November 2nd: Hamilton at Cleveland

[NWTHabsFan]

Game 1 of three in a row against the Barons. Tonight in Cleveland, then back home to Steeltown on Friday and Saturday this weekend. This is the team against which the Perezhogin incident occurred last season, so expect plenty of heat by the end of this mini series. Lots of scraps tonight, and expect more on the weekend.

Morgan, Pleky, Higgins, Wardo and Lambert (his first pro goal) push the Dogs to a 5-1 victory and their biggest offensive output of the early season. Danis in net and loses his shutout at 19:00 of the third on a PP (too bad, but still another great performance by Yann).

GAME DETAILS
SCORING SHOTS
1 2 3 TOTAL
Hamilton 0 3 2 5
Cleveland 0 0 1 1
1 2 3 TOTAL
Hamilton 10 17 14 41
Cleveland 11 6 12 29




POWERPLAYS
Hamilton 1 for 4 : Cleveland 1 for 7



SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
(no scoring)
Period 2
Hamilton - Jason Ward (powerplay) (Philippe Plante, Steve Ott) 3:24
Hamilton - Gavin Morgan (shorthanded) (unassisted) 9:11
Hamilton - Chris Higgins (penalty shot) 11:14

Period 3
Hamilton - Tomas Plekanec (Jason Ward, Steve Ott) 6:15
Hamilton - Michael Lambert (Philippe Plante, Marc-Andre Thinel) 13:14
Cleveland - Patrick Rissmiller (powerplay) (Jim Fahey, Ryane Clowe) 19:00



PENALTIES
Period 1
Cleveland - Craig Valette - (Hooking), 2 min, 3:09
Hamilton - Andrew Archer - (Roughing), 2 min, 14:00
Cleveland - Matt Carkner - (Misconduct Misconduct), 10 min, 17:02
Hamilton - Chris Higgins - (High Sticking Major), 5 min, 17:02
Cleveland - Jim Fahey - (Roughing), 2 min, 19:51
Hamilton - Steve Ott - (Slashing), 2 min, 19:51

Period 2
Cleveland - Mike Hoffman - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 2:05
Hamilton - Raitis Ivanans - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 2:05
Cleveland - Marcel Goc - (Cross Checking), 2 min, 3:09
Hamilton - Trevor Daley - (High Sticking), 2 min, 7:39
Hamilton - Andrei Kostitsyn - (Hooking), 2 min, 10:31
Hamilton - Dan Jancevski - (High Sticking), 2 min, 18:06

Period 3
Hamilton - Ron Hainsey - (Roughing), 2 min, 3:27
Cleveland - Ryane Clowe - (Tripping), 2 min, 9:12
Hamilton - Andrew Archer - (Hooking), 2 min, 18:34
Hamilton - Benjamin Carpentier - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 18:34
Cleveland - Tim Conboy - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 18:34
Cleveland - Matt Carkner - (High Sticking), 2 min, 19:42
Hamilton - Dan Jancevski - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 19:42
Cleveland - Craig Valette - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 19:42

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There's our offense. Is Cleveland a poor team, or did they just have a bad night?

[blaise]

I'd say having Yann Danis in goal makes a big difference. He has been in goal for all the Bulldogs' victories as well as an OTL. Coincidence? Well, either Ellis is unlucky (zero points when he plays) or he is incapable of holding the fort. However, this game was different from most of the earlier ones. The Bulldogs poured it on. Were they winning one for Perezhogin?

[seventeen]

Here is the box score from USAtoday.

www.usatoday.com/sports/scores104/104307/20041102AHL--CLEVELAND-0.htm

I think Danis makes a big difference. Confidence in goaltending improves offense. Ellis didn't inspire confidence in me on Sunday. The fact the announcers kept pointing out that the Moose were shooting low indicates that's a well known weak spot.

[M. Beaux-Eaux]

Blaise said:

Were they winning one for Perezhogin?

Just warming up by the looks of it. 4 high sticking penalties combined for both teams, including a major to Higgins. However, the following should be the inspirational match of the the year between the 2 teams (I quote myself from another thread) -

Evil marketing genius at work:

On Saturday, March 5th [2005], the Barons will host the Hamilton Bulldogs at 7:00pm. The first 3,000 fans in attendance will receive a Garrett Stafford Bobblehead.

- www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3093078&l_id=&t_id=

[NWTHabsFan]

seventeen said:

I think Danis makes a big difference. Confidence in goaltending improves offense. Ellis didn't inspire confidence in me on Sunday. The fact the announcers kept pointing out that the Moose were shooting low indicates that's a well known weak spot.

What further enchances this trend is the relative youth and lack of pro-experience amongst the Dogs. There are lots of young guys making their debut on this team. IMO, Ellis may have to steal one for the boys in the near future to get them playing as hard and as confident as they seem to be doing in front of Danis right now. Ellis really needs a home win against the Barons this upcoming weekend, and Jarvis will likely start him in one of the games with that in mind.