nice pass and a pretty goal (puck in lower left of net)
Story and photos by
Ian Gibson
nice pass and a pretty goal (puck in lower left of net)
I hopped on the Bobcat bus and went to the Soo to watch the Elliot Lake Bobcat’s and the Thessalon Algoma Avalanche play their second pre-season game.
Although it was an exciting game, I found that both the defense and goal tending could have been a lot better. The fact that the Avalanche only managed 33 shots on goal and scored seven times….. that means that 21.21% of the time goals were going in. I know we can do better. Quite frankly two of the goals scored on us in the third period found the team completely back on their heels! I know coach Leonard will be working on these regions in the coming week so that the boys will be ready for the home opener against the Oro Medonte 77’s on Friday evening September 11, 2009.
The forwards performed quite well managing to find the back of the net six times. I am looking forward to some great performances from this team this year, not to mention the rivalry that has set itself between ourselves and the Avalanche.
Coaches Ryan Leonard's comments: Overall, it was a good game with the offence doing the right things, however we have to work on the defense, also the goal tending struggled.
Scoring Summary:
Goalies: #31 Christie 1st period, #30 Cunning 2nd period and #1 Perry 3rd period for the Bobcats.
#30 Justin Specht for the 1st half of the game and #1 Bradley Hewitt for the 2nd half for the Avalanche.
1st Period:
Team: Time: Scored by: Assist: Assist:
Bobcats 5:23 #17 Branislov Jankovic #6 Jakob Rybnikar #18 Roman Jurak
Avalanche 4:58 #22 Mike Bruneta #15 Bo Boisseneau
Penalties: Bobcats 2, Avalanche 5
2nd Period:
Team: Time: Scored by: Assist: Assist:
Bobcats 17:13 #11 Filip Kajba #15 Grant Vanslembrouk #16 Matt Rogers
Bobcats 12:55 #15 Grant Vanslembrouk #16 Matt Rogers #10 Derreck Pilatic
Avalanche 9:17 #12 Thomas Stewart #15 Bo Boisseneau #4 Ben Beitz
Avalanche 0:45 #21Tanner Burton #2 Calleb Chillman #15 Bo Boisseneau
Avalanche 0:39 #8 Kyle Stewart
Penalties: Bobcats 6, Avalanche 4
3rd Period:
Team: Time: Scored by: Assist: Assist:
Avalanche 18:55 #9 Adam Delayer #3 Steven Bibeau
Bobcats 17:38 #11 Filip Kajba #15 Grant Vanslembrouk #16 Matt Rogers
Bobcats 15:11 #17 Branislov Jankovicuk #23 Patric Mirga
Avalanche 7:39 #12 Thomas Stewart #16 Mark Orazetti #4 Ben Beitz
Bobcats 6:40 #17 Branislov Jankovicuk #23 Patric Mirga #18 Roman Jurak
Avalanche 4:05 #12 Thomas Stewart
Penalties: Bobcats 1, Avalanche 6
total shots on goal by the Bobcats 53, by the Avalanche 33
My pics for this game for the Bobcats #17 Jankovic, #16 Rogers, # 23 Mirga all played well. For the Avalanche, who else? yes that's right #12 Thomas Stewart. Kudos to both Branislav Jankovic and Thomas Stewart for each of them getting a hat trick, well done boys!
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