AHL Opening Night Cincy/Utah 10/13/04

Wednesday, October 13 at Utah, 9:35 p.m. (Eastern)
Radio: WCKY 1360 (AM)
Cybercast: 1360homer.com
Announcers: Don Helbig, Greg Waddell

http://www.cincinnatimightyducks.com/news/stories/press-rel/04-05/advisory-broadsched-10.11.04.htm

season preview:

http://www.cincinnatimightyducks.com/news/stories/ducks-cov/notes/notes-preview-10.11.04.htm

Bryzgalov will be in goal, the lineup will be here at gametime:

http://www.theahl.com/SlamScoreboard/ahl-frameset.html

Alexei Smirnov, C
Joel Perrault, C
Tim Brent, C
Joel Stepp, C
Igor Pohanka, C
Zenon Konopka, C

Stanislav Chistov, LW
Curtis Glencross, LW
Chris Kunitz, LW
Dustin Penner, LW

Joffrey Lupul, RW
Michael Holmqvist, RW
Pierre Parenteau, RW
Cory Pecker, RW

Mark Popovic, D
Tomas Malec, D
Kurtis Foster, D
Shane O'Brien, D
Aaron Rome, D
Sheldon Brookbank, D
Tim Wedderburn, D

Ilya Bryzgalov, G
Frederic Cassivi, G

Injury List: Juha Alen, D; Eddy Ferhi, G.

Injury List: Juha Alen, D; Eddy Ferhi, G.

Whats Juha's injury? He was impressive at the rookie tournament hopefully it's nothing long term.

I think Cinci's Defensive Depth is good enough. I don't know how Utah will come out.

Don't be surprised if Cincy makes a trip to The Pond during the year.

there were reports in the LA times and the OC register that they were looking into it
however, it might be at Disney Ice instead, because it's cheaper

Opening Night Lineup:


3 Rome, Aaron
5 Foster, Kurtis
6 OBrien, Shane
7 Popovic, Mark
8 Brent, Tim
10 Perrault, Joel
11 Konopka, Zenon
15 Lupul, Joffrey
16 Stepp, Joel
17 Brookbank, Sheldon
18 Holmqvist, Michael
19 Pecker, Cory
20 Glencross, Curtis
22 Smirnov, Alexei
23 Chistov, Stanislav
25 Parenteau, Pierre
32 Malec, Tomas
35 Bryzgalov, Ilya

healthy scratches:

Kunitz :eek:
Wedderburn
Penner
Pohanka

Hey if you guys have cable or DSL that cybercast is actually not too bad to listen to:

http://www.homer1360.com/streaming.html

a lot of Utah powerplays so far...

Pecker, Konopka, Brent working hard on penalty kill...

Bryzgalov 11 saves on 11 shots...

1-0 Utah

scrum involving Holmqvist, Perrault with Berry, Taffe

All roughing penalties at 19:03 of 1st

Ducks badly outplayed in first

Bryz kept them in it

17 saves on 18 shots

Ducks had 4 shots! Lupul had best scoring chance.

Ducks tie it in second...

Kurtis Foster from Brent and Lupul.

Here is Cincy's powerplay first line:

Glencross-Brent-Lupul

Foster-Malec

second line:

Chistov-Perrault-Holmqvist

Popovic-O'Brien

Lupul,Popovic,Brookbank are Cincy's Alternative Captains.

No Captain has been named yet.

2-1 Utah

Jon Sim -powerplay from Ballard and Taffe

we got a brawl going at the end of the second...

Malec and Ballard going at it...

Brookbank with Berry...

better second period but down 2-1...

Has Glencross replaced Chistov on the top line at even strength, too?

Has Glencross replaced Chistov on the top line at even strength, too?

yeah I keep hearing Chistov and Holmqvist and I believe Perrault as the second line...

So the top line is what...Glencross, Brent and Lupul? Is Smirnov on defense?

2 man advantage here for Cincy...Ducks need to tie it here...

0-6 on power play so far

So the top line is what...Glencross, Brent and Lupul? Is Smirnov on defense?
Yeah thats the top line

Smirnov is listed as a Center now...He's definetly not playing D...The third and fourth lines are mixing and matching so he is somewhere in there with Pecker, Stepp, Konopka, and Parenteau.

the D pairings are:

Malec-Foster
Popovic-O'Brien
Rome-Brookbank

Joffrey Lupul scores :yo:

edit: they gave the goal to Perrault, now they change it back to Lupul!

Woohoo! God love that bug-eyed freak.

Utah takes a 3-2 lead...

radio guys are saying that it never crossed the goal line...

come on review it refs

:banghead: These refs suck!

Well refs sucking is universal.

Parenteau got tripped...powerplay coming up...

ha...now they switched the Lupul goal back to Perrault...

1 Perrault (Lupul)

and Smirnov takes a dumb penalty...

Lupul scores!!! :banana: from Brent.

3-3

Lupul 1 goal and 2 assists tonight.

Brent with 2 assists tonight.

Great night for Lupul tonight. 1 goal and 2 assists so far. Hopefully he keeps it up all season long.

Lupul's a damn madman.

Is the AHL experimenting with shoot-outs this year? Or was that just an idea, but it eventually got nixed?

No, they're doing it.

So they go straight to a shootout?

3-3 at end of regulation thanks to Joffrey.

No, they're doing it.

Aight. Also wondering, do they have OT first? Either way, sure looks like a good game and I hope The Score picks 'er up.

overtime then shootout!

4 on 4 OT

Holmqvist and Perrault starting.

interference on Utah!

powerplay Cincy

Holmqvist hit crossbar!

Popovic-Holmqvist-Parenteau-Perrault the 4 man Powerplay line.

Here comes Lupul-Brent-Foster-Malec

but powerplay is over

Pecker-Smirnov paired together

1 minute left in OT

Brent-Lupul out there again

9.7 seconds left...faceoff in Utah's zone...

Shootout!!!

And we go to the AHL's first shootout of the year!

each team gets 5 shooters

Lupul goes first!

...and...

apparently the coaches have to give the shootout order before the game...

arena announcer called him Jeffrey...

and...

save by Utah

Sim for Utah...

and he scores on Bryz...

Brookbank :dunno:

ok Brad Shaw why...

and...

HE SCORES

That's why.

Taffe for Utah...

SAVE BRYZ

Perrault for Cincy...

and he hits the post...

Sjostrom loses handle...no save necessary

here goes BRENT...

and Brent hits the other post

4th shooter for Utah misses...

Foster 5th shooter for Cincy

save on Foster

5th shooter for Utah Jassper...he can win it....

and...

Bryz saves...

sudden death parts starts!!


6th shooter is...

Lupul again

SCORES SCORES SCORES

under the crossbar

Should be Lupul.

edit - well there you go.

Sim chance to tie...

DUCKS WIN DUCKS WIN

4-3 overtime/shootout WIN

What a finish! Lupul, with a huge game, wins it for them in the shoot-out! Bryzgalov also had some nice stats.

I gotta question Shaw a bit, though. He scratches Kunitz(maybe there's a good reason why, but I missed it), and puts two defensemen, Brookbank and Foster, in the shoot-out lineup. Brookbank obviously scored, but I'm sure guys like Chistov and Glencross might've been better picks.

Great win. It sounds like Lupul he had one hell of a game

Wow sounds like it was a very exciting game. I am surprised by how much Brent was involved in his first pro game, but the ducks are week on center's so I guess it is not to much of a surprise. Is kunitz hurt or in trouble for something? How about that Brookbank scoring for the shootout, thats crazy. Hopefully TSN or the score will have highlights of the game.

I gotta question Shaw a bit, though. He scratches Kunitz(maybe there's a good reason why, but I missed it), and puts two defensemen, Brookbank and Foster, in the shoot-out lineup. Brookbank obviously scored, but I'm sure guys like Chistov and Glencross might've been better picks.

I don't know if Kunitz has a minor injury or something but it's possible that coach Brad Shaw is sending him a message to work harder. The radio guys mentioned that Pecker earned a spot on the team and in tonights lineup by working hard so perhaps Kunitz was not working hard enough to play tonight.

I also think Shaw isn't a big fan of Chistov as he didn't play him in OT or Shootout.

Maybe Shaw is the guy who invented the shootout lineups for video games where there are always two defensemen in them. Chistov would've been a much better pick than Foster or Brookbank.

I think Shaw might not be too bright of a coach.

Great game by the Mighty Ducks. Well, great after the first period at least. Brent, Lupul, Pecker and Perreault were really buzzing the entire second and third period and had some great chances. Konopka was the only one that showed up in the first period but must have been benched for the rest of the game because I didn't see him out there. Defense played great all night and pushed the Utah forwards to the outside the entire game. I have no idea why Chistov wasn't lined up for the shootout but it all worked out in Cincy's favour. Great game and great to see everyone in the arena on their feet for the shootout.

Maybe Shaw is the guy who invented the shootout lineups for video games where there are always two defensemen in them. Chistov would've been a much better pick than Foster or Brookbank.

I think Shaw might not be too bright of a coach.
Brookbank did score, though.

Bryz had a great game but wasn't really tested, even though he saw 40 shots. He didn't have any chance on the first goal, the second was a wraparound that just snuck past, and the third goal was really controversial. From where I was at I don't know how it went in and I didn't think that the Ducks were going to send any players back out on the ice.

The defense did a good job of lining up the Grizzlies at the blue line and they were much more physical than Utah, especially Brookbank, Foster and O'Brien. Lupul really dominated and played well on the forecheck. Didn't get a chance to see Smirnov since he was in the penalty box nearly half the game and didn't see any of Chistov in the third. Glencross-Pecker-Konopka looked really good togther and Brent-Lupul-Holmqvist were the best line on the ice all night long.

Thanks for the comments Garner, are you going to the game Friday?

No problem. I'll be at the game friday and I'll give you guys a better look. I was mostly focused on the Grizz players (obviously) but now that I'm familiar with the Ducks players I'll keep a closer eye out for them.

With this choices by the coach, Chistov is not going to regain his confidence in Cincy.
I think he would benefit to be in a line with Lupul, they could form a good duo and Chistov would score something more with him.

Good game by Lupul!!!

...and Chistov continues his developement... :banghead:

Hi everybody and thank you for all your good comments. They're very appreciated for people who lives far from Cincy, in Montreal.

I would like to get some news about my cousin, Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau. How was he last night? I saw he had three shots, but nothing more. I wonder why he didn't put him for the shootout, he is very good for scoring goals. Anyway, some good guys like Chistov have not been choose so I think it's normal.

By the way, Cincy won the first game and it's the most important thing. Go ducks go!

Have a good season everyone!

PS: I hope my english wasn't too bad. I try to improve it.

Hi everybody and thank you for all your good comments. They're very appreciated for people who lives far from Cincy, in Montreal.

I would like to get some news about my cousin, Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau. How was he last night? I saw he had three shots, but nothing more. I wonder why he didn't put him for the shootout, he is very good for scoring goals. Anyway, some good guys like Chistov have not been choose so I think it's normal.

By the way, Cincy won the first game and it's the most important thing. Go ducks go!

Have a good season everyone!

PS: I hope my english wasn't too bad. I try to improve it.

I met Pierre-Alexandre at the Pacific Division Rookie Tournament in Anaheim in September. He was nice to all the Ducks fans and he had a good tournament. He was creating offense every shift he got out there and wouldn't back down from physical battles as well.

As far as the Cincy game goes we are still trying to figure out why the coach chose two defensmen for the shootout. Parenteau would have been a good candidate for the shootout and I'm sure he will be involved in one of the next shootouts that happens. I think Parenteau had a decent game but it is hard to tell just by listening to the radio broadcast. He seemed to be in more of a third line role and I'm sure at some point he will get more playing time.

Who's the best one between Parenteau and Perreault? Say the truth...!

Who's the best one between Parenteau and Perreault? Say the truth...!

Their progress has been so similar it's difficult to say who is better.

One thing I do know is that Perrault is going to get more playing time with Cincy because he is playing as one of their top 2 centers with Tim Brent, where as Parenteau is playing the wing and their is a lot of competition for the wing spots on the two scoring lines.