Amid chaos... beauty
Despite twenty-six penalties totalling ninety-two minutes, Providence Bruins fans would call the team's matchup against the Tiny Thrashers of Atlanta a beautiful thing, as the team actually won.
After a scoreless first period, which saw eight penalties for thirty-eight minutes of seat time, was most notable for Providence allowing only two shots on goal while taking only nine, despite having almost six full minutes of power play in the period. Also of note was Jaakko Harikkala's brutal beat down of Matt Nickerson, which only set Nickerson into a fit of rage.
With Milan Jurcina sitting for a roughing misconduct, the Baby Bruins opened the second period shorthanded. True to form, though, the Tiny Thrashers eventually gooned up, and the lines were balanced at 05:26 after a hooking call on Evan Nielsen. One minute later, Kurtis Foster was blown foul for a roughing penalty, and twenty-one seconds after that, with the power play in effect, Andreas Lindstrom popped the cherry with a power play goal to take a 1-0 lead.
Less than a minute after the first goal - but after Matt Nickerson unleashed his aggression on Paul Gaustad to the point of injuring Gaustad - Rick Kozack made the clown nose spin a second time, fed by Paul Gaustad - sixteen seconds after being taken off the ice injured - at 07:30, putting Providence up 2-0 on his sixteenth goal of the year.
Eventually, both sides returned all their vagrants but Jurcina, and Atlanta took full advantage of his absence. With only nine seconds left in his twelve minute stint, Zdenek Blatney beat Jordan Sigalet like so many have before him to close the game to a one goal difference. Jurcina returned to the ice to give way to Ivan Huml, who promptly was whistled for hooking, setting up Brad Self's power play goal to knot the game at two all at the end of the second period - four power play goals, as tough as it may be to believe.
As the third period opened, Pierre-Luc Edmond near immediately attacked David Leneveu with the puck, and matched the efforts of Lindstrom and Kozack, scoring at 01:50. The goals then slammed shut, but the penalty boxes opened wide.
In the next seventeen minutes, nine penalties were called for a total of twenty-five minutes of R-n-R. Roman Vopat also got some additional alone time in the locker room, where he went after being ejected for a kicking major penalty.
At 17:26, offsetting penalties were charged against Ivan Huml and Brian Sipotz, putting both teams at four-on-four. Shortly after, at 17:48, David Leneveu was whistled for a delay of game, earning Anthony Aquino a trip to penalty-land in his stead. This was followed a minute later by a boarding penalty on Aaron Dawson, giving the Bruins a four-on-two advantage.
As the penalties ticked away, setting up five-on-three hockey, Pierre-Luc Edmond, obviously disappointed he did not get himself a power-play goal, set out to change that. With only twenty-six seconds left, he scored his tenth of the year to wrap up the 4-2 victory and close Jordan Sigalet within fifteen games of even-keel hockey.
The Baby Bruins celebrated the victory like it was something they rarely do - which it was - as they swept the game star categories and racked up three power play goals in the game. Of course, they had ten chances, so it was one of those "well, yeah..." type deals. The team travels to Pittsburgh for its next game.
After a scoreless first period, which saw eight penalties for thirty-eight minutes of seat time, was most notable for Providence allowing only two shots on goal while taking only nine, despite having almost six full minutes of power play in the period. Also of note was Jaakko Harikkala's brutal beat down of Matt Nickerson, which only set Nickerson into a fit of rage.
With Milan Jurcina sitting for a roughing misconduct, the Baby Bruins opened the second period shorthanded. True to form, though, the Tiny Thrashers eventually gooned up, and the lines were balanced at 05:26 after a hooking call on Evan Nielsen. One minute later, Kurtis Foster was blown foul for a roughing penalty, and twenty-one seconds after that, with the power play in effect, Andreas Lindstrom popped the cherry with a power play goal to take a 1-0 lead.
Less than a minute after the first goal - but after Matt Nickerson unleashed his aggression on Paul Gaustad to the point of injuring Gaustad - Rick Kozack made the clown nose spin a second time, fed by Paul Gaustad - sixteen seconds after being taken off the ice injured - at 07:30, putting Providence up 2-0 on his sixteenth goal of the year.
Eventually, both sides returned all their vagrants but Jurcina, and Atlanta took full advantage of his absence. With only nine seconds left in his twelve minute stint, Zdenek Blatney beat Jordan Sigalet like so many have before him to close the game to a one goal difference. Jurcina returned to the ice to give way to Ivan Huml, who promptly was whistled for hooking, setting up Brad Self's power play goal to knot the game at two all at the end of the second period - four power play goals, as tough as it may be to believe.
As the third period opened, Pierre-Luc Edmond near immediately attacked David Leneveu with the puck, and matched the efforts of Lindstrom and Kozack, scoring at 01:50. The goals then slammed shut, but the penalty boxes opened wide.
In the next seventeen minutes, nine penalties were called for a total of twenty-five minutes of R-n-R. Roman Vopat also got some additional alone time in the locker room, where he went after being ejected for a kicking major penalty.
At 17:26, offsetting penalties were charged against Ivan Huml and Brian Sipotz, putting both teams at four-on-four. Shortly after, at 17:48, David Leneveu was whistled for a delay of game, earning Anthony Aquino a trip to penalty-land in his stead. This was followed a minute later by a boarding penalty on Aaron Dawson, giving the Bruins a four-on-two advantage.
As the penalties ticked away, setting up five-on-three hockey, Pierre-Luc Edmond, obviously disappointed he did not get himself a power-play goal, set out to change that. With only twenty-six seconds left, he scored his tenth of the year to wrap up the 4-2 victory and close Jordan Sigalet within fifteen games of even-keel hockey.
The Baby Bruins celebrated the victory like it was something they rarely do - which it was - as they swept the game star categories and racked up three power play goals in the game. Of course, they had ten chances, so it was one of those "well, yeah..." type deals. The team travels to Pittsburgh for its next game.
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