfth final thanks to Ben Hadsell's massive hit, and, while he lasted until the sixth minute, Bill Malbrough's final debut ended when his gas tank was judged to be unsecured just as he had re-fired a long stall caused by Ed Smith's attentions.
Norm Gibson (1st Lobster Nationals, Tied-2nd Summer National Derby, 1st Texas Nationals, 2nd Louisiana Invitational) was nearly finished as soon as he started with a fire needing to be extinguished as soon as the green light came on. As a result it didn't take much to wipe him out as Bambi Rogers slid into him to end his day in tenth, giving Gibson his first point in three weeks.
Darrel Andresen's (4th Indy Nationals, 5th Firecracker Open, 5th Arkansas Derby) seventh heat victory ends with another top ten finish, only failing to score in two of his thirteen appearances this year. Taking on Malbrough before Matt Welliver caught him unawares Andresen then went to take on McCrory but that shot bounced him into the barriers where he would remain.
With championship leader Darryl Lozier out for the week it was missed opportunity when Scott Hutchins (1st Seattle, 2nd Big Apple, 2nd Lobster, 1st Bluegrass Derby), in his fifth consecutive final, only managed to take home three points for finishing eighth. An early stall was saved and followed by attacks on Welliverand Hadsell, but a blindsider from Rogers set him up nicely for Jess Yates to finish off.
It took seven hits to bring down the co-winner of heat three Ed Smith (7th Ohio Derby, 4th Mile High Open, 7th Bluegrass) as Hadsell and Welliver smashed him around with three hits a piece, and Ben Hadsell (1st Frostbite, Tied-2nd Summer National, 2nd Texas, 1st Fall Nationals) suffered from his own attacks on Yates, Rogers and Welliver after only taking four hits and avoiding much of the trouble.
A top five finish for Bambi Rogers (6th Arkansas, 11th Bryan Family Open) came after she too suffered only four hits against, delivering seven of her own on six different opponents, and Matt Welliver (1st SidelineStrategy.com Derby, 2nd Golden Gate Invitational, 3rd Fall) claims his fourth top four finish in seven weeks after winning the battles with Smith and Rogers; both targets making up five of his seven hits.
Jess Yates (4th Summer Sizzler, 3rd Arkansas, 5th Bluegrass) has finishedno worse than eighth, with four finishes coming in the top five four times this year, but sadly for him has only qualified for eight finals. This, his second podium, came with six hits against and six delivered as a stall midway through the thirteen minute final halted his positive progress and left him open to the pack.
His executioner for the day was runner-up John McCrory (3rd Seattle, Tied-4th SidelineStrategy.com, 2nd Ohio) who, in just his second final in six weeks, was standing still more than he was moving as situations that left him stalled or stuck frequently occurred. He was embedded into the barriers three minutes in after Thompson and Andresen forced him through, but after long stay he was able to free himself. Four of his six hits came after this event but a late miss sent him back to the scenery where he stalled for the round winner to pick his spot.
Will Thompson (1st Arizona, 2nd Sizzler, 2nd Bryan Family) takes his second event win of the year and ninth top five finish in his twenty-first final, jumping him up into second place in the standings half a point ahead of Hutchins and six points back of Lozier.
Only eight hits delivered in the final Thompson judged them well to cause minimal damage to himself, but even then a vicious strike from Jess Yates upset his vehicle enough to stop for a moment. A near miss with the wall and a narrowly avoided blindside attempt, either connecting would have surely spelt disaster, came next before he rammed McCrory for the killer blow. That was his second attack on the runner-up with Andresen also taking two attacks; Gibson, Hadsell,and Welliver made up the rest of the hits.
Race Result
1. Will Thompson
2. John McCrory
3. Jess Yates
4. Matt Welliver
5. Bambi Rogers
6. Ben Hadsell
7. Ed Smith
8. Scott Hutchins
9. Darrell Andresen
10. Norm Gibson
11. Bill Malbrough
12. Joe Ramage
Friday, 14 June 2013
Controlled Chaos - Halloween Open, Consolation Heat
Halloween Open - Akron, OH
Consolation Heat
Timmy Barnes, Andy Bing, Jamie Eilers, Norm Gibson, Charlie Clayton, Ricky Grimes, Will Thompson, Dick Garrett, Joe Ramage, Tom Gariepy, Jason Ingle, Kenny Rose
Kenny Rose (12th Ides of March, 12th Lobster Nationals, 12th Texas Nationals) was not permitted to take part in the consolation heat as his team was unable to fix up the fuel tank problems that disqualified him from the second heat.
Timmy Barnes (12th Spring Fling Derby, 4th Big Apple Smash Up, 8th Bluegrass Derby) was helpless as the pack descended upon him, striking him six times for an early exit, and Ricky Grimes (3rd Jersey Derby, 3rd Texas, 1st Louisiana Invitational) misses the tenth final out of the past twelve despite only taking a hit each from Thompson and Ramage. Grimes' miss five minutes in was a catastrophic one as he impaled his vehicle into the barriers.
Jamie Eilers was a multiple target of Grimes and Jason Ingle (Tied-5th Lobster, 7th Louisiana, 3rd, Mile High Open) delivered his own double-tap to Eilers but was unable to avoid the five cars around him that initiated contact.
Andy Bing was handed a disqualification in eighth place for his third shot on Gariepy, and Tom Gariepy (1st Wisconsin Invitational, 1st Arkansas Derby, 1st Mile High) still has just ten finals to his name as he misses a third out of the last four (4th Fall Nationals). He attacked Ramage twice, Garrett, Barnes and Thompson once each, but Andy Bing's trio of hits were enough to clean him out, and Charlie Clayton (5th Texas, 6th Ohio Derby, 6th Bluegrass) misses his eighth final out of twelve as Norm Gibson led the charge on him with three hard shots as they dueled hard from the very beginning, locking themselves together for a time in the process.
Jamie Eilers (1st Summer Sizzler, 1st Summer National Derby) misses a fourth straight final for the first time this year as the early assaults he endured finally took their toll, leading to a fatal stall after he rampaged over Gibson with three hits, and Dick Garrett (6th Ides, 5th Seattle) comes agonisingly close to qualification for his first final in sixteen weeks, but the late combination of Gibson and Thompson soon crushed his dreams.
So Will Thompson, Norm Gibson, and Joe Ramage all move on into the twenty-ninth final of the season. The trio combine for forty-three appearances with four wins and seventeen podiums. While Gibson was qualifying for his first final in three weeks by hounding Clayton to ground before moving onto double-tap Garrett, Will Thompson was carving through anything that moved, eventually settling on Garrett himself after re-firing a brief stall.
Joe Ramage has gone pointless in seven straight weeks despite reaching three finals but here he squeaks in after hitting Grimes twice and a plethora of opponents once each, and it all nearly came undone at the end when Dick Garett rocked him good.
Race Result
Q. Norm Gibson
Q. Will Thompson
Q. Joe Ramage
4. Dick Garrett
5. Jamie Eilers
6. Charlie Clayton
7. Tom Gariepy
8. Andy Bing
9. Jason Ingle
10. Rickey Grimes
11. Timmy Barnes
12. Kenny Rose (DNS)
Consolation Heat
Timmy Barnes, Andy Bing, Jamie Eilers, Norm Gibson, Charlie Clayton, Ricky Grimes, Will Thompson, Dick Garrett, Joe Ramage, Tom Gariepy, Jason Ingle, Kenny Rose
Kenny Rose (12th Ides of March, 12th Lobster Nationals, 12th Texas Nationals) was not permitted to take part in the consolation heat as his team was unable to fix up the fuel tank problems that disqualified him from the second heat.
Timmy Barnes (12th Spring Fling Derby, 4th Big Apple Smash Up, 8th Bluegrass Derby) was helpless as the pack descended upon him, striking him six times for an early exit, and Ricky Grimes (3rd Jersey Derby, 3rd Texas, 1st Louisiana Invitational) misses the tenth final out of the past twelve despite only taking a hit each from Thompson and Ramage. Grimes' miss five minutes in was a catastrophic one as he impaled his vehicle into the barriers.
Jamie Eilers was a multiple target of Grimes and Jason Ingle (Tied-5th Lobster, 7th Louisiana, 3rd, Mile High Open) delivered his own double-tap to Eilers but was unable to avoid the five cars around him that initiated contact.
Andy Bing was handed a disqualification in eighth place for his third shot on Gariepy, and Tom Gariepy (1st Wisconsin Invitational, 1st Arkansas Derby, 1st Mile High) still has just ten finals to his name as he misses a third out of the last four (4th Fall Nationals). He attacked Ramage twice, Garrett, Barnes and Thompson once each, but Andy Bing's trio of hits were enough to clean him out, and Charlie Clayton (5th Texas, 6th Ohio Derby, 6th Bluegrass) misses his eighth final out of twelve as Norm Gibson led the charge on him with three hard shots as they dueled hard from the very beginning, locking themselves together for a time in the process.
Jamie Eilers (1st Summer Sizzler, 1st Summer National Derby) misses a fourth straight final for the first time this year as the early assaults he endured finally took their toll, leading to a fatal stall after he rampaged over Gibson with three hits, and Dick Garrett (6th Ides, 5th Seattle) comes agonisingly close to qualification for his first final in sixteen weeks, but the late combination of Gibson and Thompson soon crushed his dreams.
So Will Thompson, Norm Gibson, and Joe Ramage all move on into the twenty-ninth final of the season. The trio combine for forty-three appearances with four wins and seventeen podiums. While Gibson was qualifying for his first final in three weeks by hounding Clayton to ground before moving onto double-tap Garrett, Will Thompson was carving through anything that moved, eventually settling on Garrett himself after re-firing a brief stall.
Joe Ramage has gone pointless in seven straight weeks despite reaching three finals but here he squeaks in after hitting Grimes twice and a plethora of opponents once each, and it all nearly came undone at the end when Dick Garett rocked him good.
Race Result
Q. Norm Gibson
Q. Will Thompson
Q. Joe Ramage
4. Dick Garrett
5. Jamie Eilers
6. Charlie Clayton
7. Tom Gariepy
8. Andy Bing
9. Jason Ingle
10. Rickey Grimes
11. Timmy Barnes
12. Kenny Rose (DNS)
Thursday, 13 June 2013
Player of the Game Hockey - 1967/68 Playoff SF's, 25th April 1968
Thursday 25th April 1968
East Division
Montreal Canadiens @ Toronto Maple Leafs Game #3
For the second game running Toronto were able to put four goals past Canadiens' netminder Worsley, peppering him with thirty-four shots, but Montreal retook the series lead with eight goals on forty-two shots.
It was 4-0 Habs after just 14:22 in the first period as they rampantly came at Bower and the Leafs defence in waves. T Harris (2), Rousseau (2), G Tremblay (4), and Beliveau (8) who enjoyed a three-point night, sharing the wealth before Walton (6) scored twice in seven seconds at the end of the frame to make it 4-2.
Montreal responded early in the middle period with two goals 101 apart, Rousseau (3) scoring again and Provost (1) opening his postseason account unassisted. But again the Leafs tried to fight back and it was Ellis (6) who got himself a brace to go with his two earlier helpers.
After Ferguson (4) made it 7-4 and Rousseau (4) completed his hat-trick the rout was complete.
MON Worsley (6-3 .906 2.89) 30/34, Powerplay 2/4
TOR Bower (5-2 .892 3.14) 34/42, Powerplay 1/4
Goalscorers:
1st Period
MON PPG T Harris (2) Lamaire 4:47
MON Rousseau (2) Savard, Larose 6:39
MON G Tremblay (4) Provost, Backstrom 12:06
MON Beliveau (8) Vadnais 14:22
TOR Walton (5) Ellis 18:54
TOR Walton (6) Stanley, Ellis 19:01
2nd Period
MON PPG Rousseau (3) Beliveau 4:19
MON Provost (1) unassisted 5:20
TOR Ellis (5) Stanley 8:41
TOR PPG Ellis (6) F Mahovlich, Walton 17:10
3rd Period
MON Ferguson (4) Harper, Beliveau 2:59
MON Rousseau (4) T Harris 10:35
Montreal leads the best-of-seven game series 2-1
West Division
Philadelphia Flyers @ Pittsburgh Penguins Game #3
There were some rumblings from the Flyer fans after the game as Pittsburgh had seven powerplays to their sides' zero, but they cannot complain more than that after outshooting and outscoring the Penguins to move within one game of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Sutherland (7) and his unassisted effort was the only goal in the first period as they dominated the opening twenty minutes with Philadelphia getting twelve shots on net compared to just three from Pittsburgh.
McDonald (4) got the Pens level eight minutes into the second period as they edged out the Flyers eleven to nine in shots but Philadelphia restored their lead late with Rochefort (5) hitting the twine at 18:50. It was Rochefort (6) again just eleven seconds into the third that made it 3-1 with Hannigan (3) all but sealing the win midway through the frame.
Pittsburgh added one more goal as MacNeil (1) scored with only two seconds remaining and the Penguins are sixty minutes away from being eliminated.
PHI Parent (4-3 .903 2.86) 21/23, Powerplay 0/0
PIT Binkley (4-3 .921 2.29) 31/35, Powerplay 1/7
Goalscorers:
1st Period
PHI Sutherland (7) unassisted 13:32
2nd Period
PIT PPG McDonald (4) Bathgate 8:00
PHI Rochefort (5) Van Impe 18:50
3rd Period
PHI Rochefort (6) Sutherland, Hoekstra 0:11
PHI Hannigan (3) Zeidel 10:43
PIT MacNeil (1) Ubriaco, Andrea 19:58
Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven series 3-0
East Division
Montreal Canadiens @ Toronto Maple Leafs Game #3
For the second game running Toronto were able to put four goals past Canadiens' netminder Worsley, peppering him with thirty-four shots, but Montreal retook the series lead with eight goals on forty-two shots.
It was 4-0 Habs after just 14:22 in the first period as they rampantly came at Bower and the Leafs defence in waves. T Harris (2), Rousseau (2), G Tremblay (4), and Beliveau (8) who enjoyed a three-point night, sharing the wealth before Walton (6) scored twice in seven seconds at the end of the frame to make it 4-2.
Montreal responded early in the middle period with two goals 101 apart, Rousseau (3) scoring again and Provost (1) opening his postseason account unassisted. But again the Leafs tried to fight back and it was Ellis (6) who got himself a brace to go with his two earlier helpers.
After Ferguson (4) made it 7-4 and Rousseau (4) completed his hat-trick the rout was complete.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | F | ||
| MON | @ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| TOR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
MON Worsley (6-3 .906 2.89) 30/34, Powerplay 2/4
TOR Bower (5-2 .892 3.14) 34/42, Powerplay 1/4
Goalscorers:
1st Period
MON PPG T Harris (2) Lamaire 4:47
MON Rousseau (2) Savard, Larose 6:39
MON G Tremblay (4) Provost, Backstrom 12:06
MON Beliveau (8) Vadnais 14:22
TOR Walton (5) Ellis 18:54
TOR Walton (6) Stanley, Ellis 19:01
2nd Period
MON PPG Rousseau (3) Beliveau 4:19
MON Provost (1) unassisted 5:20
TOR Ellis (5) Stanley 8:41
TOR PPG Ellis (6) F Mahovlich, Walton 17:10
3rd Period
MON Ferguson (4) Harper, Beliveau 2:59
MON Rousseau (4) T Harris 10:35
Montreal leads the best-of-seven game series 2-1
West Division
Philadelphia Flyers @ Pittsburgh Penguins Game #3
There were some rumblings from the Flyer fans after the game as Pittsburgh had seven powerplays to their sides' zero, but they cannot complain more than that after outshooting and outscoring the Penguins to move within one game of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Sutherland (7) and his unassisted effort was the only goal in the first period as they dominated the opening twenty minutes with Philadelphia getting twelve shots on net compared to just three from Pittsburgh.
McDonald (4) got the Pens level eight minutes into the second period as they edged out the Flyers eleven to nine in shots but Philadelphia restored their lead late with Rochefort (5) hitting the twine at 18:50. It was Rochefort (6) again just eleven seconds into the third that made it 3-1 with Hannigan (3) all but sealing the win midway through the frame.
Pittsburgh added one more goal as MacNeil (1) scored with only two seconds remaining and the Penguins are sixty minutes away from being eliminated.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | F | ||
| PHI | @ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| PIT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
PHI Parent (4-3 .903 2.86) 21/23, Powerplay 0/0
PIT Binkley (4-3 .921 2.29) 31/35, Powerplay 1/7
Goalscorers:
1st Period
PHI Sutherland (7) unassisted 13:32
2nd Period
PIT PPG McDonald (4) Bathgate 8:00
PHI Rochefort (5) Van Impe 18:50
3rd Period
PHI Rochefort (6) Sutherland, Hoekstra 0:11
PHI Hannigan (3) Zeidel 10:43
PIT MacNeil (1) Ubriaco, Andrea 19:58
Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven series 3-0
Controlled Chaos - Halloween Open, Heat Three
Halloween Open - Akron, OH
Heat Three
Will Murphy, Charlie Clayton, Rob Remaley, Bob Alexander, Bambi Rogers, Ed Smith, Don Davis, Jason Ingle, Matt Welliver, Reggie Banks, Will Thompson, Jamie Eilers
The final heat saw no early exits and it wasn't until four minutes in that Rob Remaley (3rd Ides of March, 4th Seattle Derby, Tied-4th Summer National Derby) took his fifth hit against for the first elimination, forcing him to miss an eleventh straight final, and then quickly afterwards Bob Alexander (6th Arizona Derby, 3rd Lobster Nationals, 9th Texas Nationals) received the same treatment to leave him without a point in thirteen weeks despite a pair of final appearances.
Another back-to-back elimination occurred two minutes later when Reggie Banks (1st Firecracker Open, 10th Ohio Derby, 10th Fall Nationals) was swarmed over by Ingle and Welliver after two blindside hits from Will Thompson, and then Will Murphy (2nd Tampa, 3rd Spring Fling Derby, 3rd Idaho Invitational, 3rd Big Apple Smash Up) receives a double-tap from Clayton to leave him with three finals in the past seventeen events. This after starting the season with eight appearances in the first thirteen.
Don Davis (2nd Jersey Derby, 7th Summer Sizzler, 9th Arkansas Derby), in for the injured Billy Edgington, produced one attack, that striking the vehicle of Jamie Eilers, with the rest of his heat re-firing a stall, extricating himself from the barriers and warring with Jason Ingle, a battle he would ultimately lose.
Davis' loss by finishing eighth is the gain of Clayton, Ingle, Thompson and Eilers with Clayton stalling, re-firing and then pulling out with a fire. Ingle attacked both Remaley and Alexander twice each as part of his seven hits delivered while Will Thompson started strongly with seven consecutive hits before a pair of misses and a stall continued to leave him open to the pack. The final consolation heat entrant, Jamie Eilers, could not earn an automatic final place after Matt Welliver forced him into the barriers and continued to assault his prone opponent.
Welliver had to end up settling for third place, taking him to his twelfth final this year and fifth appearance in seven, but he was seconds away from not getting anywhere near that accolade due to stalling at the very start and barely getting the engine re-fired in time. Davis and Thompson both took a single shot off of him but Banks took a pair and Eilers three in a row before Ed Smith charged in to wipe out Welliver.
For the second heat running there was a tiebreak situation but this time the points were shared as Bambi Rogers, reaching her first final in eight weeks and third all time, was involved in a unique tie with Ed Smith, entering his fifth final of the year.
Rogers was on form with ten hits and only a late shot by Smith stopped her in her tracks by causing a fatal stall, Smith, who was struck twice early on by his final opponent, doubled up on Davis, Murphy and Thompson as he landed eleven hits on the pack but in the end a rut in the torn-up arena pushed him offline and he somehow missed a stalled Rogers and crashed into the wall. Circumstances got a little stranger still as the officials were just counting out Bambi when Ed made contact, resulting in a tied heat win.
Race Result
1. Ed Smith
1. Bambi Rogers
3. Matt Welliver
4. Jamie Eilers
5. Will Thompson
6. Jason Ingle
7. Charlie Clayton
8. Don Davis
9. Will Muprhy
10. Reggie Banks
11. Bob Alexander
12. Rob Remaley
Heat Three
Will Murphy, Charlie Clayton, Rob Remaley, Bob Alexander, Bambi Rogers, Ed Smith, Don Davis, Jason Ingle, Matt Welliver, Reggie Banks, Will Thompson, Jamie Eilers
The final heat saw no early exits and it wasn't until four minutes in that Rob Remaley (3rd Ides of March, 4th Seattle Derby, Tied-4th Summer National Derby) took his fifth hit against for the first elimination, forcing him to miss an eleventh straight final, and then quickly afterwards Bob Alexander (6th Arizona Derby, 3rd Lobster Nationals, 9th Texas Nationals) received the same treatment to leave him without a point in thirteen weeks despite a pair of final appearances.
Another back-to-back elimination occurred two minutes later when Reggie Banks (1st Firecracker Open, 10th Ohio Derby, 10th Fall Nationals) was swarmed over by Ingle and Welliver after two blindside hits from Will Thompson, and then Will Murphy (2nd Tampa, 3rd Spring Fling Derby, 3rd Idaho Invitational, 3rd Big Apple Smash Up) receives a double-tap from Clayton to leave him with three finals in the past seventeen events. This after starting the season with eight appearances in the first thirteen.
Don Davis (2nd Jersey Derby, 7th Summer Sizzler, 9th Arkansas Derby), in for the injured Billy Edgington, produced one attack, that striking the vehicle of Jamie Eilers, with the rest of his heat re-firing a stall, extricating himself from the barriers and warring with Jason Ingle, a battle he would ultimately lose.
Davis' loss by finishing eighth is the gain of Clayton, Ingle, Thompson and Eilers with Clayton stalling, re-firing and then pulling out with a fire. Ingle attacked both Remaley and Alexander twice each as part of his seven hits delivered while Will Thompson started strongly with seven consecutive hits before a pair of misses and a stall continued to leave him open to the pack. The final consolation heat entrant, Jamie Eilers, could not earn an automatic final place after Matt Welliver forced him into the barriers and continued to assault his prone opponent.
Welliver had to end up settling for third place, taking him to his twelfth final this year and fifth appearance in seven, but he was seconds away from not getting anywhere near that accolade due to stalling at the very start and barely getting the engine re-fired in time. Davis and Thompson both took a single shot off of him but Banks took a pair and Eilers three in a row before Ed Smith charged in to wipe out Welliver.
For the second heat running there was a tiebreak situation but this time the points were shared as Bambi Rogers, reaching her first final in eight weeks and third all time, was involved in a unique tie with Ed Smith, entering his fifth final of the year.
Rogers was on form with ten hits and only a late shot by Smith stopped her in her tracks by causing a fatal stall, Smith, who was struck twice early on by his final opponent, doubled up on Davis, Murphy and Thompson as he landed eleven hits on the pack but in the end a rut in the torn-up arena pushed him offline and he somehow missed a stalled Rogers and crashed into the wall. Circumstances got a little stranger still as the officials were just counting out Bambi when Ed made contact, resulting in a tied heat win.
Race Result
1. Ed Smith
1. Bambi Rogers
3. Matt Welliver
4. Jamie Eilers
5. Will Thompson
6. Jason Ingle
7. Charlie Clayton
8. Don Davis
9. Will Muprhy
10. Reggie Banks
11. Bob Alexander
12. Rob Remaley
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Controlled Chaos - Halloween Open, Heat Two
Halloween Open - Akron, OH
Heat Two
Danny Krol, Kenny Rose, Darrell Andresen, Lynne Higgins, Bill Malbrough, Phillip Ruffin, John McCrory, Ricky Grimes, Dick Garrett, Andy Bing, Randy Tondreau, John Ruiz
After finishing runner-up at the Fall Nationals John Ruiz (1st Ides of March, 8th Seattle Derby, 2nd Fall Nationals) is disqualified with only a minute gone by as he struck missed his intended target and flew into the driver's side door of Andy Bing resulting in his sixteenth missed final in the last nineteen, and Danny Krol misses out on his fourth final in six weeks as four shosts did for him while he was hounding Phillip Ruffin.
Ruffin (8th Mile High Open, 5th Hickory Derby, 5th Fall) is unable to make it three finals in a row as Krol, Higgins and Malbrough all bring two hits upon him, and Randy Tondreau (6th Tampa Open, 3rd Firecracker Open, 7th Alamo Derby) sees his final-less streak hit seven straight events after Andy Bing rocked him twice in retaliation for a very early hit while the Canadian moved on to attack Kenny Rose.
Thirteen-time finalist Lynne Higgins (4th Arkansas Derby, 3rd Bluegrass Derby), who had enjoyed seven appearances during the past nine weeks, only took five hits against, with two coming from Dick Garrett back-to-back, but they all swiftly came one after another to put her down in eighth spot.
That means Darryl Lozier's replacement driver for week Kenny Rose joins Dick Garrett, Ricky Grimes and Andy Bing in the consolation heat as they all combined for twenty-five hits with Rose taking a DQ due to a loose fuel line, Garrett a sitting duck while stalled, Grimes strking Garrett four times, and Bing surviving two stalls while under heavy assault.
John McCrory, heading into his twelfth final on the back of ten hits with four of them connecting with Grimes, and Bill Malbrough finally, in event twenty-nine, making his final debut with eight hits, four of them landing on McCrory, both had to settle for a shared runner-up spot as Malbrough's final hit did it for both of them.
After striking McCrory and then landing four consecutive shots on Malbrough to soften both of them up, Darrell Andresen claims his seventh heat win of the season to earn his twelfth final appearance of the season, but just his second in the past seven tries. Starting out by riding a hard blindsider from Krol, Andresen got his revenge after striking Ruiz, then doing the same on Higgins after she snuck in an unexpected hit. Grimes and Malbrough took one hit each before the rampaging finale began.
Race Result
1. Darrell Andresen
2. Bill Malbrough
2. John McCrory
4. Andy Bing
5. Ricky Grimes
6. Dick Garrett
7. Kenny Rose
8. Lynne Higgins
9. Randy Tondreau
10. Phillip Ruffin
11. Danny Krol
12. John Ruiz
Heat Two
Danny Krol, Kenny Rose, Darrell Andresen, Lynne Higgins, Bill Malbrough, Phillip Ruffin, John McCrory, Ricky Grimes, Dick Garrett, Andy Bing, Randy Tondreau, John Ruiz
After finishing runner-up at the Fall Nationals John Ruiz (1st Ides of March, 8th Seattle Derby, 2nd Fall Nationals) is disqualified with only a minute gone by as he struck missed his intended target and flew into the driver's side door of Andy Bing resulting in his sixteenth missed final in the last nineteen, and Danny Krol misses out on his fourth final in six weeks as four shosts did for him while he was hounding Phillip Ruffin.
Ruffin (8th Mile High Open, 5th Hickory Derby, 5th Fall) is unable to make it three finals in a row as Krol, Higgins and Malbrough all bring two hits upon him, and Randy Tondreau (6th Tampa Open, 3rd Firecracker Open, 7th Alamo Derby) sees his final-less streak hit seven straight events after Andy Bing rocked him twice in retaliation for a very early hit while the Canadian moved on to attack Kenny Rose.
Thirteen-time finalist Lynne Higgins (4th Arkansas Derby, 3rd Bluegrass Derby), who had enjoyed seven appearances during the past nine weeks, only took five hits against, with two coming from Dick Garrett back-to-back, but they all swiftly came one after another to put her down in eighth spot.
That means Darryl Lozier's replacement driver for week Kenny Rose joins Dick Garrett, Ricky Grimes and Andy Bing in the consolation heat as they all combined for twenty-five hits with Rose taking a DQ due to a loose fuel line, Garrett a sitting duck while stalled, Grimes strking Garrett four times, and Bing surviving two stalls while under heavy assault.
John McCrory, heading into his twelfth final on the back of ten hits with four of them connecting with Grimes, and Bill Malbrough finally, in event twenty-nine, making his final debut with eight hits, four of them landing on McCrory, both had to settle for a shared runner-up spot as Malbrough's final hit did it for both of them.
After striking McCrory and then landing four consecutive shots on Malbrough to soften both of them up, Darrell Andresen claims his seventh heat win of the season to earn his twelfth final appearance of the season, but just his second in the past seven tries. Starting out by riding a hard blindsider from Krol, Andresen got his revenge after striking Ruiz, then doing the same on Higgins after she snuck in an unexpected hit. Grimes and Malbrough took one hit each before the rampaging finale began.
Race Result
1. Darrell Andresen
2. Bill Malbrough
2. John McCrory
4. Andy Bing
5. Ricky Grimes
6. Dick Garrett
7. Kenny Rose
8. Lynne Higgins
9. Randy Tondreau
10. Phillip Ruffin
11. Danny Krol
12. John Ruiz
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967/68 Playoff SF's, 23rd April 1968
Tuesday 23rd April 1968
East Division
Toronto Maple Leafs @ Montreal Canadiens Game #2
A very defensive first period yielded a single goal on eight shots as the Leafs held an advantage in shots at five to three and an edge on the scoreboard as Keon's (4) early tally struck first. AFter two periods and Toronto were outshooting their rivals eighteen eleven and were up 2-0 thanks to Oliver (2) scoring with only four seconds left in the frame as he beat Worsley with a sweet shot.
Ellis (4) with less than three minutes gone in the final period and Walton (4) with less than six to play made it a insurmountable lead to tie the series up at 1-1. It didn't go all their own way though as Montreal halved the deficit in the final minutes with JC Tremblay (1) scoring and then setting up Beliveau (2).
TOR Bower (5-1 .914 2.33) 19/21, Powerplay 0/4
MON Worsley (5-3 .909 2.75) 24/28, Powerplay 0/1
Goalscorers:
1st Period
TOR Keon (4) M Pronovost 5:15
2nd Period
TOR Oliver (2) Stemkowski 19:56
3rd Period
TOR Ellis (4) Oliver, Stemkowski 2:45
TOR Walton (4) F Mahovlich 14:19
MON JC Tremblay (1) Provost, Laperriere 15:23
MON Beliveau (7) JC Tremblay 18:57
The best-of-seven series is tied 1-1
East Division
Toronto Maple Leafs @ Montreal Canadiens Game #2
A very defensive first period yielded a single goal on eight shots as the Leafs held an advantage in shots at five to three and an edge on the scoreboard as Keon's (4) early tally struck first. AFter two periods and Toronto were outshooting their rivals eighteen eleven and were up 2-0 thanks to Oliver (2) scoring with only four seconds left in the frame as he beat Worsley with a sweet shot.
Ellis (4) with less than three minutes gone in the final period and Walton (4) with less than six to play made it a insurmountable lead to tie the series up at 1-1. It didn't go all their own way though as Montreal halved the deficit in the final minutes with JC Tremblay (1) scoring and then setting up Beliveau (2).
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | F | ||
| TOR | @ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| MON | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
TOR Bower (5-1 .914 2.33) 19/21, Powerplay 0/4
MON Worsley (5-3 .909 2.75) 24/28, Powerplay 0/1
Goalscorers:
1st Period
TOR Keon (4) M Pronovost 5:15
2nd Period
TOR Oliver (2) Stemkowski 19:56
3rd Period
TOR Ellis (4) Oliver, Stemkowski 2:45
TOR Walton (4) F Mahovlich 14:19
MON JC Tremblay (1) Provost, Laperriere 15:23
MON Beliveau (7) JC Tremblay 18:57
The best-of-seven series is tied 1-1
Controlled Chaos - Halloween Open, Heat One
Halloween Open - Akron, OH
Heat One
Sam Harbin, Steven Redden, Chris Henton, Randy Corson, Jess Yates, Joe Ramage, Ben Hadsell, Norm Gibson, Leo May, Timmy Barnes, Scott Hutchins, Tom Gariepy
Eight-time finalist Randy Corson (5th Frostbite, 5th Tampa Open, 6th Fall Nationals) had mere seconds to enjoy the opening heat as he was sandwiched by Steven Redden and Chris Henton, then, after qualifying for his first final in eleven weeks at the Fall Nationals, Redden (Tied-2nd Valentine's Day Massacre, 6th Wisconsin Invitational, 3rd Indy Nationals) charged into the driver's side door of Ben Hadsell to earn himself a DQ result.
Leo May (4th Wisconsin, 4th Idaho Invitational, 2nd Indy) was struck seven times in his five minutes of action, Sam Harbin's blindside launching him straight into Norm Gibson for the killer blow, and Harbin (2nd Arizona Derby, 5th Ohio Derby, 2nd Mile High Open) misses his fifth consecutive final, and fifteenth out of eighteen, when Gibson joined in on the onslaught that was being laid down by Tom Gariepy.
Chris Henton's (1st Spring Fling Derby, 2nd Arkansas Derby, 2nd Bluegrass Derby, 2nd Hickory Derby) run of eight straight finals ended in Bristol and he misses out again, Ben Hadsell smashing into him after Henton missed and careened into the wall, but Norm Gibson (1st Lobster Nationals, Tied-2nd Summer National Derby, 1st Texas Nationals, 2nd Louisiana Invitational) needed seven shots to take him down as he survives long enough to reach the consolation heat in his quest for a first final in three weeks.
Joe Ramage warred with Gibson, Harbin and May; Timmy Barnes was blindsided by both Yates and Henton; and Tom Gariepy delivered nine hits to seven opponents as all three join the consolation heat.
With only five finals before today Jess Yates makes it three in the last eight with eleven hits to his credit, including a blindsider to Barnes and Hutchins, while riding eight against him as Gariepy, Hutchins and Henton who made a return visit.
After delivering the final blow to Yates, Ben Hadsell went one-on-one with Scott Hutchins as they prepared for their thirteenth and fifteenth finals respectively. The winner of the most recent event Hadsell, only his second final in seven weeks, was nearly done in early here as he smacked Gibson twice before Sam Harbin forced him into the barriers where he barely escaped the tight squeeze in time.
For Hutchins, who had to ride nine hits throughout, he was content in doubling up on Yates and Gariepy with Henton, Barnes and Hadsell also taking attacks. It was Hadsell who got in on his final opponent first with three quick hits with the final two coming after a retaliation that left Hutchins stranded against the wall, helplessly waiting for the end to be delivered as Hadsell takes his fifth heat win of the year.
Race Result
1. Ben Hadsell
2. Scott Hutchins
3. Jess Yates
4. Tom Gariepy
5. Timmy Barnes
6. Joe Ramage
7. Norm Gibson
8. Chris Henton
9. Sam Harbin
10. Leo May
11. Steven Redden
12. Randy Corson
Heat One
Sam Harbin, Steven Redden, Chris Henton, Randy Corson, Jess Yates, Joe Ramage, Ben Hadsell, Norm Gibson, Leo May, Timmy Barnes, Scott Hutchins, Tom Gariepy
Eight-time finalist Randy Corson (5th Frostbite, 5th Tampa Open, 6th Fall Nationals) had mere seconds to enjoy the opening heat as he was sandwiched by Steven Redden and Chris Henton, then, after qualifying for his first final in eleven weeks at the Fall Nationals, Redden (Tied-2nd Valentine's Day Massacre, 6th Wisconsin Invitational, 3rd Indy Nationals) charged into the driver's side door of Ben Hadsell to earn himself a DQ result.
Leo May (4th Wisconsin, 4th Idaho Invitational, 2nd Indy) was struck seven times in his five minutes of action, Sam Harbin's blindside launching him straight into Norm Gibson for the killer blow, and Harbin (2nd Arizona Derby, 5th Ohio Derby, 2nd Mile High Open) misses his fifth consecutive final, and fifteenth out of eighteen, when Gibson joined in on the onslaught that was being laid down by Tom Gariepy.
Chris Henton's (1st Spring Fling Derby, 2nd Arkansas Derby, 2nd Bluegrass Derby, 2nd Hickory Derby) run of eight straight finals ended in Bristol and he misses out again, Ben Hadsell smashing into him after Henton missed and careened into the wall, but Norm Gibson (1st Lobster Nationals, Tied-2nd Summer National Derby, 1st Texas Nationals, 2nd Louisiana Invitational) needed seven shots to take him down as he survives long enough to reach the consolation heat in his quest for a first final in three weeks.
Joe Ramage warred with Gibson, Harbin and May; Timmy Barnes was blindsided by both Yates and Henton; and Tom Gariepy delivered nine hits to seven opponents as all three join the consolation heat.
With only five finals before today Jess Yates makes it three in the last eight with eleven hits to his credit, including a blindsider to Barnes and Hutchins, while riding eight against him as Gariepy, Hutchins and Henton who made a return visit.
After delivering the final blow to Yates, Ben Hadsell went one-on-one with Scott Hutchins as they prepared for their thirteenth and fifteenth finals respectively. The winner of the most recent event Hadsell, only his second final in seven weeks, was nearly done in early here as he smacked Gibson twice before Sam Harbin forced him into the barriers where he barely escaped the tight squeeze in time.
For Hutchins, who had to ride nine hits throughout, he was content in doubling up on Yates and Gariepy with Henton, Barnes and Hadsell also taking attacks. It was Hadsell who got in on his final opponent first with three quick hits with the final two coming after a retaliation that left Hutchins stranded against the wall, helplessly waiting for the end to be delivered as Hadsell takes his fifth heat win of the year.
Race Result
1. Ben Hadsell
2. Scott Hutchins
3. Jess Yates
4. Tom Gariepy
5. Timmy Barnes
6. Joe Ramage
7. Norm Gibson
8. Chris Henton
9. Sam Harbin
10. Leo May
11. Steven Redden
12. Randy Corson
Monday, 10 June 2013
Controlled Chaos - Halloween Open Preview
With Darryl Lozier clinging on to top spot in the standings it is a bad time to miss out with an injury as the knock he picked up in Bristol last time out keeps him on the sidelines for the twenty-ninth event.
His nearest rival Scott Hutchins sits 9.5pts back of the leader and has a tough task in heat one as he goes against five other members of the top ten: Tom Gariepy, Joe Ramage, Norm Gibson, Chris Henton and the winner of the Fall Nationals Ben Hadsell.
Heat two contains Andy Bing and his closest competitor in the heat is Lynne Higgins who currently sits in thirteenth place, and in heat three both Will Thompson and Jamie Eilers lead the way.
His nearest rival Scott Hutchins sits 9.5pts back of the leader and has a tough task in heat one as he goes against five other members of the top ten: Tom Gariepy, Joe Ramage, Norm Gibson, Chris Henton and the winner of the Fall Nationals Ben Hadsell.
Heat two contains Andy Bing and his closest competitor in the heat is Lynne Higgins who currently sits in thirteenth place, and in heat three both Will Thompson and Jamie Eilers lead the way.
Sunday, 9 June 2013
Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967/68 Playoff SFs, April 22nd 1968
Monday 22nd April 1968
West Division
Pittsburgh Penguins @ Philadelphia Flyers Game #2
The Battle of Pennsylvania continued with Pittsburgh jumping out to a 2-0 lead 3:49 into game two. Price (1) and Dea (3) putting the Pens up before Van Impe of the Flyers drew Price into a fight, swinging momentum towards Philadelphia.
And swing it did with the hosts tied at 2-2 before the end of the period thanks to goals from Hannigan (2) on the breakaway and Rochefort (4). They took over the lead in the middle frame when Sutherland (5) scored the period's only goal, and then Sutherland (6) was on hand again in the third to make it 4-2.
A powerplay goal from Bathgate (1) brought Pittsburgh back within one with over eight minutes still to play, but Kennedy (4) wrapped it up four minutes from time to put the Flyers up in the series 2-0.
PIT Binkley (4-2-0 .928 2.00) 21/26, Powerplay 1/5
PHI Parent (3-3-0 .902 3.00) 30/33, Powerplay 0/4
Goalscorers:
First Period
PIT Price (1) Boivin 2:12
PIT Dea (3) Ubriaco 3:49
Fight PIT Price vs PHI Van Impe 10:48
PHI Hannigan (2) Kennedy 11:22
Phi Rochefort (4) Sutherland 14:04
Second Period
PHI Sutherland (5) JC Watson 11:39
Third Period
PHI Sutherland (6) Rochefort 6:15
PIT PPG Bathgate (1) Stratton, Speer 11:51
PHI Kennedy (4) Blackburn, Hannigan 15:42
Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven series 2-0
West Division
Pittsburgh Penguins @ Philadelphia Flyers Game #2
The Battle of Pennsylvania continued with Pittsburgh jumping out to a 2-0 lead 3:49 into game two. Price (1) and Dea (3) putting the Pens up before Van Impe of the Flyers drew Price into a fight, swinging momentum towards Philadelphia.
And swing it did with the hosts tied at 2-2 before the end of the period thanks to goals from Hannigan (2) on the breakaway and Rochefort (4). They took over the lead in the middle frame when Sutherland (5) scored the period's only goal, and then Sutherland (6) was on hand again in the third to make it 4-2.
A powerplay goal from Bathgate (1) brought Pittsburgh back within one with over eight minutes still to play, but Kennedy (4) wrapped it up four minutes from time to put the Flyers up in the series 2-0.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | F | ||
| PIT | @ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| PHI | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
PIT Binkley (4-2-0 .928 2.00) 21/26, Powerplay 1/5
PHI Parent (3-3-0 .902 3.00) 30/33, Powerplay 0/4
Goalscorers:
First Period
PIT Price (1) Boivin 2:12
PIT Dea (3) Ubriaco 3:49
Fight PIT Price vs PHI Van Impe 10:48
PHI Hannigan (2) Kennedy 11:22
Phi Rochefort (4) Sutherland 14:04
Second Period
PHI Sutherland (5) JC Watson 11:39
Third Period
PHI Sutherland (6) Rochefort 6:15
PIT PPG Bathgate (1) Stratton, Speer 11:51
PHI Kennedy (4) Blackburn, Hannigan 15:42
Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven series 2-0
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