Schaller-DOC-Angello
Gruden-Currie-Olson
Miletic-Bellerive-Schilkey
Almeida-Berger-Drozg
POJ-Lizotte
Lee-Macpherson
Czuczman-Reilly
D'Orio-Nappier
DOC with a nice play to save a goal on the first shift.
Gruden on the next shift showing off some moves. Made a nifty pass. Then had a dangle. He's gotten better with every game.
POJ continuing his silky smooth skating ways.
D'Orio holding the fort.
Miletic must only be noticeable when he's on a line with Bellerive??
1-0 Phantoms. I missed it.
Reilly just stepped up big on someone. Might have been a headshot. Play stopped. He managed to skate off but goes to the locker room. Odd. No penalty was called on the play. But now Reilly is going to the box after play was halted.
Shifts later that player comes back and just fights/assaults Reilly. Pens to the PP. Had a few chances, but no go. Still 1-0 at the end of the 1st.
start 2
Someone tried to hit Bellerive while he was circling behind the Phantoms goal and he wasn't having any of that.
POJ takes a holding penalty. PK seems to be doing well, though.
D'Orio looks way better than Larmi. And with WBS signing Nappier, I think Larmi is done in the organization. Just a hunch.
But for real, this is the first game in a long time that Miletic has done anything of note.
I know he's not playing today, but Robert's game has become less and less noticeable. Certainly coincides with Zohorna going to the NHL.
Schaller intercepts an aerial pass with his stick, which causes the puck to go straight up, and then he heads it forward.
Gruden draws a penalty after D'Orio holds the fort again. Still 1-0, end of two.
start 3
No dice on that PP. 17 minutes in, Drozg dangles and is tripped. Pens to the PP. Haha, Drozg draws another penalty. 5 on 3 for about a 1:40. Puck nearly goes out of the zone, but Angello keeps it in, skates in and snipes one. 1-1!
PensBurgh recently said they think Reilly will be taking the long development path (a la Engelland) to the NHL. I don't see that at all. I don't think they're watching WBS games.
Pens with a big kill, one which included D'Orio having a big save.
Phantoms just had like a 2 minute shift cycling in the Pens zone. Very surprised no timeout was taken after that icing. Had a number of failed/flubbed clears. Finally was able to get a change.
Wowwwwww, Gruden with a nasty deke and almost scored.
Heading to OT.
DOC tried to do a bit too much and lost the puck. But then fought like hell to get it back (he got it back).
POJ with a long shift. Hits Currie for a stretch pass who misses but gets his rebound. Then feeds Schaller for a cross ice one timer goal. Pens win 2-1! D'Orio had 41 saves on his 22nd birthday.