Laval Rocket: ECF Game 1 @ Springfield Thunderbirds (Laval Loses 2-1 in OT) - Laval Down 1-0 Series

[Adam Michaels]

 

[peate]

Gordie Dwyer sure moved around a lot.

 

[Treb]

More seriously, Sam Anas was invited to a previous Habs camp. So their whole top line (plus their current backup goalie Lindgren) has a link to the org and possibly some beef for being overlooked/thrown away.

Will be very interesting.

 

[Adam Michaels]

James Neal won't play.

 

[Tyson]

Two teams with long layoffs...who shows the least rust early on?

Condotta was good in the couple of games on the 4th line...

 

[Tyson]

I truly didn't expect Laval to beat Syracuse especially after the first game loss. Syracuse was playing as good as any team down the stretch and we beat them.
I am not counting them out in this series.

Primeau will be key

 

[Adam Michaels]

Okay Neal will play. The broadcasters were not given the right information.

 

[Tyson]

Springfield with a nice venue and a solid crowd

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Adam Michaels]

Paquette to the box. T-Birds to the PP.

 

[Tyson]

Nice backcheck by Gignac

Excellent kill

 

[Adam Michaels]

Good kill. They had one good scoring chance, but the rest of the PP, Laval did a good job killing the penalty.

 

[Tyson]

Good kill. They had one good scoring chance, but the rest of the PP, Laval did a good job killing the penalty.

How do we make this thread "live"?

 

[Adam Michaels]

You can see that Springfield is real good. They've had most of the possession and they do a good job finding each other. But they haven't really been menacing Primeau. So far, Laval is doing a good job protecting the house.

 

[Tyson]

Remember the time our former GM thought Michael Peca was worth 1.3 million x 2 years?
2.6 mil total for a guy who ended up in the league he belonged in

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Kinda all over the place and choppy early by both teams, which makes sense with the long break between series and all.

 

[Tyson]

You can see that Springfield is real good. They've had most of the possession and they do a good job finding each other. But they haven't really been menacing Primeau. So far, Laval is doing a good job protecting the house.

I haven't seen the skill Rochester threw out there with Peterka, Quinn, Krebs, Malone.
Maybe it will become evident as the series goes on.

This series will come down to who provides the best goaltending

 

[SwiftyHab]

Man, RDS announcers really coming out flat. And missing a lot of action while they talk

 

[Adam Michaels]

I haven't seen the skill Rochester threw out there with Peterka, Quinn, Krebs, Malone.
Maybe it will become evident as the series goes on.

This series will come down to who provides the best goaltending

Rochester has the more skilled prospects, but they're not the better team. Springfield is similar to Laval in the sense that they don't have the most interesting prospects in their line-up, but the teams play better.

Man, RDS announcers really coming out flat. And missing a lot of action while they talk

I was watching it on AHL TV because Marcotte is real good. But the video was choppy so I couldn't watch it.

The image is clearer on RDS but the announcing is lifeless.

 

[Tyson]

Rochester has the more skilled prospects, but they're not the better team. Springfield is similar to Laval in the sense that they don't have the most interesting prospects in their line-up, but the teams play better.

Rochester is not the better team but they created some great chances.
Springfield is built like a playoff team, everyone looks strong on their skates.

 

[SwiftyHab]

What is motivating James Neal to keep playing? Is he bad with cash?

 

[Tyson]

Even period
Shots 6-5 Laval

What is motivating James Neal to keep playing? Is he bad with cash?

 

[Adam Michaels]

Uneventful 1st period.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Let's see if the boys can pick up the pace a bit in the second. They need to get their legs going, get the rust off.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Better energy early, that's more like it !