Binghamton @ Albany (12/27)

yey! a win!

Period 1
Albany - Joe Hulbig (Greg Crozier, Craig Darby) 4:41

Period 2
(no scoring)

Period 3
Albany - Tuomas Pihlman (Aleksander Suglobov) 1:14
Albany - Ryan Murphy (shorthanded) (Raymond Giroux, Craig Darby) 6:13
Binghamton - Josh Langfeld (powerplay) (Denis Hamel, Daniel Corso) 14:58
Binghamton - Alexandre Giroux (Arpad Mihaly) 18:48



PENALTIES
Period 1
Albany - Craig Darby - (Tripping), 2 min, 0:30
Binghamton - Steve Bancroft - (Holding Stick), 2 min, 5:29
Albany - Brett Clouthier - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 14:58
Binghamton - Brian McGrattan - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 14:58
Binghamton - Steve Bancroft - (Holding Stick), 2 min, 16:33
Binghamton - Andy Hedlund - (Slashing), 2 min, 19:52

Period 2
Albany - Victor Uchevatov - (Obstruction (Hooking)), 2 min, 2:39
Albany - Greg Crozier - (Slashing), 2 min, 5:57
Binghamton - Wade Brookbank - (Slashing), 2 min, 5:57
Albany - Alex Brooks - (Fighting (Instigator) Misconduct), 10 min, 9:05
Albany - Alex Brooks - (Instigator), 2 min, 9:05
Albany - Alex Brooks - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 9:05
Binghamton - Alexandre Giroux - (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 9:05
Binghamton - Alexandre Giroux - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 9:05
Albany - Sean Brown - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 9:54
Binghamton - Wade Brookbank - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 9:54
Binghamton - Brian McGrattan - (High Sticking), 2 min, 10:29
Binghamton - Brian McGrattan - (High Sticking), 2 min, 15:16

Period 3
Albany - Eric Johansson - (Tripping), 2 min, 4:59
Albany - Joe Hulbig - (Tripping), 2 min, 13:32

great game! some awesome goals, at times spectacular goaltending, good fights, huge crowd--i'm happy even if the rats almost gave up a 3-0 lead in the last five minutes.

going to try to upload some pictures--hope this works.

Pihlman from Suglobov again. I'm really happy with their production. While Pihlman took a while to get going, he seems to be scoring at a nice clip now.

No penalties for Skrlac out of that mess? Weird...

I thought Skrlac was still on the Devils roster, given that he was listed as a scratch for NJ tonight.

I thought Skrlac was still on the Devils roster, given that he was listed as a scratch for NJ tonight.

Skrlac still has to pass through waivers. Does the roster freeze end tonight? :dunno:

Skrlac still has to pass through waivers. Does the roster freeze end tonight? :dunno:

Yeah. I read it ended at 12am est.

Pihlman from Suglobov again. I'm really happy with their production. While Pihlman took a while to get going, he seems to be scoring at a nice clip now.

No penalties for Skrlac out of that mess? Weird...
They could make a good offensive line in the future. It will be interesting to track their careers.

great game! some awesome goals, at times spectacular goaltending, good fights, huge crowd--i'm happy even if the rats almost gave up a 3-0 lead in the last five minutes.

going to try to upload some pictures--hope this works.
Thanks for the Clouthier pic!
}:-)>™

What's going on with Pikkarainen? Is he having trouble adjusting to North America? Has he been injured? Too many bad penalties? Does he play both wings? He doen't seem to be high on the Rats' depth chart. His stats indicate he is struggling compared to his production in the Finnish leagues. I thought he might become a power forward in the NHL once the CBA is resolved.

Thanks.

What's going on with Pikkarainen? Is he having trouble adjusting to North America? Has he been injured? Too many bad penalties? Does he play both wings? He doen't seem to be high on the Rats' depth chart. His stats indicate he is struggling compared to his production in the Finnish leagues. I thought he might become a power forward in the NHL once the CBA is resolved.

Thanks.

It's hard to get a good read of him; he's been injured quite a bit, and is out again at the moment. I wouldn't worry too much about his stats though, since he came back from his first injury, he's only been getting third/fourth line icetime, and the players he's playing with aren't doing much of anything offensively either. With better linemates, as he had in the beginning of the season, he'd certainly put up better numbers.

It doesn't look like the transition to North America has been all that difficult for him, and considering how aggressively he plays, I don't think he takes too many penalties at all (the ones he takes are usually well deserved roughing calls.)

I don't know if he plays both wings, I'm pretty sure I've only ever seen him play RW.

Hope that helps.