We're sorry but your win is in another arena.Well, if Nigel Dawes was looking to help me ease that sadness of seeing #19 on another player, he succeeded! Scoring the opening goal off a superb setup by Engqvist, looks like the Bulldogs have some scoring energy back since the Habs have picked and plundered their roster clean. For one, I've never seen Engqvist pull the moves he was pulling last night. The usually quiet defensive forward was busting out all kinds of moves to get the puck on a shaky Johan Backlund all night that perhaps it wasn't such a bad thing moving Maxwell and giving Engqvist that #1 center role.
Dawes probably would have had a hat trick, that's how much he was flying around the net.
The BabyFlyers defend like the Maple Leafs with their hooking, holding, and general interference except they actually got called on most of them WITH ONE REF WATCHING THE GAME. Would have been a blowout if the Bulldogs powerplay were capable of generating more than one goal (and a very funny Palushaj happy dance). My brother says games at the Bell Centre are detrimental to Mathieu Carle because he tries to show off too much. Haha... Truth is, the Dogs were more offensive on the penalty kill than on the powerplay, an obvious side-effect from removing Weber.
Hey Habs fans! While you whine and bitch about not having big guys who will go to the net and cause mass distractions, do yourselves a favor and watch Conboy. He was up there, just outside the line, getting squeezed into Backlund by a Phantom defender and generally pissing people off. Also throwing hits. If he had some more muscle, he'd be a mack truck.
As the roster is low on the scorers, Jimmy Bonneau and Ian Schultz got some ice time. Bonneau gave some little Phantom he was fighting the noogies and Schultz was pissed a guy elbowed him in the face and wouldn't fight him so he threw a HUGE hit on some other guy who had the puck. Probably the best way to retaliate is by throwing a big, angry hit on some innocent defenceman who ends up paying for something his partner did. Phantoms got pretty quiet after that.
My other boy, JT Wyman scored. Palushaj went all out for that empty netter. QuebecPleks (Olivier Fortier) had 2 assists and was so much fun to watch... One day I think he'll truly be the heir to Pleky's position. And what else can I say about Avtsin? He's so young and so slick...if he pans out the way we hope he does, he'll be a wonderful player for the Habs.
I wish the Bulldogs would play here more often.
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