PENALTIES KEY TO CANE LOSS
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The Carolina Hurricanes dropped what could have been a game to accumulate much needed points by playing stupid hockey. Head coach Joel Quenneville publicly criticized team captain Shane Doan for taking pointless penalties throughout the game, 4 to be exact, which helped eliminate all momentum the team could get.
Doan took a penalty half way through the second, when the Canes were trying to gain momentum, on a cross check to the face of Jason Arnott. The Stars scored on the ensuing power play. Doan started the shift in what could have been a momentum shift, swinging back to the Canes, but instead, Doan ran seldom used forward Shane Willis and drilled him open ice, without the puck. Doan was assessed a double minor which carried on for most of the remaining minutes of the second.
Starting on the ice for the third, after a heated argument with Quenneville, Doan got caught up in a tussle and used a high stick 25 seconds into the third period on defenseman Dan Jancevski. The energy was simply sucked out of the Canes squad at too many crucial times.
“When you penalty kill for a god damn period, how do you expect to win in this league?” asked Quenneville, who was less than excited about Doan’s selfish performance. “Shane is a quality guy and as a person, I really like him, but tonight he hurt this club. He has not been good all year and has little to show for anything he has attempted to accomplish. His ice time will be down considerably next game, if not completely taken away.”
Doan, who is in his third year as captain of the Canes, has often been the spark to get the club going, but so far this season, his totals are not impressive. With 5 points in 31 games, Doan has proven to be very ineffective in his current role and the possibility of newcomer Stacy Roest taking over his spot is a reality. Roest, who currently sits with 27 points, is now the Canes top scorer. He was added as a depth replacement but after the game Doan had, it is likely he will get minutes earlier than expected.
“I just want to be part of something special here,” said Roest. “This team has all the pieces to make a deep run in the playoffs but something is just lacking. I hope I can provide some sort of spark. I know I bring a lot of speed to the lineup and maybe that is what this team needs.”
The Canes take on the New York Islanders tomorrow and look for Manny Legace to back in the pipes and Doan to be seated on the bench.
The Carolina Hurricanes dropped what could have been a game to accumulate much needed points by playing stupid hockey. Head coach Joel Quenneville publicly criticized team captain Shane Doan for taking pointless penalties throughout the game, 4 to be exact, which helped eliminate all momentum the team could get.
Doan took a penalty half way through the second, when the Canes were trying to gain momentum, on a cross check to the face of Jason Arnott. The Stars scored on the ensuing power play. Doan started the shift in what could have been a momentum shift, swinging back to the Canes, but instead, Doan ran seldom used forward Shane Willis and drilled him open ice, without the puck. Doan was assessed a double minor which carried on for most of the remaining minutes of the second. Starting on the ice for the third, after a heated argument with Quenneville, Doan got caught up in a tussle and used a high stick 25 seconds into the third period on defenseman Dan Jancevski. The energy was simply sucked out of the Canes squad at too many crucial times.
“When you penalty kill for a god damn period, how do you expect to win in this league?” asked Quenneville, who was less than excited about Doan’s selfish performance. “Shane is a quality guy and as a person, I really like him, but tonight he hurt this club. He has not been good all year and has little to show for anything he has attempted to accomplish. His ice time will be down considerably next game, if not completely taken away.”
Doan, who is in his third year as captain of the Canes, has often been the spark to get the club going, but so far this season, his totals are not impressive. With 5 points in 31 games, Doan has proven to be very ineffective in his current role and the possibility of newcomer Stacy Roest taking over his spot is a reality. Roest, who currently sits with 27 points, is now the Canes top scorer. He was added as a depth replacement but after the game Doan had, it is likely he will get minutes earlier than expected.
“I just want to be part of something special here,” said Roest. “This team has all the pieces to make a deep run in the playoffs but something is just lacking. I hope I can provide some sort of spark. I know I bring a lot of speed to the lineup and maybe that is what this team needs.”
The Canes take on the New York Islanders tomorrow and look for Manny Legace to back in the pipes and Doan to be seated on the bench.
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