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Post by Y Ddraig Goch on Jan 11, 2008 20:36:12 GMT -4
This guy is really horrible! Gallant won that fight pretty easily but it was a million miles from a TKO, he was wrestled down. It wasn't a punch that put him down.
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Post by canucklehead on Jan 11, 2008 20:55:02 GMT -4
This guy is really horrible! Gallant won that fight pretty easily but it was a million miles from a TKO, he was wrestled down. It wasn't a punch that put him down. Moose it's not gonna change anytime soon dude  |
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Post by Y Ddraig Goch on Jan 11, 2008 20:59:47 GMT -4
This guy is really horrible! Gallant won that fight pretty easily but it was a million miles from a TKO, he was wrestled down. It wasn't a punch that put him down. Moose it's not gonna change anytime soon dude I can but dream. But it makes Moore and Tremblay seel like geniuses - and to do that takes some doing. |
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Post by joey on Jan 11, 2008 21:03:02 GMT -4
This guy is really horrible! Gallant won that fight pretty easily but it was a million miles from a TKO, he was wrestled down. It wasn't a punch that put him down. Your right ,easy win but no tko. I dont think he means to say the wrong thing it just comes out. lol . Last year one fight Gallant just destroyed someone and he came right out and said Gallant lost that one. I think he just talks before he thinks. Sometimes its pretty funny. |
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Post by berner on Jan 11, 2008 22:43:12 GMT -4
Well, all I can say is that's it's awful nice that the Dogs can play one decent period and still win a game. And I said decent, not great.
What happened?? The boys should be thanking Keven Charland, Robert Mayer and Alex Grant for bothering to show up because it looked like the rest of the team decided to take a night off.
Not a pretty win, but a win is just that - a win. We'll take it.
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Post by dogcatcher on Jan 11, 2008 22:45:43 GMT -4
SEA DOGS RALLY PAST CATARACTES
Saint John Scores Three Unanswered Goals To Sneak By Shawinigan 4-3
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Friday, January 11, 2008
SAINT JOHN, NB --- The first-place Saint John Sea Dogs continued their winning ways on Friday night, besting the Shawinigan Cataractes by a score of 4-3 in front of nearly four thousand fans at Harbour Station.
Shawigan built a 3-1 lead over the course of the contest’s opening 33 minutes, but Saint John scored the subsequent three goals to produce the one-goal, come-from-behind victory and thereby improving to 28-12-1-2 on the season.
Keven Charland (2), Scott Howes, and Payton Liske all scored for the home side on Friday, while Olivier Donais, Philippe Paradis, and Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll replied for the visitors.
In a relief appearance, Robert Mayer (20 saves) earned the victory in net for Saint John, while Kevin Maletto (31 saves) suffered the loss between the pipes for Shawinigan.
Both teams came out of the gates with a full head of steam on Friday, with scoring chances being registered at both ends of the ice early in the first period.
Saint John was awarded the game’s first power play 6:33 into the opening frame, with Shawinigan’s Tommy Gauthier being handed a two minute minor for cross checking. Despite some solid work by Ryan Sparling on the right side of the Cataractes net leading to a pair of quality scoring chances, the Sea Dogs were unable to capitalize on their numerical advantage as Maletto was able to shut the door on Saint John’s offensive special teams unit.
Shortly after Gauthier’s penalty expired, the Cataractes went on a power play of their own. The visitors wasted little time in executing with the man-advantage, as a wrist shot by Olivier Donais beat starting Sea dogs goalie Travis Fullerton high, making the score 1-0 in Shawinigan’s favour midway through the first period.
With 9:02 remaining in the opening frame, the Shawinigan lead was doubled by Philippe Paradis, who fired a low, hard wrist shot from the slot to the back of Saint John’s net to earn his 7th tally of the season.
Rookie net minder Robert Mayer replaced Fullerton in net for Saint John following Paradis’ goal, as the Sea Dogs coaching staff looked to turn the tide with a change between the pipes.
Mayer stopped both shots sent his way in 9:02 of action in the first, as Friday’s contest reached the twenty minute mark with the visitors up by a pair of goals.
Nine minutes into the second period, Sea Dogs enforcer Brett Gallant took it upon himself to seize some much-needed momentum for the home team, squaring off with Cataractes winger Ashton Bernard deep in the Shawingan zone; the 19-year old enforcer won the bout handily, awakening the boisterous Harbour Station crowd in the process.
Saint John then cut the Shawinigan lead in half, with Scott Howes netting a power play goal at the 12:48 mark of the middle frame with Chris DiDomenico and Alexandre Picard-Hooper drawing assists on the successful scoring play.
The two-goal Cataractes advantage was re-established shortly after Howes’ tally however, as Cedric Lalonde-McNIcoll was able to shovel a backhand shot past a sprawling Mayer whilst skating across crease following a shot by Donais produces a healthy rebound.
Keven Charland then pulled Saint John back to within one of the Cataractes, streaking into the visitors’ zone and unleashing a rocket of a wrist shot that beat Maletto high to earn the 18-year old his 12th goal of the 2007-08 campaign.
A huge pad save by Mayer off the stick of Pierre-Alexandre Vandall with two minutes and change remaining in the second both gave the Swiss net minder a dozen stops on the evening and sent the game into its second intermission with Port City’s major junior squad trailing by a single tally.
After registering several scoring chances throughout the opening half of regulation’s final frame, the Sea Dogs were able to produce the equalizer when Keven Charland tied things up at three apiece with his second goal of the game, beating Maletto with a quick shot from close range after being set up brilliantly by Scott Howes from behind the net.
The home team then earned their first lead of the night with 4:42 remaining in regulation, as Payton Liske was able to beat Maletto with a well-placed wrist shot from ten feet out to give Saint John a one-goal advantage late in the third period.
The Sea Dogs were able to hang on for victory from there, with Mayer stopping all ten shots fired upon him in the third to earn his second win since returning from a stint with Team Switzerland at the 2008 IIHF World Junior Championships.
Up next for Saint John is a contest versus the PEI Rocket next Friday night at Harbour Station. The Sea Dogs are 3-0 against the Rocket thus far in 2007-08.
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Post by Judas In My Mind on Jan 11, 2008 23:01:55 GMT -4
Not a good game by us as Berner said but a nice comeback victory. Only real thing I regret from that game is that we don't play again for a week. With Mayer coming in to replace Fullerton and playing well enough for the boys to come back, that might have been a nice jumping point to give Mayer a run of starts. I'd have liked to see Mayer start another game this weekend and a mid-week game, if we actually had those. The week layoff likely kills the momentum from that for Mayer.
Looking ahead to next year I know most of us would love to see Mayer go on a string of solid performances. Nothing against Fullerton at all in that statement either.
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Post by killer on Jan 11, 2008 23:39:07 GMT -4
What happened?? The boys should be thanking Keven Charland, Robert Mayer and Alex Grant for bothering to show up because it looked like the rest of the team decided to take a night off. I would also put Gallant into that group of guys who showed up. Shortly after going down he challenged Bernard but got the decline. Gallant went on to have a very physical shift and on the way off the ice said something to Bernard that got that reacting resulting in the misconduct for Bernard. Timely fight as well...................... The Dog;s started to play with more desire shortly after. |
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Post by briansjnb on Jan 11, 2008 23:48:51 GMT -4
Not to pick on any particular player, but it sure looked like Sparling was trying to avoid taking a shot for much of the game.
Glad the boys were able to pull of the win, though. Despite the poor start, they deserved it.
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Post by playoffbound on Jan 12, 2008 0:01:53 GMT -4
briansjnb....what u mean avoid taking a shot...What kind of shot? Hit or Shooting?
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Post by berner on Jan 12, 2008 0:16:40 GMT -4
Yeah you're right killer, Gallant gets an A for effort too.
And you're on the money Leask, my sentiments exactly. Nothing against Fullerton, but Mayer has looked even better since he got back from Europe.
So anyone know what Gallant said that made Bernard throw a hissy fit? Gallant has matured big time, he knows when to go and when not to go - something he didn't seem to understand well in years past. Anyone remember that game (I Think season 1) when he dropped the stick and gloves and buddy skated away, he was chasing him around with no stick or gloves while the play continued?
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Post by dogcatcher on Jan 12, 2008 9:24:32 GMT -4
COMEBACK KIDS
QMJHL: Sea Dogs rally from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to down visiting Shawinigan
Andrew McGilligan
Telegraph-Journal
Published Saturday January 12th, 2008
Appeared on page C10
SAINT JOHN - It was a physical affair at Harbour Station on Friday evening and a possible preview of what playoff hockey will look like when it returns to Saint John.
The Saint John Sea Dogs clawed back from an early 2-0 deficit to defeat the Shawinigan Cataractes 4-3 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action in front of 3,906 fans at Harbour Station.
Payton Liske scored the game winner while Keven Charland had a pair of goals for the Sea Dogs. Scott Howes added a single in the win while Olivier Donais, Philippe Paradis and Cedric McNicoll replied for Shawinigan.
Liske said he's proud of the way his team responded to the early adversity.
"We worked really hard after our slow start and I think we really deserved this one," Liske said.
"That game was what the playoffs will be like, so that was a good test for us to have a physical game like that."
The opening minutes of the first period saw the two teams feel each other out and play a physical style of game. The checking got Shawinigan in trouble as the Catacractes took the first penalty of the evening.
Despite keeping the puck in the offensive zone for most of the power play, Saint John couldn't beat Shawinigan starter Tommy Maletto.
Shawinigan was more effective on its first man advantage. Donais fired a shot from the slot that beat Sea Dogs goalie Travis Fullerton low to the blocker side for a 1-0 lead. The Cataractes wasted no time making it 2-0. Just over a minute after the opening marker, Paradis fired a low shot that beat a screened Fullerton at 10:58.
The marker chased Fullerton from the game as Robert Mayer took over between the pipes.
Shawinigan's fourth line issued a challenge to Sea Dogs enforcer Brett Gallant before the game started, but declined to drop the gloves when Gallant offered. Cataractes forward Ashton Bernard looked ready to go then backed away, but took a 10-minute misconduct later in the first when he slammed his stick against the boards after exchanging words with Gallant.
The Cataractes ended the period up by a pair despite being out shot 11-5.
Bernard and Gallant finally got to dance midway through the second after Gallant leveled a Shawinigan defender. Bernard came in to defend his teammate and the pair squared off for a spirited battle with both players firing big shots.
The physical play went up a notch in the second with big hits being thrown all over the ice. Saint John solved Maletto at 12:48 of the middle frame. Howes banged in his 26th of the season on the power play.
The goal sparked Shawinigan.
Off the ensuing face off the Cataractes hemmed Saint John in its own zone and were rewarded with a goal at13:24. McNicoll lifted a backhand over a sprawled Mayer to make it 3-1.
The wide open play continued as Charland came streaking out of his own end and into Shawinigan territory before firing a laser of a shot over the blocker of Maletto to cut the lead to 3-2.
Saint John entered the third down by one goal.
The Sea Dogs were all over Shawinigan in the opening minutes of the second, but Maletto came up with several big saves to keep his team in front.
The Sea Dogs kept coming and tied the game just past the halfway point of the final period. Howes stopped clearing play behind the Shawinigan goal and fed it in front where Charland one-timed it past Maletto for his second goal of the game.
The pair of goals gave Charland four in as many contests.
"I know I can score goals," he said. "I don't wait, if the puck is on my stick then I'm going to shoot and lately they've been going in."
After 55 minutes of play, the Sea Dogs took their first lead of the game. Ryan Sparling fed a pass across the slot to Liske, who ripped a shot home on the short side for a 4-3 Saint John edge.
That would stand up as the winner as Saint John improves to 28-12-1-2 while the Cataractes drop to 21-18-0-3.
The Sea Dogs next game is Jan. 18 against the Prince Edward IslandRocket.
SCORES: The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles defeated the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 5-2 Friday. Alex Lamontagne had a pair of goals for Cape Breton while Chris Culligan, Nick MacNeil and Vincent Lavigueur had one marker each. Jonathan Laberge and Dany Masse replied for the Titan.
In other action, the Rimouski Oceanic downed the St. John's Fog Devils 4-2. Keven Veilleux, David Skokan, Michael Frolik and Jordan Caron had singles for Rimouski while Mario Kempe and Luke Adam replied for St. John's.
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Post by hockeypuck on Jan 12, 2008 10:14:38 GMT -4
Remember this Fellas, Bernard is 17 yrs old. I really wouldn't get too excited with Gallant,,,Bernard will come into town for another three years...He is still growing and will put more and more muscle on ,he will fill out more. Gallant will be lucky, if he is around next year!
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Post by canucklehead on Jan 12, 2008 10:25:15 GMT -4
Remember this Fellas, Bernard is 17 yrs old. I really wouldn't get too excited with Gallant,,,Bernard will come into town for another three years...He is still growing and will put more and more muscle on ,he will fill out more. Gallant will be lucky, if he is around next year! Well good for him and in 2 years he'll be in the same boat as goes the cycle of life in Jr hockey |
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Post by briansjnb on Jan 12, 2008 11:02:37 GMT -4
briansjnb....what u mean avoid taking a shot...What kind of shot? Hit or Shooting? Shooting |
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