UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

Cardigan Looks To Go 3-0...Nordiques Look To Upset.

ODDS:	Cardigan by 1 Goal
OVER/UNDER:	9 Goals

The Cardigan Mountain Men have taken the UVHL by storm, raining down hell upon the Defending Cup Champion Whalers 8-5, then stomping all over Dead River 10-3. Ryan "The Kitchen" Sinclair leads the UVie in total points and assists(4-6-10) while his new BFF Owen "Carpe Diem" Carpino has netted 8 goals in the first two games to also lead the league.

The Nordiques upset the hockey Gods with a 4-3 win over the top-ranked Gamblers in week one, followed up by an embarrassing 6-4 loss to Tuck where they battled back from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game up at 4-4 before taking a couple bad penalties to bury themselves.

Cardigan has looked like an offensive dynamo and the Nordiques will have their hands full with Sinclair & Carpino. The Nordiques defensive zone has been suspect, and if they want to be competitive, they will need to clean up behind their blueline.

The wildcard here would be the goaltending. The Nordiques Johnny "Temper Tantrum" Turner was amazing in week one, and solid in week two. Cardigan's Matty "Tazzy" Albertazzi was solid against the Whalers and didn't have to make very many big saves against Dead River, and looked as if he was caught napping on a couple goals in the 10-3 blowout.

Offense would favor Cardigan, Defense is a toss up, but Goaltending should favor the Nordiques.

This may be a 4-4 game that goes to a shootout.

Winner Cardigan.

Nordiques Top Cardigan in Shootout, 5-4.

The Nordiques & Cardigan Mountain Men have both had a promising start to the season. The Nords took down the top ranked Gamblers in a stunner during week 1, and then gave away a game to the undefeated Tuck team in week 2. Cardigan sat at 2-0-0 with a thumping of both the reigning Whalen Cup Chamion Whalers and the lowly Dead River Oilers.

This game had "epic" written all over it. With the dynamic Ryan "The Kitchen" Sinclair leading the league in points and assists and the Nordiques offensive juggernaut Jordy "The Breakaway" McGee leading the way offensively. Both goaltenders, Johnny "He threw ONE Temper Tantrum" Turner and Matty "Tazzy" Albertazzi anchor their teams with solid goaltending to provide a foundation for their offense. The wildcard in this game would be the Nordiques defensive pairing of Kelly "Turnover" Park & Shawn "McTurnover" McDermott who were absolutely horrific against Tuck in week 2.

As predicted by Vegas, this game was a 4-4 game heading to a shootout, but Vegas picked Cardigan to come away with the win.

It was a hell of a game, fast paced, clean, with a boat load of talent on the ice.

NDQ 1-0 - Poli "The Nightmare" Nightengale gets a pass from behind the net, throws it on net, 5-hole.

CDG 1-1 - Timmy LeRoy fights off two Nords for the puck on the far boards, whips around and fires a snapper low side just over Turner's pad, caught him napping.

NDQ 2-1 - "Fierce" Pierce Mayhew gets a gorgeous breakaway pass from Tommy "The Minister of Defense" Dakai, goes in and turns Matty "Tazzy" Albertazzi inside out on a forehand to backhand deke.

CDG 2-2 - can't remember

NDQ 3-2 - Kelly "Turnover" Park carries the puck from his own end, at a remarkably slow speed, drops the puck to Jordy "McNasty" McGee at the blueline. Park rides the defenseman to the net and McGee follows, eventually using the screen and beating Albertazzi high glove.

CDG 3-3 - Shawn "McTurnover" McDermott coughs up the pass to Ryan "The Cherrypicker" Sinclair, who played less than 42 seconds on defense all night. Sinclair then cuts back on Park at the hashmarks, cuts laterally and beats Turner with a snapper off his glove and in.

CDG 4-3Sinclair was on the far boards and made a great pass to Owen "Carpe Diem" Carpino in the slot all alone. Carpino took a few steps and beat Turner blocker side for his 9th goal of the young season.

NDQ 4-4 - Jason "The Afghan" Harootunian whistles a puck high and right on Albertazzi as he broke into the zone with speed. Pics up his own rebound on the other side of the net and puts it past Tazzy for the tie.

 

Team:	Time:	Type:	Player:	Details:
1st PERIOD
NDQ	03:55	Goal	Nightingale, Poli(1)	Assist(s): Phillips, Roger(3) Mayhew, Pierce(1)
CDG	03:55	Penalty	Heaney, Chris(1)	2 minutes for Interference
CDG	01:36	Goal	LeRoy, Tim(2)	Assist(s): none
2nd PERIOD
NDQ	12:59	Goal	Mayhew, Pierce(3)	Assist(s): Dakai, Tom(1)
CDG	08:24	Goal	Gauthier, Graham(4)	Assist(s): LeRoy, Tim(2)
3rd PERIOD
NDQ	11:55	Goal	McGee, Jordan(5)	Assist(s): Park, Kelly(3)
CDG	11:34	Goal	Sinclair, Ryan(5)	Assist(s): none
NDQ	10:20	Penalty	Mayhew, Pierce(2)	2 minutes for Hooking
CDG	04:29	Goal	Carpino, Owen(9)	Assist(s): Sinclair, Ryan(7)
NDQ	02:25	Goal	Harootunian, Jason (1)	Assist(s): McGee, Jordan(1)
NDQ	01:49	Penalty	Harootunian, Jason (1)	2 minutes for Body Checking
SHOOTOUT
NDQ	1	McGee, Jordan		GOAL Scored on Matt Albertazzi
CDG	2	Carpino, Owen		SAVE BY John Turner
NDQ	3	Phillips, Roger		SAVE BY Matt Albertazzi
CDG	4	LeRoy, Tim		SAVE BY John Turner
NDQ	5	Mayhew, Pierce		SAVE BY Matt Albertazzi
CDG	6	Sinclair, Ryan		GOAL Scored on John Turner
NDQ	7	Racicot, Brian		GOAL Scored on Matt Albertazzi
CDG	8	Warrington, Chris		SAVE BY John Turner

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Game Comments:
kpark Quechee, VT Registered: Dec 2003 Posts: 723	Looking Forward to it. Oct 30th, 2012 12:30 AM I've been looking forward to this game for months now. Glad to have Ryan "Chicklets" Sinclair back in the UVie. We're going to have our hands full with with their offense. Go Nords!
hkydoc WRJ, VT Registered: Jan 2004 Posts: 517	So excited... Oct 30th, 2012 08:51 PM ...to have Cardigan join the UVie and up the level of play for all of us old has-beens! McD
P"nut" Woodstock, VT Registered: Posts: 1	Pre Game Write Up Oct 31st, 2012 04:43 PM Pre Game Write Up was right on. All except the outcome! Way to go Nords.