Sept. 24 - Rocket @ Eagles

Is Yetman in?

He's listed on the game summary. Scratches are Boyer, Moore, Worden, and Capstick

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A very well played first period by the Rocket. I hope they can carry that on for the rest of the game.

Would love to see Paradis or Nestrasil bury one for Rocket.

Go Rocket Go

Good to see that Yetman is in the lineup.

I hope his concussion issues are behind him now.

Terrific game by the Rocket tonight.

Polasek was outstanding, both offensively and defensively.

Thwarted a breakaway in the third period with a well-timed dive, knocked the puck off the CB forward's stick.

Mosher played great, covered up his rebounds well.

Nestrasil and Duffy both had 7 SOG's.

Now THAT'S more like it!

Let's go for the sweep tomorrow night.

That diving play by Polasek to thwart the shorthanded breakaway may have been the play of the game - and that's saying something considering the number of ridiculous saves Lacerte made in net for CB to keep it from being the 4-1 or 5-1 Rocket result it probably should have been.

Picture-perfect play in a league that's hyper-sensitive to awarding penalty shots for the least amount of contact on a guy on a partial breakaway. All stick and puck on the dive, no body, awesome play. Polasek is such a nice skater, a pleasure just to watch break out of his end. Took several dumb penalties tonight though. It was funny when he got an extra 2 for unsportsmanlike because his stick accidentally brushed the ref in the face while he was arguing an original call.

Paradis and Nestrasil both looked great in their Rocket debuts. Paradis was a freight train, crushed a few guys with big hits along the boards in the neutral zone, and clearly got under the skins of several Eagles. Nestrasil was the most skilled player out there and it's no surprise to learn he had seven shots. Might sometimes tend to be a bit too fancy, but maybe I'm just extrapolating based on a couple of plays. That line with those two and Duffy was the best on either team by eons - which would be expected looking at the lineups on paper. Only reason that line didn't score more than the one powerplay goal = Lacerte and lady luck. Actually that's two reasons.

Not sure if Mosher broke a sweat, but he had very good rebound control on the shots he did face. The one goal on him was a freak pinball off of two legs before hitting the back of the net.

Tonight the Rocket looked like men and the Eagles, while we couldn't fault their effort, looked like boys. Let's see how things look tomorrow night.

It does seem all the Rocket needed was to get away from the poison atmosphere of their home rink and home fanbase! ;D

Nope, I'm pretty sure it's the atmosphere of playing in front of the most negative home crowd in the league!! And seeing that only 1100 locals care enough to come out and watch in a building that seats over 3000.