Foster Hewitt Division Semi Finals - Ottawa Senators (1) vs Renfrew Creamery Kings (4)

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OTTAWA SENATORS (1)

GM: BenchBrawl

Coach: Hap Day
Captain: Mark Messier
Assistant: Punch Broadbent
Assistant: Jimmy Thomson

HEAD COACH

Hap Day

ROSTER

Sweeney Schriner - Mark Messier (C) - Alex Kovalev
Artemi Panarin - Jeremy Roenick - Tony Amonte
Gabriel Landeskog - Frank McGee - Punch Broadbent (A)
Gregg Sheppard - Doug Risebrough - Russ Courtnall

Sprague Cleghorn - Jimmy Thomson (A)
Al Arbour - Guy Lapointe
Ryan McDonagh - Jack Laviolette

Henrik Lundqvist
Normie Smith

Spares: Brenden Gallagher, Marc Savard, Sheldon Souray

PP1: Schriner-Messier-Kovalev-Cleghorn-Lapointe
PP2: Panarin-Roenick-Broadbent-Arbour-Thomson

PK1: Sheppard-Risebrough-Lapointe-Thomson
PK2: Messier-Courtnall-Cleghorn-Arbour
PK3: Sheppard-Broadbent


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RENFREW CREAMERY KINGS (4)

1909 NHA Founding Franchise

Home Rink: Renfrew Hockey Arena, Renfrew, Ontario
GM: papershoes
Coach: Toe Blake
Captain: Daniel Alfredsson
Alternates: Viacheslav Fetisov, Harvey Pulford


Forwards:
Toe Blake - Newsy Lalonde - Daniel Alfredsson (C)
Sergei Kapustin - Joe Nieuwendyk - Marian Gaborik
Johnny Wilson - Bobby Holik - Lorne Carr
Valeri Kamensky - Gary Unger - Carson Cooper

Patrik Sundstrom
Ulf Dahlen


Defensemen:
Viacheslav Fetisov (A) - Vladimir Konstantinov
Harvey Pulford - Reed Larson
Si Griffis - Ron Greschner

Gord Fraser

Goalies:
#30 Tim Thomas
#72 Sergei Bobrovsky


Powerplay:
PP1: Blake - Lalonde - Gaborik - Larson - Fetisov
PP2: Kapustin - Nieuwendyk - Alfredsson - D - Griffis

Penalty Kill:
PK1: Nieuwendyk - Alfredsson -Fetisov - Konstantinov
PK2: Blake - Holik - Pulford - D​

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Feel free to chime in with any observations.


2 things I like about Ottawa:

2nd pairing
-I think Arbour is probably on the lower end of the 4's but Lapointe is a major luxury (he could pass for a bottom end 1 here) and the fit would seem to be very good.

Hap Day
-He's a slightly better version of Punch Imlach in my book and would strike me as someone who could have matched wits with Blake.

1 thing I don't like:

Some of the players at Day's disposal
-Are Schriner, Kovalev, Panarin going to gel with a defensive task master like Day? With Messier as captain I'm not as concerned, but something to think about.



2 things I like about Quebec:

Top Line:
Nice balance. Solid defensively on both wings and really nice offense across the board. Plenty physical as well.

Top Pairing:
-Blake should love Fetisov and how can you not like the chemistry?

1 thing I don't like:

Lack of depth scoring. Lines 2-4 are subpar here. Can Blake get the team working enough on finer defensive points to offset?