Sunday, May 23, 2010

The final . . . second period

SECOND PERIOD:
If you weren’t aware, the starting time of this game was moved from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. . . . Of course, Rogers Sportsnet, which has exclusivity to this event, the CHL and the organizing committee said it was moved in order t allow fans to watch the gold medal-game from the world championship and the NHL playoff game that were on this afternoon. . . . I’m thinking it had more to do with Sportsnet not wanting to risk fragmenting its audience by going up against those events. . . . Hmmm. Wonder why they didn't move the game until even later tonight in case fans wanted to stay home and watch the NBA playoff game? . . . Just once I would love to see a newspaper writer walk behind a team’s bench during a stoppage in play and ask a question or two of the head coach. . . . The 50/50 pool is more than $37,000 and climbing fast and the second period has yet to start. . . . Brandon opens on the PP for 1:46 with D Ryan Ellis in stir. . . . F Adam Henrique blocks D Travis Hamonic’s point shot on the PP. Windsor has come up with a lot of blocks today. . . . Brandon didn’t get much out of the PP. Only good possession came late. . . . Brandon F Brent Raedeke flips the puck into the middle, turns it over and takes a penalty. . . . Here comes Windsor’s first PP chance. . . . Is it over if Windsor goes up 3-0? . . . DeSerres with a stop on Henrique’s backhand attempt. . . . Brandon has to pay more attention to the Windsor points or else do a better job in the shooting lanes. . . . There’s a block by Wiebe on Ellis, but there’s Hall putting one over DeSerres’ left shoulder. . . . it’s a goal scorer’s goal, but if the goalie stands up the puck hits him. . . . Hall leads the tournament with five goals and is tied with Calgary F Jimmy Bubnick, with eight points. . . . Windsor leads 24-9 in shots with 13:50 to play. . . . There’s G Philipp Grubauer with a save on a big shot by D Alexander Urbom and now Brandon’s going on the PP. . . . It’s Ellis off again, this time for hooking. . . . Brandon gains the Windsor zone with some speed as Glennie takes the puck down the right side and Calvert puts in a rebound. . . . Brandon is on the board. . . . Windsor head coach Bob Boughner is steamed at the officials for that call on Ellis and they’re hearing about it. . . . There’s life in the building again. . . . Brandon head coach Kelly McCrimmon has moved Glennie back onto his top line with Schenn and Calvert. . . . Windsor F Greg Nemisz tries to jam one between DeSerres and his left post. . . . Now it’s under video review. . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . video review . . . Video review has taken the life back out of the building. . . . And it’s a goal for Windsor. That one really hurts Brandon’s chances. . . . The goal goes to Nemisz. . . . Not many people, if any, who are in the building saw that one go in the net. . . . DeSerres has the puck covered and it looks like Burchell, the OHL ref, can’t find his whistle. . . . Because he’s late with the whistle, now there’s a scrum. . . . The Wheat Kings are going to watch replays of Windsor’s fourth goal and claim that Burchell was slow on the whistle there, too. . . . There is 9:33 left in the second and Windsor is up 31-13 on the shot clock. . . . Brandon’s game is coming apart. They really are out of sync and even having trouble going tape-to-tape with the puck. . . . Wellwood sidesteps a check, creates a 3-on-1 deep and fires high and wide. . . . They’re playing 4-on-4 and Brandon gets caught on a line change and D Marc Cantin blows one past DeSerres’ catching mitt. . . . It’s 5-1 and this one is over with more than eight minutes left in the second period. . . . There’s Kassian with a shot from the left side. DeSerres has it but he’s looking behind him. . . . Shots now are 22-5 in the second and 38-13 on the game. . . . Fehr turns it over at the Windsor line and it’s a 4-on-2 coming this way. DeSerres makes a shoulder save. . . . Every Windsor shot is going upstairs. . . . Windsor wins another faceoff after Brandon is called for icing and a point shot gets through traffic, hits a defender and it’s in. . . . That’s 6-1 with 3:08 left. . . . D Cam Fowler gets the goal and he’s been good today. . . . Those clicks you hear? Those aren’t crickets. It’s the Sportsnet audience looking for the NBA game. . . . Second period is over. Windsor is up 6-1 in goals and 43-15 in shots. . . . The Lakers are leading Phoenix by a point late in the first period.

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