AAA 2014 Semi-finals: Regina capitals vs Fargo-Moorhead ice sharks

[seventieslord]

Regina Capitals

coach: Brian Sutter

Morris Lukowich (A) - Alexei Zhamnov - Alex Golikov
Don Smith - Alexander Kozhevnikov - Billy Harris
Dave Hunter - Tomas Plekanec - Ric Seiling
Curt Fraser - Kelly Kisio (C) - Martin Lapointe

Alex Smith (A) - Keith Brown
Harold Snepsts - Jim McKenny
Sheldon Souray - Rick Smith

Viktor Konovalenko
Marc-Andre Fleury

spares:
Lucien DeBlois (F)
James Stewart (D)
Fred Whitcroft (F)
Murray Henderson (D)

PP1 - D.Smith - Kozhevnikov - Golikov - Souray - McKenny
PP2 - Lukowich - Kisio - Plekanec - Zhamnov - A.Smith
PK1 - Plekanec - Seiling - A.Smith - Snepsts
PK2 - Harris - Hunter - R.Smith - Brown
PK3 - Kisio - Zhamnov - Souray - Snepsts

Vs:

Danny Grant - Bones Raleigh (C) - Blaine Stoughton
Alex Shibicky - Dutch Reibel - Joe Carveth
Johnny Sheppard - Bob Gracie - Joe Lamb
Paul Ysebaert - Curtis Brown (A) - Wildor Larochelle
Cecil Blachford - Mud Bruneteau

Joe Cooper - Kent Douglas
Reg Hamilton - Barry Ashbee (A)
Albert Langlois - Gary Sargent
Ralph Bowman - Tom Poti

Arturs Irbe
Don Beaupre

Coach: Jacques Martin

PP1: Grant - Raleigh - Stoughton - Shibicky - Sargent
PP2: Sheppard - Reibel - Carveth - Douglas - Cooper
PK1: Brown - Larochelle - Cooper - Douglas
PK2: Gee - Lamb - Hamilton - Ashbee
PK3: Brown - Ysebaert - Langlois - Sargent

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[seventieslord]

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

edit: haha, it would not let me make a post in all caps!

 

[jarek]

So.. the Capitals win due to a no show?

 

[Hedberg]

Recap from the assassination thread:

Fargo-Moorhead
- Top six is a weak in intangibles. Grant may be a hard worker
- Lacks experienced penalty killers
- Reibel had a very short peak

Regina
- Billy Harris is the least offensive threat of any top six player in the series, but has good other skills
- Questions about what exactly Lapointe and Fraser are bringing to the table other than hits.

 

[seventieslord]

We are going to make a series of this, for the record.

All four remaining participants just happen to have really busy lives right now, from the looks of it.

 

[seventieslord]

- Questions about what exactly Lapointe and Fraser are bringing to the table other than hits.

For pete's sake! These guys aren't Jordan freaking Tootoo here. Yes I wanted a tough 4th line. No, I didn't get these guys just for the sake of toughness. They brought a lot of skills besides hitting and fighting - incredible physical strength, decent offense, forechecking, board work, leadership, infectious work ethic, decent defense, and in Lapointe's case, great clutch play.

I would personally have much more concern about what Ysebaert brings to a AAA team at all.

*sigh* - this is hard - I have to move into my house all over again and I'm just bloody tired. My competitive spirit and my duty as the admin to get this moving along towards completion dragged me to the computer to get this little bit done. Are we gonna do this or what? If you post, I'll probably be compelled to reply, and if you remain silent, I likely will too. We can absolutely keep this open if we're gonna do some back and forth, but if not we should just put this in the hands of the voters and hope the lucky finalists (hope I'm one of them, don't get me wrong!) have more time for discussion.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Regina Wins in 5 Games

3 Stars
1. Zhamnov
2. Raleigh
3. Konovalenko

 

[seventieslord]

congrats on a very good team, Hedberg. Surprised it wasn't closer... I do like my team better, but thought the voters would see it as a coin toss.

 

[Hedberg]

congrats on a very good team, Hedberg. Surprised it wasn't closer... I do like my team better, but thought the voters would see it as a coin toss.

Even I, who should be the most biased, didn't see this as a close series. A well-deserved victory for Regina.