elvis15 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 From CDC itself, figured I repost it here for anyone interested: Two first period goals and some timely saves from Eddie Lack helped the Chicago Wolves stave off elimination against the San Antonio Rampage on Tuesday night. Darren Haydar posted two goals and Vancouver Canucks first round pick Jordan Schroeder notched his first of the playoffs in a 3-2 Wolves win, in Game 3 in Chicago. Eddie Lack made 18 saves, including 10 in the third period as the Wolves now trail the best-of-five series 2-1. The Wolves caught some what of a break when the Florida Panthers re-called star Rampage netminder Jacob Markstrom earlier in the day on an emergency call up, forcing the Rampage to go with Dov Grumet-Morris between the pipes. The Wolves came out early in the first and peppered the surprise starter with 11 shots in the first period, scoring on two of them. Schroeder opened the scoring as his shot deflected off Rampage defenseman Keith Seabrook and found the back of the net. With less than one minute to play in the opening frame Mark Mancari and Haydar hooked up on a Sedin-like goal as Mancari faked the shot and sent a slap-pass over to Haydar to give the Wolves a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes. Chicago started the middle stanza much like they did the first period, controlling the play and getting shots on Grumet-Morris. It took the Rampage almost ten minutes to record a shot in the period, only their fifth of the game. The Wolves then found themselves in penalty trouble and the Rampage would make them pay, as young defenseman Alex Petrovic notched his professional goal on a San Antonio power play to give the Rampage some life late in the second period. The Rampage carried that momentum over into the third but Lack – who was rarely tested in the first 40 minutes – came up big down the stretch. Bryon Bitz won a key defensive zone faceoff for the Wolves with less than a minute to play and Darren Haydar scored his second of the night into an empty net to give the Wolves a 3-1 lead. The Rampage would score to make it 3-2 with .5 seconds left, but it was too late as the Wolves would hang on to extend the series. Chicago outshot the Rampage 24-20. Game 4 goes Wednesday night at Allstate Arena in Chicago at 5 p.m. PST. If needed Game 5 goes Friday night in Chicago at 5:30 p.m. PST. Tidbits -Canucks first round pick Nicklas Jensen and Steven Reinprecht missed the game due to injuries. Jensen took a high hit from Petrovic in Game 2, and Reinprecht took a puck off the face early in the same game -Bitz – just sent to the Wolves from Vancouver – and Stefan Schneider found their way into the line-up to replace the injured Wolves -Bitz, Mancari, Bill Sweatt, Michael Davies, and Kevin Doell picked up assists for the Wolves -Defense tandem Nolan Baumgartner and Kevin Connauton led the way in the plus/minus department for the Wolves, both with plus-2 ratings -Mancari fired a team-high four shots on goal -The Wolves improve to 17-10 all-time in must-win elimination games, 9-6 on home ice -Déjà vu? Last season in the first round with the Manitoba Moose, Eddie Lack allowed five goals in Game 1, entered Game 2 in relief and stopped everything he faced, and then won Game 3. This season? Exact same 3 Stars: 1. CHI, Haydar 2. CHI, Lack, 3. SA, Grumet-Morris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Game 4 will be starting momentarily. They're just announcing the lineups now. Miller-Reinprecht-Bitz will start up front for the Wolves with Connauton-Baumgartner on the blueline. Lack gets the nod in net. Here we go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Romo Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 It's best of 5 right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Yikes, 43 seconds into the game the Rampage score. Michael Caruso will get credited with the goal after he wristed it from the point off a clean faceoff win by Jon Matsumoto. 1-0 Rampage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 It's best of 5 right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzer Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 they really aren't doing anything with this powerplay either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 The first unit is Reinprecht-Doell-Haydar with Connauton and Mancari at the point. Not much pressure at all. The Schroeder unit is on now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Penalty to Petrovic has expired. No shots on that PP for the Wolves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 The Rampage will get their first PP now as Kevin Connauton is headed to the box for tripping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Jon Matsumoto set up what looked like a great back door opportunity but Nolan Baumgartner made a sharp interception for the Wolves and negated the scoring chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Several more chances for the Rampage but Lack held strong. Needless to say, the Rampage are putting on much more pressure on their PP chance than the Wolves did. Special teams have to improve for the Wolves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Wolves are going right back to the PK as Reinprecht takes a tripping penalty. The Rampage are forcing their will too easily so far. The Wolves need to wake up and get sharper. 2nd PP for the Rampage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanev's Smirk Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Have the Wolves even had a shot on net? (following via box score) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Theater Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 You can watch the game at firstrowsports.eu Go to ice hockey section and it will be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Have the Wolves even had a shot on net? (following via box score) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzer Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 man.. we dont even havee any offence.. they're going to score soon (SA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 The Wolves successfully killed the 2nd Rampage PP. Shots are now 9-0 for the Rampage halfway through the 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Theater Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzer Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 our offense was quite a bit better there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 The Rampage are absolutely dominating here. Whenever the Wolves do move the puck out of their zone they either get stopped in the neutral zone or if they do manage to gain the offensive zone the puck usually ends up blocked or misfired. They just can't get anything going here. Luckily Lack looks sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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