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Post by canucklehead on Nov 3, 2007 20:36:15 GMT -4
Yeah we can't forget Hooper did play with Bouchard with the Drakkar I mean if he played with Dido every night he have alot more points too
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Post by reddogbluedog on Nov 3, 2007 21:59:39 GMT -4
Meaningless because whoever plays with Dido gets more points. Tonight was a good example.
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Post by bjindaho on Nov 3, 2007 22:05:05 GMT -4
Yeah we can't forget Hooper did play with Bouchard with the Drakkar I mean if he played with Dido every night he have alot more points too His stats with Dido weren't very good. You can't just say that good players will be better when they play with good players. Chemistry does play a role. |
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Post by canucklehead on Nov 4, 2007 5:48:42 GMT -4
Yeah we can't forget Hooper did play with Bouchard with the Drakkar I mean if he played with Dido every night he have alot more points too His stats with Dido weren't very good. You can't just say that good players will be better when they play with good players. Chemistry does play a role. I dunno Stoddard played well with Dido and Sparling and I think it's safe to say when you play with better players you most likely will have better numbers if he played all the time with Dido and Sparling like he did do with Bouchard his numbers would be better I have no doubt about that. His biggest problem is he's not a great skater and I don't think that's a big secret I know I had higher expectations. |
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Post by dogcatcher on Nov 5, 2007 9:53:49 GMT -4
Dogs falter in final frame against surging Devils
QMJHL: Teams meet again tonight in St. John's, NL, beginning at 6:30 p.m. ADT
Andrew McGilligan
Telegraph-Journal
Published Saturday November 3rd, 2007
Appeared on page C14
SAINT JOHN - Down two defenceman and dressing just five blue-liners, the Saint John Sea Dogs seemed to tire in the third period against the hometown St. John's Fog Devils Friday.
It resulted in a 7-3 loss that wasn't decided until the final period.
"We weren't ready to go for a full 60 tonight, we got away from our game plan and it showed on the scoreboard," said Saint John defenceman Jeff McNeil .
Luke Adam and Mario Kempe had two goals apiece for the Fog Devils while Jean-Simon Allard, Wesley Welcher and Matt Fillier had singles.
Mike Thomas had a pair of goals for the Sea Dogs while Chris Di Domenico chipped in with a single.
The Sea Dogs came out with a lot of jump in the first period and took the lead thanks to a great individual effort from Di Domenico.
At the 10:32 mark and on the power play, the Sea Dogs' leading scorer went through four Fog Devils defenders before breaking in and beating Pielmeier with a deke.
The goal was one for the highlight reels and the Woodbridge, Ont. native's 13th of the season.
The Fog Devils tied the game 1-1 with just over five minutes to play in the first. Fresh out of the box, St. John's forward Adam broke down the wing with Alex Grant all over him. Saint John starter Robert Mayer poke-checked the puck carried but the puck popped up in the air, off Adam and into the net. Wheaton Settlement native Nick Layton picked up an assist.
Neither team could break the deadlock the rest of the period.
The second period saw Mayer continue his solid play. Off a giveaway from Keven Charland, Mayer robbed Welcher with a sprawling pad save.
The Fog Devils took a 2-1 lead at 8:41 of the second. Allard banged in a rebound in front of the net after Mayer made the first three saves.
Saint John got a great opportunity to tie the game just past the midway mark of the second with a two-man advantage. However, Pielmeier and the penalty killers kept Saint John off the board and their team up a goal.
Saint John head coach and general manager Jacques Beaulieu said he wasn't happy with the special teams play.
"Our power play has got to be better than that," he said. "Two five-on three's and we're not scoring."
The Sea Dogs tied the game at 14:46 of the second. Following the face-off, the puck skipped towards the net and was banged in by New Maryland product Thomas. The teams headed into the third all square.
They weren't tied for long. Adam scored his second of the game 35 seconds into the third when he wheeled around the Saint John zone before firing a shot under the crossbar and over the blocker of Mayer.
Less than four minutes later, the Fog Devils struck after a defensive breakdown by Saint John in the neutral zone. The miscue led to a two-on-one with Allard sliding a pass to Kempe who made no mistake firing it into the open cage to make it 4-2.
The onslaught continued when Kempe picked up a rebound in front of Mayer and wristed home his second for a 5-2 lead at 7:43.
Brett Gallant tried to spark the Sea Dogs shortly after the fifth goal.
The Saint John tough guy dropped the gloves with Fillier. A spirited bout between the two, with Gallant scoring the win with a few late shots that sent Fillier to the ice. Gallant picked up an extra minor for instigating and the Fog Devils capitalized.
After a scramble in front of Mayer, Welcher banged in a rebound at 10:22 for a 6-2 Fog Devils lead. Layton picked up his second assist of the game.
The Fog Devils scored their fifth goal in a row when Fillier slid his first of the season past Mayer for a 7-2 lead at 15:52. New Brunswick native Layton was credited with his third assist of the game.
Thomas cut the lead to four just 30 seconds later. Thomas found the puck on his stick in the slot and whipped his second goal through the legs of Pielmeier.
Unlike their last meeting, the Sea Dogs could not pull off another miracle comeback as the game finished in a 7-3 St. John's win.
The Sea Dogs fell to 10-5-0-2 with the setback while the Fog Devils improved to 9-8-1-2.
INJURY REPORT: Saint John defencemen David Stich and Pascal Amyot did not make the trip to St. John's. Stich is recovering from back spasms while Amyot is rehabbing a shoulder injury. The two missing blue-liners meant rookie Scott McDonald dressed for the second time this season.
MILESTONE: Fog Devils head coach Real Paiement was honoured before Friday's game. The contest between the Sea Dogs and St. John's marked the coaches 1,000 game behind the bench in the QMJHL. Paiement is the only man to coach 1,000 games in the league.
FINES: Quebec Major Junior Hockey League commissioner Gilles Courteau handed out $3,000 worth of fines on Friday. The league fined the Rimouski Oceanic $1,000 for comments made by head coach Clement Jodoin about officiating in a game against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.
The league also fined the Gatineau Olympiques $2,000 after head coach Benoit Groulx threw objects onto the ice in a game against the Huskies.
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