1st Period
He looks like a dad at a kid's tournament, standing amongst them during the anthem.
1st shift, opening faceoff:
Uneventful. 2 of the 3 faceoffs during this shift, he completely negated the winger he lined up against to get to loose pucks. The other, his team lost more cleanly.
Rogle PP at 1:41. Not on either unit. Rogle scores with 33 seconds left 1-0.
2nd shift, centre ice draw:
Aggressive and took perfect routes on the forecheck and then backcheck, but was a step behind and wasn't able to force the issue in either direction. Was rushed into a neutral zone pass that he never turned over, but didn't put it in a great spot for his linemate either.
3rd shift, on the fly:
Very nice quick pass at his own blueline to start a breakout into a 2v3, then beat two defenders skating down the ice to be open for a one-time pass in front of the net, but his teammate took the shot. Used his body to create time and space in the o-zone corner to easily chip the puck back to the point, then went hard to the net and nearly had an in tight opportunity.
4th shift, on the fly:
Outbodied a defender to give a teammate a clear path with the puck in the o-zone right corner, then circled and went hard to the net, getting a one-time chance from between the circle and the net, but the goalie swallowed up.
5th shift, neu zone draw;
Uneventful. Opponent was cycling most of the shift. He was the only guy that had a chance to clear at any point, and under lots of pressure, he tried a bit of a risky cross-ice pass that was behind his teammate (similar to his pass on his second shift). It got out of the zone, but they never maintained possession and it came back into Rogle's zone, eventually being a shot and cover.
6th shift, neu zone draw:
Was a bit out of position defensively, but recovered and used his long reach to force a turnover on an attacker cutting into the centre of the ice. Then beat both defenders to the endboards on a forecheck, and despite getting crunched pretty solidly, kept the puck alive. Then couldn't get his stick on a loose puck in the slot, but caused enough chaos that it left a teammate wide open to take a shot a few feet behind him, while he crashed the net.
7th shift, def zone draw:
Aided a turnover in the d-zone and then got the outlet pass, but again tried that questionable cross-ice pass (under much less pressure this time) that became a turnover, but forced the opponent's back into their zone. He really doesn't seem to want to carry the puck; lots of quick passes as soon as he touches it.
Rogle PK. Edstrom on first unit.
8th shift, def zone draw, PK:
He covers a lot of space on the PK. Did his job well, though I don't like how the PK allows for cross-ice passes to be opened up. But when the puck went low and his three teammates collapsed to cover, it got poked in. 1-1.