October 29th: Phantoms at Bulldogs

[NWTHabsFan]

Game underway live from Hamilton and the ghostly ones take an early lead on a goal 1:20 into the game. Ellis in net, Focht playing and Shasby giving up his spot and heard saying "Focht it" on his way to the press box.

Focht in his first broo-haa-haa in the blue white and red, with Josh Gratton of the spectres getting the extra two for instigation.

[NWTHabsFan]

Tie game on above PP. Wardo from Pleky and Daley.

Jason Ward (powerplay) (Tomas Plekanec, Trevor Daley) 12:22

[NWTHabsFan]

3-1 bad guys mid way through the second. Seidenberg on the PP and Jones 30 seconds later. Urgggh. Shots 16-12 for the Fanny's.

[NWTHabsFan]

From bad to worse, 4 goals on 17 shots. 4-1 after two.

GAME DETAILS
SCORING SHOTS
1 2 3 TOTAL
Philadelphia 1 3 0 4
Hamilton 1 0 0 1
1 2 3 TOTAL
Philadelphia 9 8 0 17
Hamilton 7 9 0 16




POWERPLAYS
Philadelphia 2 for 5 : Hamilton 1 for 5



SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Philadelphia - Freddy Meyer (Patrick Sharp) 1:20
Hamilton - Jason Ward (powerplay) (Tomas Plekanec, Trevor Daley) 12:22

Period 2
Philadelphia - Dennis Seidenberg (powerplay) (Peter White, R.J. Umberger) 6:36
Philadelphia - Randy Jones (Eric Meloche, Peter White) 7:02
Philadelphia - Ben Eager (powerplay) (Randy Jones, John Slaney) 19:12

Period 3
(no scoring)


PENALTIES
Period 1
Hamilton - Corey Locke - (Hooking), 2 min, 3:03
Hamilton - Philippe Plante - (Obstr-Hooking), 2 min, 3:39
Hamilton - Dan Focht - (Holding), 2 min, 7:02
Philadelphia - Eric Meloche - (Roughing), 2 min, 7:02
Philadelphia - Patrick Sharp - (Slashing), 2 min, 7:57
Hamilton - Dan Focht - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 11:59
Philadelphia - Josh Gratton - (Instigator), 2 min, 11:59
Philadelphia - Josh Gratton - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 11:59
Philadelphia - Josh Gratton - (Fighting (Instigator) Misconduct), 10 min, 11:59
Hamilton - Corey Locke - (Slashing), 2 min, 15:00
Philadelphia - Eric Meloche - (Obstr-Hooking), 2 min, 16:55
Hamilton - Steve Ott - (Roughing), 2 min, 16:55

Period 2
Hamilton - Dan Focht - (Tripping), 2 min, 5:27
Philadelphia - Wade Skolney - (Interference), 2 min, 12:53
Philadelphia - John Slaney - (Boarding), 2 min, 14:20
Hamilton - Michael Lambert - (Obstr-Hooking), 2 min, 17:40
Philadelphia - David Printz - (Hooking), 2 min, 19:21

Period 3
(no penalties)

[blaise]

Ellis is the losing goaltender. He stopped 20 of 24 shots.

[M. Beaux-Eaux]

A report from a poster on another board:

Razorblade

The Dogs were played to both ends of the spectrum last night. In the 1st period they looked like the Dogs of two years ago. They were hitting everything in sight, making tape to tape passes, and skating really well. Then the Phantoms scored in the 2nd period, and they played some of the most uninspired hockey I've ever seen. Only two guys played 60 minutes, that being Plekanec and Daley. These two guys care no matter what, like they all should.

Any debate about who the starting goaltender is on this team should be put to rest after last night's game. He is extremely slow in the net, and because of that has terrible positioning. He let in two very soft goals, I hope to see Danis in the nets tonight and tomorrow.

Higgins played a really flat game last night. He showed no drive whatsoever, and wasn't at all strong on the puck. Hopefully he picks up his game soon, cause the Dogs aren't going to succeed without Higgins playing well.

I've tried to give Hainsey a break, and after the 1st period I thought maybe he had turned the corner. He was using his size, and made a couple good rushes. But after that, the defensive errors started to come. He was getting beat to the outside, and didn't seem to have any success on the ice.

Dan Focht is not the answer on defence. He really needs to work on his skating, he got beat quite a few times last night. He layed quite a few good hits last night, but took some costly penalties, which the Dogs just can't afford.

Some of the forwards played decent games, but nothing to get excited about, like Morgan, Lambert, and Thinel, who all seemed to be playing a little better than they had been. Hopefully the team can turn it around against a couple former dogs, Beauchemin and Svitov tonight in Syracuse.