Jr CANES PULL OFF TIE
Carolina
With the Minnesota Wild in town, the Canes looked in tough against a very talented young squad. In fact, the Wild jumped out to an early lead when top prospect Thomas Vanek popped in his 8th of the season just over 14 minutes into the first.
The Wild would not stop there either as in the late stages of the second period, Marc-Antoine Pouliot put in his 4th of the year putting the Wild on top 2-0.
"It really did not go the way I had hoped it would," said head coach Craig Hartsbrug. "We had little jump early and thankfully, some of our guy got rolling in the third the third."
Mike Richards, the sound defensive center, got the ball rolling with his first of the season burying a laser off a slick pass by speedy left winger Sergei Mozyakin. The play all occurred when Brett Lutes was carrying the puck through the middle and Dion Phsaneuf buried the youngster and sent the puck up to Mozyakin.
Less than a minute later, Alex Goligoski, the young offensive blueliner took a shot from the point and the rebound squirted out to Ryan Getzlaf who made no mistake, notching his 14th of the season.
Jeff Glass stood strong with 33 saves and the Canes fought back to earn a much deserved tie. Glass, 19, earned the number one star honors.
"It was a big game for him," said captain Brandon Reid. "He's a great guy and he loves to play hard for everyone. I think we have let him down a lot this season. Tonight it was good to see that we came back to at least give him the tie. He deserved that much."
The Canes have a much needed night off tonight.
With the Minnesota Wild in town, the Canes looked in tough against a very talented young squad. In fact, the Wild jumped out to an early lead when top prospect Thomas Vanek popped in his 8th of the season just over 14 minutes into the first.
The Wild would not stop there either as in the late stages of the second period, Marc-Antoine Pouliot put in his 4th of the year putting the Wild on top 2-0.
"It really did not go the way I had hoped it would," said head coach Craig Hartsbrug. "We had little jump early and thankfully, some of our guy got rolling in the third the third."
Mike Richards, the sound defensive center, got the ball rolling with his first of the season burying a laser off a slick pass by speedy left winger Sergei Mozyakin. The play all occurred when Brett Lutes was carrying the puck through the middle and Dion Phsaneuf buried the youngster and sent the puck up to Mozyakin.
Less than a minute later, Alex Goligoski, the young offensive blueliner took a shot from the point and the rebound squirted out to Ryan Getzlaf who made no mistake, notching his 14th of the season.
Jeff Glass stood strong with 33 saves and the Canes fought back to earn a much deserved tie. Glass, 19, earned the number one star honors.
"It was a big game for him," said captain Brandon Reid. "He's a great guy and he loves to play hard for everyone. I think we have let him down a lot this season. Tonight it was good to see that we came back to at least give him the tie. He deserved that much."
The Canes have a much needed night off tonight.
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