UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

Dead River @ Whalers

ODDS:	Whalers By 5 Goals
OVER/UNDER:	11 Goals

The Whalers have dominated the Dead Riverians this season, winning all 4 games. They have outscored Dead River 33-9 and notched 11 goals in two of those wins. Last time these two met, Dead River played solid defense but still fell 5-2. Since that game, they've added some depth and cut some dead weight. Will it make a difference, probably not.

The Whalers sit in 5th(Out of 6) and Dead River in dead last....Dead River in Dead Last. Dead River has let up an AMAZING 839 shots in 20 games...that's 42 shots per game. They've only managed to put 492 on net in that same period which is under 25 shots per game. The Whale leads the league with 116 goals in 20 games on 700 shots while allowing 769. Both teams give up plenty of shots and that's why Kenny "Whale Tale" Lallier and Matty "The Eagle" Crowson have the highest GAA in the UVHL. Lots of shots, lots of rebounds, little defense.

The Whalers roster the most dynamic player in the UVHL this season in Joey "Red Light" Gaudet who's 60 points in 15 games is the pace-car for the league. The Whalers have 4 players in the top 10 in scoring. Joining Gaudet is Shaw(43), Redpath(39) & Zanleoni(33 pts).

Dead River doesn't have any players in the top 30 but Trevor "Wrecking Ball" Billings leads the league with 18 PIMs...so there's that.

Crowson has been outstanding as of late and despite his high GAA, has kept his team competitive the last few weeks. Crowson will need to be at his best to keep this one close and he may be able to do that for 2 periods, but the Whaler's will be like a blue wave and engulf DR 8-3.

Whalers outlast Dead River with a short bench 3-2

The Whalers may have had the right seven when they lined up against Dead River in the late game. First period action featured scoring chances from several Whalers. Matt Crowson was strong in the nets turning away 12 shots in the period until Scott Shaw finally solved him with 5:40 remaining. Dan McGee feathered a pass across the slot which Shaw on-timed just under the bar. Dead River had mustered only 5 shots in the period though they had chances on breakaways from Kyle Kotsier and another Oiler.

The second period was much more balanced as the Oilers forced the play. Dead River out shot the Whalers in the second 10-8. The scoring was started by Dan McGee who put his own rebound up over a fallen Crowson with a nice backhander at 11:27. The Dead River offense was sparked by breakaways. The first was a nice move by Kotsier who outwaited Turner and snuck a low shot through the wickets at 7:33. The second came from Noel Baxter who overpowered Turner with a strong shot to the stick side. The second ended 2 -2 with the Oilers pressing.

The Whalers bench had just enough to turn the tide back in their favor. The game winner came as Jason Rouillard picked up a rebound from a Turner save in tight. He made a quick outlet pass to Scott Shaw who hit a streaking Zanleoni who made a great east-to-west move on Crowson and deposited the puck in the top shelf.

In the end Crowson turned away 33 in the losing effort and was the best player on the ice for the Oilers. Turner stopped 23 for the win subbing in for a traveling Lallier.

 

Team:	Time:	Type:	Player:	Details:
1st PERIOD
LAB	08:34	Penalty	Sprague, Ray(1)	2 minutes for Tripping
WHL	05:40	Goal	(PP)Shaw, Scott(20)	Assist(s): McGee, Dan(4) Crapser, Tom(4)
WHL	00:55	Penalty	Pierce, Dillan (5)	2 minutes for Body Checking
2nd PERIOD
WHL	11:27	Goal	McGee, Dan(2)	Assist(s): Shaw, Scott(25)
LAB	07:33	Goal	Keeley, Patrick(1)	Assist(s): none
LAB	05:05	Penalty	noble, geoff(8)	2 minutes for Hooking
LAB	02:52	Goal	Baxter, Noel(5)	Assist(s): hotaling, thomas(4)
3rd PERIOD
WHL	06:38	Goal	Zanleoni, Jay(16)	Assist(s): Shaw, Scott(26) rouillard, jason(9)

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