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

[MarkovsKnee]

They killed PP.

RDS had the pk at 15 minutes long for awhile tho.

 

[Tyson]

Serious playoff hockey

 

[Belial]

After 3 tight periods, they decided to go up and down the ice?

 

[Adam Michaels]

That's twice Laval wins the face-off and it's Springfield that gets to the puck first.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

This RDS announcer sounds like he's calling golf, or chess.

 

[19VJ17]

Well that really sucks...losing always sucks!

 

[Tyson]

Laval won't go away quietly.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Peca. Springfield wins.

 

[David Suzuki]

could see that coming as soon as they entered the zone oh well

 

[Belial]

Too bad... Laval managed to put a lot of pressure but failed to capitalize...

 

[19VJ17]

The positive is Primeau sure has redeemed a blah regular season with terrific work during this playoff run

 

[Tyson]

The positive is Primeau sure has redeemed a blah regular season with terrific work during this playoff run

It looks like the other goalie is also playing on another level.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Disappointing. Laval has to find some skill & offense. Roy?

 

[jrom]

Disappointing. Laval has to find some skill & offense. Roy?

RHP is not having great playoffs, Ylonen was there for Syracuse but quiet since then. Sucks Heineman, Norlinder & Barron are not available.

 

[Belial]

Disappointing. Laval has to find some skill & offense. Roy?

They definitely didn't generate a lot of high-quality scoring chances... Some skill might help.

 

[montreal]

 

[Whitesnake]

Not sure if there was a worst weekend habs prospects related. Edmonton, Hamilton, Charlottettown and Laval loses.

Disappointing. Laval has to find some skill & offense. Roy?

Yeah...but maybe not the Roy you are thinking about...

 

[BLONG7]

Thx for posting...............Laval had a ton of scoring chances, and whiffed............back and forth, Primeau looked good..........looking like a long 6-7 game series.

 

[dcyhabs]

It looks like the other goalie is also playing on another level.

Better numbers than Primeau in these playoffs, 0.960 SV%.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Springfield has some real big bodies in their line-up, particularly on defense. Every single one of their D is over 6' and over 200 lbs. Only Call Rosen is under 200 lbs. He's 6'1" and 186 lbs.

Matt Kessel & Tommy Cross are both: 6'3" & 201 lbs
Tyler Tucker: 6'1" & 203 lbs
Steven Santini: 6'2" & 202 lbs
Luke Witkowski: 6'2" & 216 lbs
Josh Wesley: 6'3" & 205 lbs
Griffin Luce: 6'3" & 217 lbs
Brady Lyle: 6'1" & 211 lbs
Calle Rosen: 6'1" & 186 lbs


Basically, they were able to use their big frames to mostly box the smaller Laval forwards out and neutralize a lot of their attacks. Laval still were able to get scoring chances, but didn't capitalize. That should still be something that encourages them and it will be up to them and the coaching staff to find a way to get through that big defense.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Better numbers than Primeau in these playoffs, 0.960 SV%.

Yea. Joel Hofer is 1st in GAA and SV% these playoffs. Primeau is 4th in both categories.

The two goalies in 2nd and 3rd only played 2 games these playoffs. And playing less games sometimes gives you good stats because you faced a lot of shots and made a lot of saves. Also, those two goalies are eliminated from the playoffs. So if Primeau continues his stellar play, he will move up in those stats.

 

[montreal]

Thx for posting...............Laval had a ton of scoring chances, and whiffed............back and forth, Primeau looked good..........looking like a long 6-7 game series.

They need to put the 2 Roy's in, sit Condotta and Abbandonato or whoever at this point since so many players are struggling to score so badly. RHP, Teasdale, Ylonen, etc... only 1 player in the last 7 games has scored more then 3 goals (Martel) and only 3 players in the last 7 games have scored more then 2 goals (Martel, Dea, Paquette). If they don't find someone to start putting pucks in the net they won't last very long in this series. Springfield has yet to lose a game in the playoffs, though we didn't look overmatched at all and were right there with them all night in fact I could say we were the better team for a good of the game considering we were the road team.

 

[Tyson]

Better numbers than Primeau in these playoffs, 0.960 SV%.

Puck handling skills are NHL level or better