AAA 2012 Division Semis: Utah Grizzlies vs. Fort Saskatchewan Traders

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UTAH GRIZZLIES

Coach: Jan Starsi
Captain: Ron Schock
Assistant Captains: Tom Fitzgerald, Lucien DeBlois

Eric Daze - Bill Carson - Jason Pominville
Alex Kaleta - Ron Schock - Wayne Connelly
Dutch Hiller - Rudy Migay - Tom Fitzgerald
Randy Burridge - Tom Fergus - Lucien DeBlois

Bert Marshall - Dmitri Mironov
Kent Douglas - Jimmy Orlando
Dennis Kearns - Hal Laycoe

Roman Cechmanek
Jake Forbes

Spares:
Jim Conacher, C/LW
Ken Mallen, F
Mike Rathje, D
Rocket Power, D

PP1: Daze - Carson - Pominville - Kearns - Douglas
PP2: Kaleta - Schock - Connelly - Kearns - Mironov
PK1: Migay - Hiller - Marshall - Orlando
PK2: Fergus - Fitzgerald - Douglas - Laycoe


VS

Herbert Russell - Dutch Reibel - Sergei Svetlov
James Neal - Vladimír Růžička - Bud Poile
Armand Mondou - Billy Harris - Leroy Goldsworthy
Adam Brown - Jim McFadden - Ran McDonald
Vyacheslav Anisin - Oliver Seibert

Rod Flett - Fred Higginbotham
Murray Henderson - Mike McEwen
John Mayasich - Yevgeni Paladiev
Larry Cahan - Ron Plumb

Niklas Bäckström
Joe Daley

Coach Ivan Hlinka​

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[Velociraptor]

Won't have a whole lot of time to reflect on the series, but I am curious to know what is the real shutdown pairing on the Traders? with two high-octane scoring lines I see a few issues for the blueliners of the opposition, especially where each pairing appears to be a contrasting pair.

 

[Hedberg]

Won't have a whole lot of time to reflect on the series, but I am curious to know what is the real shutdown pairing on the Traders? with two high-octane scoring lines I see a few issues for the blueliners of the opposition, especially where each pairing appears to be a contrasting pair.

Flett-Higginbotham will probably see the matchup against the top two lines, but you're correct in that it's more of a two-way defence than one with a real shutdown pair.

 

[Dreakmur]

Furtraders vs Grizzles. How perfect is that?

 

[vecens24]

And the winner is....

Utah in 6 games!

Three Stars:
1. Kent Douglas
2. Sergei Svetlov
3. Jason Pominville

 

[Hedberg]

Congrats Velociraptor

 

[Velociraptor]

Congrats Velociraptor

Thanks Hedberg, wish I was able to address some points but I've been pretty tied up as of late.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Close as it should have been. This was the toughest series for me to decide.