WOYWITKA AND COMPANY POUND PENS
Carolina
With the Carolina Hurricanes in town, the Pittsburgh Penguins planned to be spoilers. With the obvious fire power of the Canes top line of Mike Fisher, Cory Stillman and Alexei Kovalev, the Hurricanes squad figured to deal with the tough matchup. However, it was the second and third lines that got the job done.
"We count on all four of our lines to play the game," said head coach Joel Quenneville. "They cannot always produce, but when we get the secondary scoring like we did tonight, I think we'll be in good shape."
Kyle Wellwood and Shane Doan each had 3 points while Jeff Friesen picked up 2 point giving him a team leading 19 points. On the back end, Jeff Woywitka had a career day, amassing 4 assists while playing with the Canes deadly new second line.
The Penguins had given the Canes trouble in previous seasons, but on this night, the Hurricanes would not accept defeat.
"We wanted to go out tonight and really show that we are not pretenders," said captain Shane Doan who notched his 7th of the season. "The way we have played this past month, I really think that our team is for real."
The Canes netminding of Jose Theodore has also been key. The steady goaltender allowed 3 goals tonight but has been unstoppable as of late.
"Theo is the back bone of this franchise," said Quenneville. "He makes the saves he needs to make and in general, gives the team the confidence to do what they want."
On a side note, how did Scott Parker not pound the living hell out of Zach Parise?
With the Carolina Hurricanes in town, the Pittsburgh Penguins planned to be spoilers. With the obvious fire power of the Canes top line of Mike Fisher, Cory Stillman and Alexei Kovalev, the Hurricanes squad figured to deal with the tough matchup. However, it was the second and third lines that got the job done.
"We count on all four of our lines to play the game," said head coach Joel Quenneville. "They cannot always produce, but when we get the secondary scoring like we did tonight, I think we'll be in good shape."
Kyle Wellwood and Shane Doan each had 3 points while Jeff Friesen picked up 2 point giving him a team leading 19 points. On the back end, Jeff Woywitka had a career day, amassing 4 assists while playing with the Canes deadly new second line.
The Penguins had given the Canes trouble in previous seasons, but on this night, the Hurricanes would not accept defeat.
"We wanted to go out tonight and really show that we are not pretenders," said captain Shane Doan who notched his 7th of the season. "The way we have played this past month, I really think that our team is for real."
The Canes netminding of Jose Theodore has also been key. The steady goaltender allowed 3 goals tonight but has been unstoppable as of late.
"Theo is the back bone of this franchise," said Quenneville. "He makes the saves he needs to make and in general, gives the team the confidence to do what they want."
On a side note, how did Scott Parker not pound the living hell out of Zach Parise?
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