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November 06, 2004

Game Recap (vs Windsor)

67s won last night, 5-3. Woo hoo! (OHL game recap here.)

The game started off with two quick goals, one for each team. The Spits scored first at 00:32, then the 67s came right back and scored (at 00:41). I thought it was going to be a repeat of last week's 8-7 shoot-out.

After the first goal, Guadagnolo settled down in the net, and the defence did a good job as well. Windsor was not very organized in the first period, so this helped the 67s look good too. The scoring summary for the game was as follows:

For Ottawa:

1, Kaspar, 00:41
1, Bonello, (Mancari, Bickell), 03:35
1, Tsimikalis, (Joslin, Petruzalek), 08:51 (PP)
2, Kaspar, (Van Herpt, Petruzalek), 13:22 (PP)
3, Bonello, (Bickell, Colbert), 00:33

And for Windsor:

1, Mannino, (Lomas, O'Reilly), 00:32
3, Lomas, (O'Reilly), 07:25
3, Dixon, (O'Reilly, Lomas), 18:05 (PP)

Kaspar had a good night, scoring two goals. He did get called for 'illegal equipment' at the end of the 3rd period. Windsor's coach (Kelly) asked the ref to measure Kaspar's stick, and he was subsequently sent to the box. (Do all OHL teams allow their players to do this? This is not the first time that opposing teams have called the 67s on illegal sticks. What is up with that?) The funniest moment of the night, was when Kaspar was put on the point (again, what is up with that?), and stopped a potential breakaway by slashing the stick of the Windsor player. Good grief - I could hear the crack and I was listening to my little radio (for play-by-play).

Bonello had a terrrrrrific game. He is adorable - plays hard, works hard, scores, yaps, fights for his space, smiles beautifully when he scores, and has that e-thing going on (energy). And he's not a huge guy. And he leads by example. And . . . okay, I just love him.

Tsimikalis also had a great night. Oh, and Talbot. He may not have the goals, but he works hard when he is on the ice, and he doesn't make many mistakes.

I'm also impressed with Ouellette. I think he has real potential. Also impressed with Van Herpt.

Mancari had an okay night. Bickell - had some chances. Not sure about Bickell yet.

Oh, and Alphonso is crazy - he'll fight anyone. Anyone. (And he just turned 16 last week I think.) Seriously, when the guy takes a hit, he bounces right back up off the ice. Last night he took at least three good punches to the head. He gets smashed into the boards. For a while, StatsGuy and I thought he was being targeted by the other teams' goons, he was being hit so much. Maybe he yaps at them, you know, eggs them on.

Other miscellaneous observations about the Windsor boys:

Topping, the Windsor goalie, had a really bad night. (The kind of night that has the crowd chanting your name --- which isn't good when you're visiting.) Of course, his defence didn't help.

Scott Todd is definitely a big lad. (And as predicted in my post yesterday, no one avenged Brody).

I was impressed by the play of Garlock (steady, skilled), Dixon (small but feisty), Dickson (big, steady), O'Reilly (good positioning, skilled), and Lomas (big, solid).

Regarding the refs:

Hmmm . . . not bad. I mean, you can't expect perfection right?

Regarding attendance:

Attendance was the best since the home opener, at 8046. Another event was taking place at Lansdowne, and they were turning cars away in the parking lot. (We said we'd take our chances, and found a spot that someone had just vacated.) I wonder how many of those that left were there for the game? The new stadium seating they have installed for the Grey Cup also takes up a lot of space, including sections that they have fenced off to store the leftover bars and such for the seating, as well as the actual seating which pushes out into the parking lot at both ends. Anyway. Lesson learned - leave early for games until after the Grey Cup.

Read about the game here, and here, and one more here.

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