Nords @ The Whale

The Nordiques have taken two of three in the season series, but the only win for the Whalers was a dominant 5-1 throttling. The Nordiques have had trouble scoring, especially when their offensive leader, Jordy "McShoulder" McGee is out of the lineup. Last week, without McGee, the Nordiques were put down by the last placed and short benched Dead River Rats 6-3.

The Whalers barely escaped a late rally by Tuck last week in a 7-5 win. The Nordiques are expected to have a few key players back in the lineup tonight and should make this a game.

The Whaler's top line of Zanleoni, Gaudet & Pierce will give the Nordiques fits, but if the Nords can play them tough and stick to defense it should be close. The difference in this one will be the goaltending. Both the Nordique's Johnny "Temper Tantrum" Turner and Whaler's Kenny "Arthritis" Lallier have had roller coaster seasons.

I can see this one tied 5-5 going to a shootout with the Nordiques taking the win.

Whalers Throttle Hapless Nordiques 9-2

3 Stars of the Game
	1. Gaudet, J. Goals: 3 Assists: 2
	2. Zanleoni, J. Goals: 1 Assists: 4
	3. Seidling, J. GA: 2 SVS: 20

The Nordiques woes continued tonight and the Whalers offense exploded in one of their best nights as a team this season. It was the largest margin of victory for the Whalers so far this season and yet again it was the same players that contributed to the offensive outburst.

Leading the way was Joe "Gaudy" Gaudet with a hat trick and pair of assists, Jay "The Zamboni" Zanleoni with a goal and four helpers and Dillan "Fierce" Pierce with a goal and three assists. Adding in for a career night was Gary "The Pearl Necklace" Laperle with 4 assists. "Ah yeah.. Played pretty good when you you have Joe and Jay next to you....... Kept on feeding them all night long to crush the Nords" recalled Laperle after the game.

The Nordiques were without three of their four core defensemen(McGover, Dakai & Park), and in their absence the Nords youth line of McGee, Mayhew & Racicot moved back to defense...essentially sacrificing offense for shitty defense.

The Whalers rallied around alternate goaltender Jeremy "The Love Seed" Seidling who was filling in for the Whaler's aging beauty Kenny Lallier. Seidling was excellent, making 20 of 22 saves for the win.

The Nordiques weren't so lucky with their goaltending. Johnny "Temper Tantrum" Turner had a dismal .690 save percentage allowing 9 goals on 29 shots. "It wasn't Turners best game, it seemed like every shot went in for a short stint in the second period" said one unnamed Whaler player.

In the end, the Whalers were the vastly superior team.

Don't forget to vote for the Long Trail Player of the Week! A case of beer is on the line, eh!

Nordiques : Goaltenders Player: W/L GA SVS: Sv%: Turner, John L 9 20 0.69 Nordiques Player: G: A: P: PIM: Coates, Ian 0 0 0 Debevoise, Robby 0 0 0 Marsh, Greg 1 0 1 Mayhew, Pierce 1 0 1 McDermott, Shawn 0 0 0 McGee, Jordan 0 1 1 Nightingale, Poli 0 0 0 Phillips, Roger 0 1 1 Racicot, Brian 0 0 0 2 Turner, John 0 0 0	Whalers : Goaltenders Player: W/L GA SVS: Sv%: Seidling, Jeremy W 2 20 0.909 Whalers Player: G: A: P: PIM: Aher, Zach 1 0 1 Gaede, Chuck 0 0 0 Gaudet, Joe 3 2 5 2 Johnson, Kirt 1 0 1 Laperle, Gary 0 4 4 Pierce, Dillan 1 3 4 rouillard, jason 0 0 0 Seidling, Jeremy 0 0 0 Shaw, Scott 1 2 3 Stallsmith, Jonathan 1 1 2 2 Zanleoni, Jay 1 4 5

SCORING SUMMARY
Period	Time	Team		Goal	Assist 1	Assist 2
1	06:39	WHL		Gaudet, Joe(1)	Zanleoni, Jay(1)	Laperle, Gary(1)
1	05:38	WHL		Johnson, Kirt(1)	Laperle, Gary(2)	Zanleoni, Jay(2)
1	05:12	NDQ		Mayhew, Pierce(1)
2	06:54	NDQ	PP	Marsh, Greg(1)	Phillips, Roger(1)	McGee, Jordan(1)
2	06:33	WHL		Zanleoni, Jay(1)	Stallsmith, Jonathan(1)	Gaudet, Joe(1)
2	05:45	WHL		Gaudet, Joe(2)	Zanleoni, Jay(2)	Laperle, Gary(2)
2	03:32	WHL		Gaudet, Joe(3)	Zanleoni, Jay(4)	Laperle, Gary(4)
2	02:34	WHL		Pierce, Dillan (1)	Gaudet, Joe(2)	Shaw, Scott(1)
2	02:23	WHL		Aher, Zach(1)	Pierce, Dillan (1)	Shaw, Scott(2)
3	09:18	WHL		Shaw, Scott(1)	Pierce, Dillan (1)
3	01:27	WHL		Stallsmith, Jonathan(1)	Pierce, Dillan (3)
PENALTY SUMMARY
Period	Time	Team	Player	Penalty Call	Mins.
1	09:36	NDQ	Racicot, Brian	High Sticking	2
1	09:36	WHL	Gaudet, Joe	Holding	2
2	08:07	WHL	Stallsmith, Jonathan	Tripping	2

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JTStally Hanover, NH Registered: Posts: 151	Men's League Gordie Mar 7th, 2012 12:22 PM I try to remain modest most of the time, but I was excited to pick up the Men's League Gordie Howe last night with a goal, assist and penalty. I know that's just an average Tuesday for some of the Brewers, but considering it was my first career penalty and third career goal, it was a feat for me!
kpark Quechee, VT Registered: Dec 2003 Posts: 701	SOLID! Mar 8th, 2012 09:40 AM IN RESPONSE TO: BY: JTStally I try to remain modest most of the time, but I was excited to pick up the Men's League Gordie Howe last night with a goal, assist and penalty. I know that's just an average Tuesday for some of the Brewers, but considering it was my first career penalty and third career goal, it was a feat for me! You earned it kid! But the scorekeeper had Gaudet getting both penalties for the Whale. Which was you, hold in the first or trip in the second?
JTStally Hanover, NH Registered: Posts: 151	Tripping? Mar 8th, 2012 11:12 AM It was more like "The Dentist" skated into my stick and fell over it, but, yes, that was me in the second :)
The Dark Canuck Fairlee, VT Registered: Dec 2004 Posts: 332	Disgraced Mar 11th, 2012 03:19 PM IN RESPONSE TO: BY: JTStally It was more like "The Dentist" skated into my stick and fell over it, but, yes, that was me in the second :) Stally, men's league or not, A Gordie Howe hat trick is a goal, an assist and a FIGHT. Since there are very few fights in this league, this feat rarely happens. But out of respect for true fans of Mr. Hockey, call it...something else.
JTStally Hanover, NH Registered: Posts: 151	With All Respect Mar 12th, 2012 12:47 PM IN RESPONSE TO: BY: The Dark Canuck Stally, men's league or not, A Gordie Howe hat trick is a goal, an assist and a FIGHT. Since there are very few fights in this league, this feat rarely happens. But out of respect for true fans of Mr. Hockey, call it...something else. I was obviously just having some fun with this rare statistical occurrence for a guy that never appears on the stat sheet, but, if you want to be serious, let's be serious. If you're a true fan of Mr. Hockey, you'd probably know that the term "Gordie Howe hat trick" in reference to a player getting a goal, assist and a fight vastly misconstrues history. It's believed that only twice in his 1767-game NHL career did Howe ever do all three in the same game (0.11% of games played). By comparison, the current Dictator of Discipline, Brendan Sham-ahan had 17 (1.11%)! That means that on any given night in their careers, Shanny was TEN times more likely to get a goal, assist and a fight than Mr. Hockey. Over the course of his career, Howe had 22 fights and 1685 PIMs. Let's assume (for stats sake) that each of those PIMs accounted for a minor, he'd have taken 842.5 penalties in his NHL career. That's 38 times as many fights as he had, so we could estimate he might have had roughly 76 games in which he got a goal, assist and a PENALTY...just something worth considering before claiming that I somehow dragged Gordie Howe's good name through the mud.
rgrunds Stowe, VT Registered: Posts: 368	Howe Mar 12th, 2012 03:42 PM IN RESPONSE TO: BY: JTStally I was obviously just having some fun with this rare statistical occurrence for a guy that never appears on the stat sheet, but, if you want to be serious, let's be serious. If you're a true fan of Mr. Hockey, you'd probably know that the term "Gordie Howe hat trick" in reference to a player getting a goal, assist and a fight vastly misconstrues history. It's believed that only twice in his 1767-game NHL career did Howe ever do all three in the same game (0.11% of games played). By comparison, the current Dictator of Discipline, Brendan Sham-ahan had 17 (1.11%)! That means that on any given night in their careers, Shanny was TEN times more likely to get a goal, assist and a fight than Mr. Hockey. Over the course of his career, Howe had 22 fights and 1685 PIMs. Let's assume (for stats sake) that each of those PIMs accounted for a minor, he'd have taken 842.5 penalties in his NHL career. That's 38 times as many fights as he had, so we could estimate he might have had roughly 76 games in which he got a goal, assist and a PENALTY...just something worth considering before claiming that I somehow dragged Gordie Howe's good name through the mud. Right. Howe actually didn't fight that much. Everyone was terrified of him. Very strong. Ask Lou Fontinato. Maybe he found his ear. Marshy, where's my meat quote?
The Dark Canuck Fairlee, VT Registered: Dec 2004 Posts: 332	Fine Mar 13th, 2012 03:46 PM IN RESPONSE TO: BY: JTStally I try to remain modest most of the time, but I was excited to pick up the Men's League Gordie Howe last night with a goal, assist and penalty. I know that's just an average Tuesday for some of the Brewers, but considering it was my first career penalty and third career goal, it was a feat for me! You did your homework Stally. Shannahammer is one of my all-time favorite players, in fact I met him in Toronto for All-Star weekend in 2000. I have yet to wash that hand, and have been cited for food safety violations repeatedly, but I refuse to wash away that silky soft handshake I experienced that day....ahhhhhh...Ok, that was kinda gay, but nonetheless a great experience! how about a Shanatrick? Or a Shanahatty?
JTStally Hanover, NH Registered: Posts: 151	We have a Shanatic! Mar 13th, 2012 04:42 PM IN RESPONSE TO: BY: The Dark Canuck You did your homework Stally. Shannahammer is one of my all-time favorite players, in fact I met him in Toronto for All-Star weekend in 2000. I have yet to wash that hand, and have been cited for food safety violations repeatedly, but I refuse to wash away that silky soft handshake I experienced that day....ahhhhhh...Ok, that was kinda gay, but nonetheless a great experience! how about a Shanatrick? Or a Shanahatty? Shanahatty made me laugh, so I'll vote for that one. It's your call though, as you're clearly the Shanatic. I agree, he was an awesome player...very much an average disciplinarian...but certainly one of the most fun people to watch on the ice. I still remember when he played for the old Whalers, he was probably the only thing that made that sorry lot noticeably better than the crew now in the UHVL, HA!