Here are some comments and observations from the St. John’s IceCaps vs Binghamton Senators game at the Mile One Centre in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
1 A quick look at tonight’s line combos and D pairings along with injuries and scratches:
Andrighetto – Hudon – Holloway Barberio – Ellis
Carr – McCarron – Thomas Hanley – Dietz
De La Rose – Dumont – Scherbak Bennett – Lernout
Crisp – Eisenschmid – Gregoire
Starting Goalie: Tokarski
Scratches: Thrower, MacMillan and Neilson
Injuries: Didier, Johnston, McNally and Bozon (upper-body, out 1 month)
IceCaps in Montreal: None
IceCaps in Brampton: Pasquale, Fournier, Miceli and Brown
Note: Angelo Miceli was sent to Brampton earlier this week and has yet to play for them.
2 The IceCaps power play went 1 for 3 tonight and gave up a shorthanded goal bringing their season total to 3 for 17 for a 17.6% success rate. PP unit 1: Hudon, Andrighetto, McCarron, Holloway and Barberio PP unit 2: Thomas, Carr, Scherbak, Ellis and Hanley.
3 The IceCaps penalty kill went 1 for 2 tonight to bring their season total to 21 for 22 for a 95.5% success rate. Ellis, Barberio, De La Rose and Dumont are the main PK unit.
4 The IceCaps were outshot by the Senators 37-28. Andrighetto led the Icecaps with 5 shots while Puempel led the Senators and all players with 6 shots (1st period 14-9 Senators, 2nd period 9-7 Icecaps, 3rd period 14-10 Senators, OT 2-0 Senators).
5 This was the 1st of 8 meetings between the two teams with St. John’s holding a 0-0-1-0 record scoring 4 while giving up 5.
6 The IceCaps season record now stands at 3-1-1-0 scoring 19 while giving up 16. Their road record now stands at 1-1-0-0 scoring 4 while giving up 7 while their home record is 2-0-1-0 scoring 15 while giving up 9.
7 In the last 10 games the IceCaps have a record of 3-1-1-0 scoring 19 while giving up 16.
8 After tonight’s game their record now stands at 3-1-1-0 scoring 19 while giving up 16. Last year as the Bulldogs their record was 2-1-2-0 scoring 15 and giving up 14.
9 Quick points:
10 A look at the 3 stars of the game:
Note: How does a guy with 3 assists get overlooked as a star of the game? (Mullen)
11 My 3 stars of the game would have been:
12 IceCaps blow a two goal lead in the third period as the Senators score three unanswered goals to win it in overtime in front of 5515 fans at the Mile One Centre in St. John’s Newfoundland.
The first period would be a scoreless affair with the Icecaps being outshot 14-9.
Colin Greening would open the scoring at 1:41 of the second netting a shorthanded goal with help from Patrick Mullen to put the Senators up 1-0.
Bud Holloway would put one top shelf on the power play at 7:45 of the second to tie the game 1-1 with the lone assist going to Michael McCarron.
Less than a minute later Gabriel Dumont would put the IceCaps on top 2-1 with the lone helper going to Nikita Scherbak.
Gabriel Dumont would score his second of the night at 17:03 of the second to make it 3-1 Sven Andrighetto would get credited with the only assist on the play.
Eric O’Dell would score with less than a minute left in the second to make a 3-2 game with assists going to Tobias Lindberg and Ryan Dzingel.
Darren Dietz would put the IceCaps back up by two blasting a shot from the point that beats Chris Driedger at 1:45 of the third with helpers going to Joel Hanley and Christian Thomas.
Matt Puempel would score on the power play at 10:45 of the third cutting St. John’s lead in half assists would go to Patrick Mullen and Colin Greening.
Travis Ewanyk would score his first pro goal to tie the game 4-4 at 16:53 of the third with assists going to Patrick Mullen and Ben Harpur.
Fredrik Claesson would score the game winner for the Senators at 1:35 of the overtime period with the lone assist going to Nick Paul.
Dustin Tokarski stopped 32 of 37 shots in a losing cause while Chris Driedger would stop 24 of 28 to pick up the win. Final score: 5-4 Senators in OT.
Next game for the IceCaps is on Wednesday Oct. 21 in St. John’s where they take on the Binghamton Senators again.
13 A look at the periods:
1st Period:
2nd Period:
3rd Period:
OT Period:
McCarron continues to impress.
Scherbak has some good moves but seems to be pressing trying to get that first goal.
The power play has now scored goals in back to back games going 3 for 8.
The penalty kill has been unbelievable, giving up only 1 goal on 22 attempts.
**Dietz goal has since been changed to Carr.
The Brampton Beast, Montreal’s ECHL didn’t play tonight.
Early this morning, the Canadiens announced that they signed Charles Hudon to a one-year, one-way contract ($800,000). Just like his fellow teammates Armia and Lehkonen, he avoided going to arbitration. His date set for August 2nd. This will be Hudon’s fourth season with the Montreal Canadiens having played his first professional season during the 2014-15 […]