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Post by Captain Obvious on Oct 30, 2008 22:59:45 GMT -4
The Cats took a few bad penalities, but the call on Sill was brutal, he comes in to hit the guy and the guy turns when he's 2 feet away and they call checking from behind. That was horrible.
On the whole I thought they tried to be too fancy tonight, after PEI got up 2-0 they started playing a bit more basic hockey.
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Post by wingman on Oct 30, 2008 23:12:00 GMT -4
I didn't see the game but by looking at the game stats on the Q site it looked like the Wildcats had to kill off a couple of 5-3 power plays in the second period. Sometimes that can prevent a team from "playing their game" especially if the other team happens to score a goal or two on those pp's. But the good teams manage to find a way to win especially when they are on a roll like the Wildcats are.
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Post by sec21critic on Oct 31, 2008 5:44:51 GMT -4
How did Nadeau not get the first star in that game? He was the best player on the ice and the only reason PEI was in it after the first period. The refs were the most relieved people in the arena when Moncton scored the 2nd goal. They would not have awarded a PP after that supposing somebody commited murder out there. Agreed. Nadeau should have easily been first star. Without him, it's not even close, even considering the lack of effort from the WCs for most of the night. As for the officials, Murphy should not be allowed to ref in this league...even with a second ref. The guy reminds me of Cory Cassidy. Brutal on both teams. Good thing it was Travis McIssac and Todd Thomander officiating last night instead if that's the case.
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Post by mboyan on Oct 31, 2008 6:44:35 GMT -4
The Cats took a few bad penalities, but the call on Sill was brutal, he comes in to hit the guy and the guy turns when he's 2 feet away and they call checking from behind. That was horrible. On the whole I thought they tried to be too fancy tonight, after PEI got up 2-0 they started playing a bit more basic hockey. Not to disagree with you, but I've seen that call made several times now this year, in almost every game I've seen. So, I'm not that surprised that it was called.
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Post by mboyan on Oct 31, 2008 6:50:36 GMT -4
Refs were HORRIBLE on both sides. Congrats to the Cats for setting a Q record What record? I thought the record they tied was for games on the road? I wouldn't think 8 wins in a row would constitute any kind of record, unless it's a franchise record.
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Post by sakss on Oct 31, 2008 7:00:00 GMT -4
Refs were HORRIBLE on both sides. Congrats to the Cats for setting a Q record What record? I thought the record they tied was for games on the road? I wouldn't think 8 wins in a row would constitute any kind of record, unless it's a franchise record. Most games with at least a point to start the season (17)
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Post by mboyan on Oct 31, 2008 7:06:21 GMT -4
What record? I thought the record they tied was for games on the road? I wouldn't think 8 wins in a row would constitute any kind of record, unless it's a franchise record. Most games with at least a point to start the season (17) Ok, thanks.....didn't see anything posted on the Q site about it, so was thinking that the record everyone was talking about was "fictitious"
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Post by sec21critic on Oct 31, 2008 7:36:17 GMT -4
Speaking of "records"... I noticed that Hodge keeps mentioning that this streak of 17 games with at least one point is also a franchise record, start of the season or otherwise (at least that's how I read it). If that's the case, he's a little off. In 05-06, the Cats went 20 games with at least one point. There was the 14 game winning streak in Jan/Feb... followed by a SO loss to Lewiston that snapped that winning streak (got one point out of the game though)... then another five game winning streak (that was halted with that ugly 7-3 loss at home to Quebec in mid-Feb).
Anyway, just noticed that the other day... thought it seemed off (unless I'm reading it incorrectly of course)
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Post by Optimus Reim on Oct 31, 2008 8:04:25 GMT -4
From what I understood it was the most games from the start of the reg season with a point in each game. Next Sat we have the chance to break the most consecutive road wins to start a season as well.
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Post by AceKikr on Oct 31, 2008 8:06:47 GMT -4
How did Nadeau not get the first star in that game? He was the best player on the ice and the only reason PEI was in it after the first period. The refs were the most relieved people in the arena when Moncton scored the 2nd goal. They would not have awarded a PP after that supposing somebody commited murder out there. Agreed. Nadeau should have easily been first star. Without him, it's not even close, even considering the lack of effort from the WCs for most of the night. As for the officials, Murphy should not be allowed to ref in this league...even with a second ref. The guy reminds me of Cory Cassidy. Brutal on both teams. Disagree here. Nadeau played well, but most shots were from odd angles off the wings and not very threatful...or from the point where it hit like 39 legs and landed softly on goal.. There was a few good scoring chances from Moncton that Nadeau stopped, He was not a big difference maker in this one (like a 1st star difference maker)..
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Post by sec21critic on Oct 31, 2008 8:19:36 GMT -4
From what I understood it was the most games from the start of the reg season with a point in each game. Next Sat we have the chance to break the most consecutive road wins to start a season as well. But he's been mentioning it twice in every article he writes, including today's... the first day after this "record" has been broken. In today's article, he recognizes it as a league record, then as a franchise record. Obviously, if it's a league record the fact that it's a franchise record goes without saying... and when he refers to it as a franchise record, he does not mention that it's from the start of the season... he only denotes that when writing about the league record. That's the only reason it struck me as being perhaps a mistake.
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Post by IslandersHKY on Oct 31, 2008 8:32:05 GMT -4
If I heard correctly last night I am not sure if the Q will recognize this as a record because Chouinard's old Remparts team have something like 15 or 16 wins in a row to start the season. Back then they didn't have ties or shootouts.
I think the Q will continue to recognize that as the record not Moncton's which has some 2 OT losses. Maybe that is why Hodge is now calling it a Franchise record.
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Post by fireside on Oct 31, 2008 8:35:53 GMT -4
Agreed. Nadeau should have easily been first star. Without him, it's not even close, even considering the lack of effort from the WCs for most of the night. As for the officials, Murphy should not be allowed to ref in this league...even with a second ref. The guy reminds me of Cory Cassidy. Brutal on both teams. Disagree here. Nadeau played well, but most shots were from odd angles off the wings and not very threatful...or from the point where it hit like 39 legs and landed softly on goal.. There was a few good scoring chances from Moncton that Nadeau stopped, He was not a big difference maker in this one (like a 1st star difference maker).. We must have been watching different games in the same rink i guess. Nadeau is the ONLY reason the Rocket were even close to the Cats by the end of this game. He had many close shots on him, as did Riopel (in the first period) and managed to keep the game close for the Rocket. Not giving him props is just ridiculous, you dont' get 42+ shots on you and only give up two goals and not have a good game and not be a big difference maker.....
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Post by AceKikr on Oct 31, 2008 8:46:37 GMT -4
Besides, the save he made on Brown, he had maybe 4-5 good scoring chance stops, the others were routine saves if you ask me. He had a good game, I dont disagree, I just dont think he deserved 1st star.
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Post by SteveUL on Oct 31, 2008 9:31:23 GMT -4
If I heard correctly last night I am not sure if the Q will recognize this as a record because Chouinard's old Remparts team have something like 15 or 16 wins in a row to start the season. Back then they didn't have ties or shootouts. I think the Q will continue to recognize that as the record not Moncton's which has some 2 OT losses. Maybe that is why Hodge is now calling it a Franchise record. Well it isn't clear to me what Quebec's record was back in 72-73 ... but I was under the impression that they had a few ties in there. Correct me if I'm wrong ... but in 72-73 there was no OT at all ... games ended after 60 mins ... and last night's game would have been a tie. So ... while we've been past 60 mins 4 or 5 times now already this year ... 2 OT losses ... 2 SO wins (over PEI) ... and one OT win I think. Back in 72-73 ... that would actually be a 12-0-5 record (W-L-T). So if Quebec was 14-0-2 (or whatever it was) then I really see no difference when comparing the two. Except .. Quebec's record is being called an undefeated streak ... our's is not an undefeated streak. But we are still setting a record of a 17 game streak to start the season with at least one point in each game. It doesn't excite me too much either ... The Q is recognizing it some what as there is a new link on the Q website on the main page. The real streak for me is the current 8-0 record on the road ... tying the record set by Cornwall in 76-77. We'll have a chance to break that next week when we head to Halifax for our next road game.
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