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Old 12-06-2016, 10:09 PM   #35
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November 18th, 1982

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Montreal Canadiens (14-12-1) at Arizona Coyotes (9-16-2)

We are playing the Coyotes for the first time this season, the final game of a 4-game road trip. A quick review of the teams stats indicate that despite giving up the 2nd least shots per game (26) we give up the 23rd most goals (2.93) per game. Is it goaltending? Possible. Of the goalies with 10 or more games played, G Mike Blackshear is 34th in save % at .879. Is it style of play, former Habs starter G Vladimir Lysek had a .895 save % for Montreal before being traded to for Blackshear, he ended up with a .933 save % later with Minnesota while Blackshear had a .914 save % with Minnesota and finished that same season with Montreal at .891. My "Colapsing to the Net" requires good shot blockers and we do seem to get scored alot by opposition defensemen. Maybe this is an area we need to look at my team is ranked 24th in shot blocking.

The Arizona Coyotes are currently last overall in the West and struggle to score goals. They are currently 29th in GF with 2.11 per game. Arizona does have some good talent though but appear to be missing the playoffs for the 3rd straight season.

In net, they are very fortunate to have G Paul Dean. The 32 year old Dean is signed until the 86-87 season and has a 7-9-2 record with 1 SO, a 2.66 GAA and .919 save %. Positioning and rebound controls are his strength and he had no real weaknesses. In his 3rd season as a Coyote, he has a 58-68-12 record with 5 SO's, a 2.78 GAA and .913 save % in 137 NHL games.

At RD they have Lewis Conrad. The 29 year old from Colorado has 2 goals and 10 points this season in 27 games. An All-Star in 1982, Shot blocking and defensive read are his strengths. As well in his 3rd season with Arizona, he has 28 goals, 73 assists for 101 points with 138 PIMs and a -15 rating in 191 games.

Currently injured and out for a few months with a MRSA Infection, 32 year old C Nicholas Megannety will be missed. In 22 games this season, he has 8 goals and 18 points. An agile skater with great passing and puck handling skills the often injured Megannety was held to just 43 games last season. In his 3rd season with Arizona, he has 42 goals, 74 assists for 116 points with 74 PIMs and a +8 rating.

In the net for Montreal is G Mike Blackshear. He has 11 wins in 22 starts with a .879 save %. G Paul Dean will start for Arizona, he has 7 wins in 18 starts and a .919 save %.

Its didn't take long for the Coyotes to strike, RW Jakub Masaryk got his 5th of the year to make it 1-0 at 0:50.. The low scoring Coyotes make it 2-0 at 11:34 when LD Timothy Dion gets his 3rd of the year. The period ends 2-0 for Arizona with the shots favouring Montreal 11 to 10.

The Coyotes score again at 1:50 of the 2nd, C Tomas Cerny gets his 8th of the year to make it 3-0. The on-slaught continues when LD Timothy Dion gets his 2nd of the night at 6:23. Thats 4 goals on 15 shots. Thats it for Mike Blackshear, in comes Jason Wells. The news get worse as it appears that RD Matej Ouhrabka is questionable for the remainder of the game due to an finger injury. The Coyotes go up 5-0 on LW Zybynek Serbus's 3rd of the year at 14:15. Montreal does break the shut out when RW Al Ladd collects his 8th of the year at 15:47. Its now 5-1 for the Coyotes. The period ends with the Habs outshooting the Coyotes 23 to 22 after the 2nd.

With just under 10 minutes left in the game, C Dave Wright puts the Coyotes on their 2nd PP of the game. At 11:22 LD Marc-Andre Berube goes off for high sticking so the Coyotes will have a 2 man advantage for just under a minute. The Habs kill off both, but have just over 6 minutes left to score 4 times. Montreal out shoots the Arizona 10 to 8 in the 3rd, but still lose 5-1.

Arizona Coyotes RD Timothy Dion has 2 goals and an assist as the 1st star. The 19 year old Dion now has 4 goals and 12 points in 28 games this season.

Arizona 5 Montreal 1


PER TEAM GOAL # ASSIST ASSIST
1st ARI Jakub Masaryk 5 Lewis Conrad
1st ARI Timothy Dion 3 Tristan Hatfield Bob Youso
2nd ARI Tomas Cerny 8 Timothy Dion Daniel Geiger
2nd ARI Timothy Dion 4 Matthew Moore Bob Christoffer
2nd ARI Zbynek Serbus 3 Tristan Hatfield
2nd MTL Al Ladd 8 Chris Hughes Yegor Berestnev
3rd
No Scoring



TEAM GOALIE SA GA
MTL Mike Blackshear 15 4
MTL Jason Wells 15 1
ARI Paul Dean 33 1

Montreal Canadiens RD Matej Ouhrabka is listed as day to day with a bruised finger. The 24 year old Ouhrabka has 2 goals and 10 points in 28 games for Montreal this season.

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Around the league...........

Pittsburgh Penquins LW Travis Chambers had a goal in a 2-1 win over the Lightning. The 32 year old Chambers now has 12 goals and 36 points in 26 games. The 1981 All-Star is in his 2nd season with the Penquins, 3rd season in the NHL. He was traded by Detroit to Pittsburgh in an 1981 off-season trade. Chambers has played in 104 games over three injury plagued seasons, he has 40 goals, 59 assists for 99 points with 69 PIMs and a +18 rating.

Dallas Stars RW Domenico Giunti has extended his points streak to 12 games with 2 assists in a 4-1 win over the Oilers. The 27 year old Giunti now has 13 goals and 33 points in 28 games. In his 3rd season with the Stars, he now has 52 goals, 105 assists for 157 points with 194 PIMs and a +33 rating.

Pittsburgh Penquins LW Travis Chambers had 3 goals and an assist in a 7-2 win over the Rangers. The 32 year old Chambers now has 15 goals and 40 points in 27 games.

Dallas Stars RW Domenico Giunti had his points streak snapped at 12 games in a 2-1 loss to the Jets. The 27 year old Giunti has 13 goals and 33 points in 29 games.
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