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  • ECF Game 4 – Boston Bruins v. Carolina Hurricanes

    ECF Game 4 – Boston Bruins v. Carolina Hurricanes

    Boston Bruins v. Carolina Hurricanes

    Game 4 – BOS Leads 3-0

     

    Game Recap:

    Heading into Game 4 with the potential to clinch the series in Carolina, the Boston Bruins will have to do it without their captain and veteran defenseman Zdeno Chara who is listed as “day to day”.

    In the first period both teams would trade chances, and both teams would get at least one powerplay opportunity each, but neither would capitalize on their opportunities.

     

    Going into the second period the Carolina Hurricanes would shoot themselves in the foot when they would take a too many men on the ice penalty, and the Bruins would take advantage as David Pastrnak would get the puck past Curtis McElhinney to make it 1-0 less than five minutes into the period. Then much later in the second period, Carolina would get themselves into penalty trouble again as Patrice Bergeron would score from the slot area as McElhinney did not have a chance on the shot.

     

    Going into the third period it would be do or die for the Hurricanes, and despite their best efforts a turnover in their own zone midway through the period would push the game more out of reach as David Pastrnak would exhibit great patience to feed Patrice Bergeron for his second goal of the game to make it 3-0.

     

    Lineups:

    Boston Bruins:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — David Backes

    Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen

    Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari

    Matt Grzelcyk — Charlie McAvoy

    Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo

    John Moore — Connor Clifton

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer, Karson Kuhlman

    Injured: Chris Wagner (right arm), Kevan Miller (lower body), Zdeno Chara (day to day)

     

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen

    Nino Niederreiter — Jordan Staal — Justin Williams

    Warren Foegele – Lucas Wallmark — Brock McGinn

    Micheal Ferland — Greg McKegg — Saku Maenalanen

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk

    Haydn Fleury — Calvin de Haan

    Curtis McElhinney

    Petr Mrazek

    Scratched: Jake Bean, Patrick Brown

    Injured: Jordan Martinook (lower body), Trevor van Riemsdyk (left shoulder)

     

    First Period:

    Bruins Penalty – 1:18 – Matt Grzelcyk 2 minutes fot Tripping

    Hurricanes Penalty – 10:35 – Nino Niederreiter 2 minutes for Slashing

    Bruins Penalty – 12:19 – Charlie Coyle 2 minutes for Interference

     

    End of 1st – BOS – 0       CAR – 0

    Shots              10                13

    Faceoffs         12                10

    Hits               08                  07

    PP                 0/1                 0/2

     

    Second Period:

    Hurricanes Penalty – 4:26 – Bench (Justin Williams) 2 minutes for Too Many Men

    Bruins PPG – 4:46 – David Pastrnak (7) from Brad Marchand (11) and Torey Krug (11)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 18:10 – Greg McKegg 2 minutes for Goalie Interference

    Bruins PPG – 18:34 – Patrice Bergeron (7) from David Pastrnak (7)

     

    End of 2nd – BOS – 2        CAR – 0

    Shots               18                 18

    Faceoffs          25                 23

    Hits                 15                  19

    PP                   2/3                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Bruins Goal – 10:32 – Patrice Bergeron (8) from David Pastrnak (8)

    Bruins ENG – 17:43 – Brad Marchand (7) from Patrice Bergeron (5) and David Krejci (10)

     

    End of 3rd – BOS – 4         CAR – 0

    Shots              23                   24

    Faceoffs        35                    31

    Hits               17                     33

    PP                 2/3                    0/2

     

    Next Up:

    Stanley Cup Finals – Boston v. STL/SJ

     

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  • St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks – Round 3 – Game 2 Recap

    St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks – Round 3 – Game 2 Recap

    Game Recap:

    The Blues came out from the gate determined to not hang their goalie Jordan Binnington out to dry like they did some many times in game one and it worked. The Blues came out and pressured in the first part of the period and scored the only goalie thanks to Blues potential Conn Smythe Candidate Jaden Schwartz. But the Blues couldn’t keep the Sharks at bay and they stormed back in the second half of the period with some pressure but couldn’t solve Binnington who I am sure was determined not to have another game like game 1.

    The 2nd period would be the Logan Couture show as the penalties would begin to ramp up against San Jose, St.Louis would score once via Vince Dunn but Couture would score a goal Short-Handed to get the Sharks on the board and then would score less than 2 minutes later to tie the game at two apiece in the second period. But the Blues wouldn’t just lay down and die with less than 4 minutes left in the second tough guy defencemen Robert Bortuzzo would score to reinstate the St. Louis Blues lead heading into the 3rd period.

    The 3rd period would be a swapping of penalties for both teams as they would both end up with no powerplay goals on the night. But with the Sharks pressing for the tying goal late the Blues Oskar Sundqvist would give the Blues some insurance with just over 3 minutes remaining and eventually seal the series tie at one apiece.

    Lineups:

    St. Louis

    Jaden Schwartz – Brayden Schenn – Vladimir Tarasenko

    Sammy Blais – Ryan O’Reilly – David Perron

    Pat Maroon – Tyler Bozak – Christian Thomas

    Ivan Barbashev – Oskar Sundqvist – Alex Steen

     

    Joel Edmundson – Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester – Colton Parayko

    Vince Dunn – Robert Bortuzzo

     

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Carl Gunnarsson (Upper Body)

     

    San Jose

    Scratched:  None

    Injuries: Radek Simek

     

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    St.Louis Goal – 2:34 – Jaden Schwartz (10) assisted by Vladimir Tarasenko (2) and Joel Edmundson (4)

    San Jose Penalty – 4:04 – Tomas Hertl, 2 minutes for Tripping

    St. Louis Penalty – 6:34 – Jay Bouwmeester, 2 minutes for Tripping

    San Jose Penalty – 15:46 – Evander Kane, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 1st – STL – 1      SJS – 0

    Shots              6                  9

    Faceoffs        6/17          11/17

    Hits                12                9

    PP                 0/2                 0/1

    Second Period:

    St. Louis Goal – 4:16 – Vince Dunn (2) assisted by Ryan O’Reilly (8) and David Perron (5)

    San Jose Penalty – 4:42 – Marcus Sorenson, 2 minutes for Interference

    San Jose SH Goal – 4:55 – Logan Couture (12) unassisted

    San Jose Goal – 6:54 – Logan Couture (13) assisted by Timo Meier (8)

    St. Louis Goal – 16:34 – Robert Bortuzzo (1) assisted by Joel Edmundson (5) and Tyler Bozak (5)

    San Jose Penalty – 19:31- Brendan Dillion, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    End of 2nd – STL – 3      SJS – 2

    Shots               15                15

    Faceoffs       15/36           21/36

    Hits                24                  18

    PP                   0/4                  0/1

    Third Period:

    St. Louis Penalty – 10:37 – Robert Thomas, 2 minutes for Hooking

    San Jose Penalty – 12:42 – Joe Thornton, 2 minutes for Tripping

    St. Louis Goal – 16:52 – Oskar Sundqvist (3) assisted by Alex Steen (2) and Alex Pietrangelo (10)

    End of 3rd – STL – 4         SJS- 2

    Shots              25                26

    Faceoffs      23/54         31/54

    Hits              35                 28

    PP                 0/5                0/2

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  • 2019 IIHF World Championships: Day 4 Recap

    2019 IIHF World Championships: Day 4 Recap

    Today was Day 4 of the 2019 IIHF World Championships from Slovakia.

     

    In Group A action from Kosice, there were two games in action today:

     

    United States v. Finland
    Slovakia v. Canada

     

    The United States would defeat the team from Finland with a 3-2 overtime win.

     

     

    In the second game, Canada would go on to defeat the team from Slovakia with a 6-5 win.

     

     

    In Group B action, there would also be two games that took place.

     

    Russia v. Czech Republic
    Norway v. Sweden

     

    In the first game, Russia would go on to defeat the team from Czech Republic with a 3-0 win.

    In the second game from Bratislava, Sweden would go on to demolish the team from Norway with a 9-1 win.

     

    Day 5 games taking place tomorrow:

     

    Group A

    Tuesday, May 14:

    Great Britain v. Denmark
    Germany v. France

    Wednesday, May 15:

    United States v. Great Britain
    Germany v. Slovakia

     

    Group B

    Tuesday, May 14:

    Italy v. Latvia
    Switzerland v. Austria

     

    Wednesday, May 15:

    Switzerland v. Norway
    Russia v. Italy

     

    For full standings in the 2019 IIHF World Championships, please go to the IIHF’s website by clicking here.

     

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  • 2019 IIHF World Championships: Day 3 Recap

    2019 IIHF World Championships: Day 3 Recap

    Today in Day 3 of the IIHF World Championships, there were six contests.

     

    There will be a quick recap of the contests that took place in Day 3 action.

     

    In Group A action from Košice, you had the following games taking place:

     

    United States v. France
    Denmark v. Germany
    Great Britain v. Canada

     

    The first game between the United States and France, the United States team would go on to defeat the team from France with a 7-1 win.

     

     

    In the second game, Germany would defeat Denmark with a 2-1 win.

     

    In the final game of the day in Group A action, Canada would demolish the team from Great Britain with an 8-0 win.

     

     

    In Group B action from Bratislava, the following three games took place:

    Russia v. Austria
    Italy v. Sweden
    Latvia v. Switzerland

     

    In the first game of Group B action, the team from Russia would go on to defeat Austria with a 5-0 win.

     

     

    In the second game from Bratislava, Sweden would crush the team from Italy with an 8-0 win.

     

     

    In the final game of Group B action on the day, the team from Switzerland would escape with a 3-1 win over the team from Latvia

     

     

    For full standings in the 2019 IIHF World Championships, please go to the IIHF’s website by clicking here.

     

    Upcoming games in the 2019 IIHF World Championships:

     

    Group A:

     

    Monday, May 13:

    United States v. Finland
    Slovakia v. Canada

     

    Tuesday, May 14:

    Great Britain v. Denmark
    Germany v. France

     

    Group B:

     

    Monday, May 13:

    Russia v. Czech Republic
    Norway v. Sweden

     

    Tuesday, May 14:

    Italy v. Latvia
    Switzerland v. Austria

     

     

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  • ECF Game 2 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Boston Bruins

    ECF Game 2 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Boston Bruins

    Carolina Hurricanes v. Boston Bruins

    Game 2 – BOS Leads 1-0

     

    Game Recap:

    Coming into Game 2 this afternoon the Carolina Hurricanes look to tie the series at one and take away the home ice advantage from the Boston Bruins. The first half of the period saw the tempo change hands between the two teams, and we alao saw a Hurricanes powerplay that did not generate much offense. Then in the last five minutes of the period Matt Grzelcyk would get one through Petr Mrazek and just over the goal line to score the first goal of the game. The Bruins would not be done there as they would get a late powerplay opportunity and would need only six seconds as Jake DeBrusk would knock in her own rebound and give the Bruins a 2-0 lead going into the first intermission.

     

    Going into the second period the Bruins would get themselves into penalty trouble as Patrice Bergeron would take a tripping penalty, but the Hurricanes would squander their opportunity and moments later the Bruins would capitalize as Marcus Johansson would exhibit great patience as he feeds Connor Clifton with the pass for Clifton to bury the puck into a wide open net for his first career playoff goal. Then late in the second period Matt Grzelcyk would strike again, this time on the powerplay to give the Bruins a 4-0 lead going into the second intermission.

     

    Going into the third period the Hurricanes would stick with Petr Mrazek between the pipes, but the Bruins would continue their assault as David Backes would score 70 seconds into the period. Then after killing off their second Patrice Bergeron tripping penalty of the game, it would be Bergeron out of the box and setting up Danton Heinen to make it a commanding 6-0 lead. The Hurricanes would eventually end Tuukka Rask’s shutout bid when Justin Williams would deflect a Justin Faulk poimt shot to make it 6-1. Then the Hurricanes would build on that as they would catch Tuukka Rask cheating to play the puck as he would accidently shoot the puck into Teuvo Teravainen who would shoot it into the wide open net to make it 6-2, but it would be to little too late as the Bruins take Game 2 and the 2-0 series lead.

     

    Lineups:

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho – Teuvo Teravainen

    Nino Niederreiter — Jordan Staal — Justin Williams

    Warren Foegele – Lucas Wallmark — Brock McGinn

    Jordan Martinook — Greg McKegg — Micheal Ferland

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk

    Haydn Fleury — Calvin de Haan

    Petr Mrazek

    Curtis McElhinney

    Scratched: Jake Bean, Patrick Brown

    Injured: Saku Maenalanen (upper body), Trevor van Riemsdyk (left shoulder)

     

    Boston Bruins:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — David Backes

    Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen

    Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Chris Wagner

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo

    Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Clifton

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer, Karson Kuhlman, John Moore

    Injured: Kevan Miller (lower body), Noel Acciari (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    Bruins Penalty – 11:56 – Zdeno Chara 2 minutes for Tripping

    Bruins Goal – 15:22 – Matt Grzelcyk (2) from Marcus Johansson (5) and Charlie Coyle (4)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 18:26 – Justin Williams 2 minutes for Tripping

    Bruins PPG – 18:32 – Jake DeBrusk (3) from David Pastrnak (6) and Torey Krug (8)

     

    End of 1st – CAR – 0       BOS – 2

    Shots              06                11

    Faceoffs         08                13

    Hits               14                  20

    PP                 0/1                 1/1

     

    Second Period:

    Bruins Penalty – 1:09 – Patric Bergeron 2 minutes for Tripping

    Bruins Goal – 3:46 – Connor Clifton (1) from Marcus Johansson (6) and Danton Heinen (5)

    Bruins Penalty – 13:36 – Chris Wagner 2 minutes for Holding

    Hurricanes Penalty – 16:07 – Justin Williams 2 minutes for Holding

    Bruins PPG – 17:56 – Matt Grzelcyk (3) from Charlie Coyle (5) and Torey Krug (9)

     

    End of 2nd – CAR – 0        BOS – 4

    Shots               17                 21

    Faceoffs          18                 21

    Hits                 26                  27

    PP                   0/3                  2/2

     

    Third Period:

    Bruins Goal – 1:10 – David Backes (2) from David Krejci (8) and Torey Krug (10)

    Bruins Penalty – 2:22 – Patrice Bergeron 2 minutes for Tripping

    Bruins Goal – 4:32 – Danton Heinen (2) from Patrice Bergeron (4) and Charlie Coyle (6)

    Hurricanes Goal – 11:17 – Justin Williams (4) from Justin Faulk (6) and Sebastian Aho (6)

    Hurricanes Goal – 17:32 – Teuvo Teravainen (7) from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – CAR – 2         BOS – 6

    Shots              23                   25

    Faceoffs        22                    31

    Hits               27                     35

    PP                 0/4                    2/2

     

    Next Up:

    Game 3  – Boston Leads 2-0

     

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  • St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks – Round 3 – Game 1 Recap

    St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks – Round 3 – Game 1 Recap

    Game Recap:

    The Sharks opened the game with putting it all on the table as Logan Couture put the Sharks on board early. Schwartz would reply later on in the 3rd tying the game at one. But the Sharks would reply again on the powerplay thanks to the Captain Joe Pavelski. Making the score 2-1 Sharks after one.

    The 2nd period would be another bad one for the St. Louis Blues. The Sharks would score 3 more goals to the Blues 1 and then the Blues would take a few more penalties. The same seemed so much out of reach.

    The 3rd period would be a swapping of goals between the Blues and Sharks. A brawl would ensue at the end of the game and a lot of penalties. Expect the Blue to come out with a big game 2.

    Lineups:

    St. Louis

    Jaden Schwartz – Brayden Schenn – Vladimir Tarasenko

    Sammy Blais – Ryan O’Reilly – David Perron

    Pat Maroon – Tyler Bozak – Christian Thomas

    Ivan Barbashev – Oskar Sundqvist – Alex Steen

     

    Joel Edmundson – Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester – Colton Parayko

    Vince Dunn – Robert Bortuzzo

     

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Carl Gunnarsson (Upper Body)

     

    San Jose

    Scratched:  None

    Injuries: Radek Simek

     

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    San Jose Goal – 3:31 – Logan Couture (10) assisted by Gustav Nyquist (8) and Timo Meier (8)

    St.Louis Goal – 9:13 – Jaden Schwartz (9) assisted by Vladimir Tarasenko (1) and Brayden Schenn (4)

    St. Louis Penalty – 9:36 – Jay Bouwmeester, 2 minutes for Interference

    San Jose PP Goal – 11:24 – Joe Pavelski (4) assisted by Brent Burns (10) and Erik Karlsson (13)

    St. Louis Penalty – 10:33 – Colton Paryako, 2 minutes for Slashing

    End of 1st – STL – 1      SJS – 2

    Shots              10              9

    Faceoffs        11/27          16/27

    Hits                22                13

    PP                 0/1                 1/2

    Second Period:

    St. Louis Penalty – 2:57 – Tyler Bozak, 2 minutes for Hooking

    San Jose Goal – 7:41 – Kevin Labanc (4) assisted by Joe Thornton (5)

    St. Louis Goal – 8:58 – Ryan O’Reilly (3) assisted by Logan Couture (6)

    San Jose Goal – 10:24 – Timo Meier (4) assisted by Joe Thornton (5)

    San Jose Penalty – 13:23 – Melker Karlsson, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    San Jose Goal – 17:34 – Timo Meier (5) assisted by Marc-Edouard Vlasic (4) and Gustav Nyquist

    End of 2nd – STL – 2      SJS – 5

    Shots               19                20

    Faceoffs        21/51           30/51

    Hits                35                  25

    PP                   0/1                  1/3

    Third Period:

    St. Louis Goal – 13:01 – Tyler Bozak (3) assisted by Pat Maroon (2) and Vince Dunn (5)

    San Jose Goal – 17:39 – Logan Couture (11) assisted by Joe Pavelski (4) and Evander Kane (6)

    St. Louis Penalty – 17:55 – Robert Bortuzzo, 5 minutes for Fighting

    San Jose Penalty – 17:55 – Barclay Goodrow, 5 minutes for Fighting

    St. Louis Penalty – 17:55 – Robert Bertuzzo, 2 minutes for Roughing

    San Jose Penalty – 17:55 – Brandon Dillion, 2 minutes for Roughing

    St. Louis Penalty – 17:55 – Robert Bortuzzo, Game Misconduct

    San Jose Penalty – 17:55 – Barclay Goodrow, Game Misconduct

    End of 3rd – STL – 3         SJS- 6

    Shots              31                25

    Faceoffs      31/73         42/73

    Hits              41                 35

    PP                 0/1                1/4

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  • 2019 IIHF World Championships: Day 2 Recap

    2019 IIHF World Championships: Day 2 Recap

    Earlier today, in Day 2 of the IIHF World Championships, there were six games on the schedule.

     

    Steel Arena (Košice):

    Denmark 5, France 4 (SO)
    Germany 3, Great Britain 1
    Slovakia 4, Finland 2

    Ondrej Nepela Arena (Bratislava):

    Switzerland 9, Italy 0
    Latvia 5, Austria 2
    Czech Republic 7, Norway 2

    To start off in Group A action earlier today, the games taking place in Košice, Denmark would defeat France in a shootout with a 5-4 win.

     

     
    Denmark’s Frederik Storm would have a three-point performance, including the game-winner in the shootout frame to give Denmark their first win in the tournament.  Denmark would come back from a two goal deficit midway through the second period to get the win.  There would be a lot of back and forth action throughout the contest and for team Denmark, Lars Eller would score a goal in the contest as well as a goal in the shootout frame.

     

    Denmark will look to win their second game in the tournament when they face off against Germany tomorrow and the French team will look to get their first win when they face off against the United States squad, coming off a 4-1 loss to the host Slovakian team, tomorrow.

     

    In the second game from Košice, Germany would go on to defeat the Great Britain squad with a 3-1 win.

     

     

    This game would mark the first time that the Britain squad would be in the top tier since 1994, however things would stay the same as they would fall.  The last time Great Britain got a win in the top tier at the IIHF Worlds was back in 1962 with a 7-5 win over Finland.

     

    For the contest, Moritz Seider, Yasin Ehliz, and Leon Draisaitl would net goals for the German team and the lone goal for Great Britain would come from Mike Hammond.

     

    Next up for the German team is Denmark when these two teams face off and Great Britain takes on Canada tomorrow.

     

    In the final contest in Košice for the day, Finland would move to 2-0-0-0 in the tournament with a 4-2 win over the host Slovakian team.


    The story thus far two days into the tournament is Kaapo Kakko.  Kakko thus far has recorded five goals in two games, three alone in today’s contest.  Although he has had two of his five on empty-netters, the other two have been fantastic goals.  There would be a high energy coming all contest long from both sides.

    Finland looks to notch their third win in the tournament on Monday when they face off against a United States squad, who faces off tomorrow against France.

    The host Slovakian team faces off against Team Canada, who faces off against Great Britain tomorrow, on Monday.

     

    Upcoming games from Košice:

    Sunday, May 12:

    United States v. France
    Denmark v. Germany
    Great Britain v. Canada

    Monday, May 13:

    United States v. Finland
    Slovakia v. Canada

     

    In action from Bratislava, the Switzerland team would demolish the team from Italy with a 9-0 win.

     

    In the contest, the Switzerland team would jump out to a 4-0 lead by the end of the first period.  Kevin Fiala would net a hat trick with Nico Hischier having a three point game of his own with one goal and two assists.

    Throughout the contest, the Italian team never had a chance as they would be outplayed on all aspects of the ice.

    Switzerland would go on to have a 61 shots on goal performance whereas the Italian squad would only have 19 shots on goal.

    Italy would have 4 penalties called on them and the Swiss team only had one penalty.

     

    Switzerland faces off against the Latvian squad and Italy faces off against Sweden.  Both of those contests take place tomorrow in Bratislava.

     

    In the second contest from Bratislava, the Latvian squad would pull away from Austria with a 5-2 win.

     

    The contest would be close for the first two periods before Latvia would put on a scoring and overall performance clinic in the third period.  Latvia would score three goals in the span of eight minutes to give Latvia the 4-1 advantage.  Latvia’s Lauris Darzins would score what would be the eventual game winner.

    Next up for both teams is Latvia taking on Switzerland and Austria facing Russia.  Both of those contests take place tomorrow.

     

    In the final contest for the day from Bratislava, Czech Republic would crush the Norwegian squad with a 7-2 win.

    The Czech team would have two goals and an assist each from Filip Hronek and Michael Frolik as they would take down Norway.  Dominik Kubalik would have a three point performance of his own with a goal and two assists in the contest.

     

    Norway would be scratching and clawing to find their way to get in the contest all game long but there would be no answers.

     

    Norway will face Sweden on Monday and the Czech Republic team will face off against Russia on Monday.

     

    Upcoming games in Bratislava:

     

    Sunday, May 12:

    Russia v. Austria
    Italy v. Sweden
    Latvia v. Switzerland

     

    Monday, May 13:

    Russia v. Czech Republic
    Norway v. Sweden

     

    Make sure to follow TXHT’s extensive Playoffs coverage on our 2019 NHL Playoffs page.

  • The Xperience – Avengers: Endgame Review *SPOILERS*

    The Xperience – Avengers: Endgame Review *SPOILERS*

    Bringing the entertainment to you, it’s The Xperience!!

     

    Audio Version:

     

     
    On the latest episode of The Xperience we do a full on SPOILER FILLED review of Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, which came out in theaters on April 26th, 2019.

     

    Michael is joined by his friend Sasha Kaplan as they discuss the film in all of it’s Spoiler glory, and what could be now that Endgame has come and gone for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

     

    Also this episode contains minor foul language and SPOILERS about the film.

     

    This episode was recorded on Saturday May 11th, 2019.

    Special Thanks to Eyeshine for “Paper Hearts” as our Opening Music.

    Have a convention that you want The Xperience to cover? Let us know in the comments, and we’ll see what we can do!

  • 2019 IIHF World Championships: Day 1 Recap

    2019 IIHF World Championships: Day 1 Recap

    Yesterday the 2019 IIHF World Championships kicked off action with four games taking place.

     

    Steel Arena (Košice):

    Finland 3, Canada 1
    Slovakia 4, United States 1

     

    Ondrej Nepela Arena (Bratislava):

    Russia 5, Norway 2
    Czech Republic 5, Sweden 2

     

    In the first contest taking place in Košice yesterday, Team Finland would knock off Team Canada with a 3-1 win.

     

    Finland’s Kaapo Kakko would open up the scoring at the 6:47 mark in the first period and Team Canada’s Jonathan Marchessault would score the lone goal for Team Canada with his goal at the 8:03 mark in the period with assists coming from Mark Stone and Shea Theodore.

     

    After a scoreless second period, Finland’s Arttu Ilomaki would score at the 2:36 mark of the third period before Kakko would score his second goal in the contest for the Finnish squad with 34 seconds left in the period.  Finland takes on Slovakia tomorrow and Canada looks to get their first win in the tournament when they take on Great Britain on Sunday.

     

    In the second contest taking place in Košice, Slovakia would go on to crush the United States squad with a 4-1 win.

     

     

    Four different skaters would net goals for Slovakia with Alex DeBrincat netting the only goal for the United States, with DeBrincat’s goal coming in the first period at the 12:05 mark with Patrick Kane and Jack Eichel netting the assists on the goal.

     

    Slovakia would open up the scoring in the contest with Matus Sukel’s goal at the 4:02 mark in the first period.  Later on in the second period, Erik Cernak would score at the 1:52 mark with Tomas Tatar’s goal at the 4:58 mark to give Slovakia a commanding 3-1 lead going into the third period.

     

    Slovakia would score their fourth and final goal in the contest with Michal Kristof’s goal at the 15:54 mark in the third period.

    Slovakia looks to defeat Finland when they face off tomorrow and the United States will look to get their first win in the tournament when they take on Team France on Sunday.

     

     

    In the first contest taking place in Bratislava, Team Russia would cruise past the Norwegian team with a 5-2 win.

     

    The Russian team would strike five times in the contest before the Norwegian team would even respond.

     

    Team Russia’s scorers included Yevgeni Dadonov, who scored twice, Artem Anisimov, Nikita Kucherov, and Nikita Gusev all scored with Thomas Valkvae and Jonas Holos scoring for Norway.

     

    Team Russia looks to 2-0 in the tournament when the Russian team faces off against Team Austria on Sunday.  Team Norway looks to get their first win they face off against the Czech Republic tomorrow.

     

     

    In the second contest taking place in Bratislava, the Czech Republic would take down the Swedish team with a 5-2 win.

     

     

    On the Czech Republic side, Jakub Vrana would score twice, with other goals coming from Dominik Kubalik, Michael Frolik, and Jan Kovar.  Patric Hornqvist and Oskar Lindblom would score for Sweden but it would not be enough.

    Sweden looks to get their first win in the tournament when the Swedes take on Team Italy on Sunday and Czech Republic faces off against Team Norway tomorrow.

     

     

    Upcoming schedule of games:

     

    Steel Arena (Košice):

     

    Saturday, May 11:

    Denmark v. France
    Germany v. Great Britain
    Slovakia v. Finland

    Sunday, May 12:

    United States v. France
    Denmark v. Germany
    Great Britain v. Canada

     

    Ondrej Nepela Arena (Bratislava):

     

    Saturday, May 11:

    Switzerland v. Italy
    Latvia v. Austria
    Norway v. Czech Republic

     

    Sunday, May 12:

    Russia v. Austria
    Italy v. Sweden
    Latvia v. Switzerland

     

    Make sure to follow TXHT’s extensive Playoffs coverage on our 2019 NHL Playoffs page.

  • ECF Game 1 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Boston Bruins

    ECF Game 1 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Boston Bruins

    Carolina Hurricanes v. Boston Bruins

    Game 1

     

    Game Recap:

    Shipping off to Boston for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals the Bruins play host to the Carolina Hurricanes for the first time since the 2009 Semi Finals, and they would also be doing it without the services of star defenseman Charlie McAvoy as he is serving a one game suspension stemming from his illegal hit to the head of Josh Anderson in Game 7 against the Columbus Blue Jackets a few nights ago. However, no McAvoy, no problem as his replacement in the lineup Steven Kampfer would step up early as he would bury his first career playoff goal off of a Marcus Johansson pass after a spectacular defensive play to create the offensive rush leading to the Kampfer goal. Then on the next shift Sean Kuraly would throw a retaliatory punch at Brock McGinn to get a two minute roughing penalty, but the Hurricanes would only need three seconds as Andrei Svechnikov would get the puck right off the faceoff and throw it on net for a Sebastian Aho redirect past Tuukka Rask to tie the game at one a piece.

     

    Going into the second period both teams would remain tied at one, but halfway through the period after the Hurricanes would get their third powerplay opportunity of the game, and fail to convert on it, it would be Greg McKegg who would drive down the wing and wrist the puck past Tuukka Rask to give the Hurricanes the 2-1 lead. However, the goal was not called a goal right away on the ice as the referee did not signal that is was a goal initially as there was also a collision that happened in the crease as well due to Steven Kampfer also cross checking McKegg into Rask after being burned by McKegg when going down the wing towards the net, but the war room in Toronto called in the goal as the replays showed the puck going into the net prior to the collision taking place.

     

    In the third period the Hurricanes would unravel a little bit in the first three minutes of the period as they would take two really bad penalties that would come to cost them as on the first powerplay opportunity of the period for the Bruins it would be Marcus Johansson knocking in a loose puck in the slot to tie the game at two a piece, then 28 seconds later on another powerplay the Bruins would score again as Patrice Bergeron would score his 6th of the playoffs to give the Bruins the 3-2 lead before the three minute mark of the third period. Then in the final three minutes of the game the Bruins would score two goals in a span of 11 seconds starting off with an empty net goal, and then a goal on a breakaway by Chris Wagner as the Bruins would put this game out of reach to win Game 1 5-2.

     

    Lineups:

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen

    Nino Niederreiter — Jordan Staal — Justin Williams

    Warren Foegele – Lucas Wallmark — Brock McGinn

    Jordan Martinook — Greg McKegg — Micheal Ferland

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk

    Haydn Fleury — Calvin de Haan

    Petr Mrazek

    Curtis McElhinney

    Injured: Saku Maenalanen (upper body), Trevor van Riemsdyk (left shoulder)

    Scratched: Jake Bean, Patrick Brown

     

    Boston Bruins:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — David Backes

    Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen

    Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Chris Wagner

    Zdeno Chara — Connor Clifton

    Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo

    Matt Grzelcyk — Steven Kampfer

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Zane McIntyre, Karson Kuhlman, John Moore

    Injured: Kevan Miller (lower body), Noel Acciari (upper body)

    Suspended: Charlie McAvoy

     

    First Period:

    Bruins Goal – 2:55 – Steven Kampfer (1) from Marcus Johansson (4)

    Bruins Penalty – 3:39 – Sean Kuraly 2 minutes for Roughing

    Hurricanes PPG – 3:42 – Sebastian Aho (5) from Andrei Svechnikov (2) and Jordan Staal (6)

    Bruins Penalty – 14:37 – Charlie Coyle 2 minutes for Hooking

    Hurricanes Penalty – 16:55 – Nino Niederreiter 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 1st – CAR – 1       BOS – 1

    Shots              10                08

    Faceoffs         13                09

    Hits               09                  07

    PP                 1/2                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Bruins Penalty – 4:08 – Sean Kuraly 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Hurricanes Goal – 9:18 – Greg McKegg (2) from Jordan Martinook (4) and Micheal Ferland (1)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 16:56 – Micheal Ferland 2 minutes for Interference

     

    End of 2nd – CAR – 2        BOS – 1

    Shots               25                 18

    Faceoffs          24                 18

    Hits                 19                  17

    PP                   1/3                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Hurricanes Penalty – :49 – Jordan Staal 2 minutes for Boarding

    Bruins PPG – 2:26 – Marcus Johansson (3) from Brad Marchand (9) and David Krejci (7)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 2:41 – Dougie Hamilton 2 minutes for Roughing

    Bruins PPG – 2:54 – Patrice Bergeron (6) from Brad Marchand (10) and Jake DeBrusk (4)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 5:29 – Dougie Hamilton 2 minutes for Interference

    Bruins ENG – 17:47 – Charlie Coyle (6) from Brandon Carlo (2) and Sean Kuraly (2)

    Bruins Goal – 17:58 – Chris Wagner (1) from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – CAR – 2         BOS – 5

    Shots              30                   28

    Faceoffs        31                    28

    Hits               27                     25

    PP                 1/3                    2/5

     

    Next Up:

    Game 2 – Sunday at 3p EST – BOS Leads Series 1-0

     

    Make sure to follow TXHT’s extensive Playoffs coverage on our 2019 NHL Playoffs page.