UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

ODDS:	Gamblers by 3
OVER/UNDER:	9

In the first round of playoffs the 3rd seed Gamblers hosting the 6th seed Whalers. The Gamblers finished the season with a 12-7-1 record and have beaten the Whalers in all four the meetings this year. The Whalers finished with a 2-14-4 record and although they struggled to win games this year they were competitive in 90% off the games they played. Don't let their record fool you, if the Whalers can get their whole team to show up tonight this game will be competitive and they will give the Gamblers a run for there money. The Gamblers will pull through late in this game winning it 6-3.

In the first game of the 2015 quarterfinal game we had the 3rd seed Gamblers hosting the 6th seed Whalers. As predicted in the pre-game write up the Whalers would show up with a full squad and they were ready to play as did the Gamblers who had 3 full lines tonight. Both teams came out hungry and looking for the game"s first goal, it didn"t take long for the Gamblers to get on the scoreboard first as Jason Young picked a Whaler breakout pass and fired the puck past Kenny Lailler to give the Gamblers a 1-0 lead with 12:51 remaining in the period. Even though the Whalers gave up an early goal they kept playing hard as they were able to tie the game at 5:05 when the Whalers broke into the Gamblers zone 3 on 2, the Whalers then executed the triangle perfectly as Wood Redpath was left alone up top and fired a hard slapper past Ryan Van Schoick to tie the game at one. As the period begin to wind down the Gamblers were able to grab the lead back on a Cody Dodds shot from the point that be Lallier high blocker side with 2:46 left in the period. The period would end with the Gamblers up 2-1 and both goalies were playing well as Lallier had 12 saves and RVS had 8.

In the second period both teams came out just as hungry as they did in the first as both teams were looking to gain momentum in the game. The Whalers were able to tie the game at 2 when Woody Redpath scored his second of the night as he was set up in the slot from line mates Scotty Shaw and James Kerrigan. The scored would remain tied at 2 as the Whalers missed two chances to capitalize on the power play as the Gamblers took two penalties in a row. With 3:05 left in the period the Gamblers Ian Gill scored from the slot as he was set up by line mate Jason Young. With the Gamblers being up 3-2 they didn"t let up as they pushed to gain the games momentum. The Gamblers Max Woods would put the Gamblers up 4-2 with just 16 seconds left in the period as he was set up backdoor by the LaCroix brothers (Topo, Goose). The Gambers were able to out shoot the Whalers this period as the Whalers Lallier had 10 saves and the Gamblers RVS had 5.

With the Gamblers being up 4-2 they continued to push for the games next goal as they tested Lallier early and often, fortunately for the Whalers Lallier was on tonight turning always all the shots early in the period. The Whalers were pushing back but the Gamblers were playing solid team defense and not letting them get many chances. With 4:02 left in the period the Whalers James Kerrigan was able to tuck one past the Gamblers goalie RVS to pull the Whalers within one goal (4-3). Although the Gamblers gave up a late goal they were able to fend off the fury of shots that the Whalers put on them as they pulled their goalie to play 6 on 5 for the last 1:45. The Whalers were able to sustain the Gamblers zone for the first 50 seconds but the Gamblers Gary Smith blocked a shot from the Whalers defense. The puck then landed in front of Gamblers forward Max Woods who took a shot from his own end to put the icing on the cake with 45 seconds left in the game. The Gamblers would win the game 5-3 and move on to the semifinals to play the 2nd seed Tuck next week.

 

Team:	Time:	Type:	Player:	Details:
1st PERIOD
GMB	12:51	Goal	Young, Jason(2)	Assist(s): none
WHL	05:05	Goal	Redpath, Woody(10)	Assist(s): Pierce, Dillan (5) Eugstrom, Molly (1)
GMB	02:46	Goal	Dodds, Cody(2)	Assist(s): Woods, Max(24)
GMB	00:00	Penalty	Woods, Max(8)	2 minutes for Roughing
WHL	00:00	Penalty	rouillard, jason(4)	2 minutes for Roughing
2nd PERIOD
WHL	12:26	Goal	Redpath, Woody(11)	Assist(s): Kerrigan, James(17) Shaw, Scott(10)
GMB	10:01	Penalty	Marrazzo, Matt(4)	2 minutes for Hooking
GMB	07:43	Penalty	Young, Jason(10)	2 minutes for Slashing
GMB	03:05	Goal	Gill, Ian(1)	Assist(s): Young, Jason(9)
GMB	00:00	Goal	Woods, Max(25)	Assist(s): LaCroix, Topo(29) LaCroix, Ryan(24)
3rd PERIOD
GMB	08:41	Penalty	LaCroix, Topo(9)	2 minutes for Roughing
WHL	08:41	Penalty	Shaw, Scott(5)	2 minutes for Roughing
GMB	06:41	Penalty	Ammel, Robert(5)	10 minutes for Game Misconduct
WHL	04:02	Goal	Crapser, Tom(6)	Assist(s): Shaw, Scott(11) Redpath, Woody(12)
GMB	00:45	Goal	Woods, Max(26)	Assist(s): Smith, Gary(1)

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