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Monday, September 15, 2008
Two For Two In Traverse City
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This past weekend the Atlanta Thrashers young-us played the opening two matches of their scheduled games in the Traverse City prospects tournament. So far, two games played…two shutout wins. Very nice indeed.
Saturday’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning prospects, (which was aired on the NHL Network Sunday evening), was a 1-0 victory that saw goalie Chris Carrozzi stop all 26 shots he faced. The last couple saves were made in the closing minute while the team was killing off a power play to preserve the win. The Thrashers were able to get off 21 shots on goal.
Paul Postma scored the games only goal at 14:56 of the first period off a shot from just inside the blueline.
The pairing of Zach Bogosian and Arturs Kulda seemed to work out well. Bogosian’s physical play made him a dominant force on the blueline. Also, Angelo Esposito was very impressive. I’m interested in seeing how well he plays in a few weeks when he gets a chance to display his skills with the big boys. Given that there are a lot of centers on the roster, however, it’ll be a tall task for the kid to break the lineup this go around.
Both teams were 0-8 on power play opportunities.
Other results from Saturday:
Columbus defeated the Wild 4-3 in a shootout. (BTW, the tournament employs AHL shootout rules, which calls for five rounds instead of three).
Dallas beat St. Louis 4-3 in regulation.
Detroit rolled over the Rangers 4-0.
Sunday, Atlanta’s defense dominated again in a 3-0 win over the New York Rangers. This time Ryan Daniels, a free agent who was invited to play, made 23 saves to earn the shutout for the Thrashers. Atlanta managed but 20 SOG.
Goal scorers were Tomas Pospisil, Angelo Esposito and Spencer Machacek. Espo’s goal was of the power play variety and Matt Siddall and Postma were credited with assists. The other two were unassisted tallies.
The Thrashers were 1-4 on the power play and killed off all four penalty kill situations they faced.
Zach Bogosian did not play in Sunday’s game. He was held out as a precautionary measure due to a strained calf.
In other games on Sunday:
Detroit spanked Tampa Bay 5-2.
Dallas edged Columbus 5-4.
The Wild got past St. Louis 3-2.
Up next for the Thrashers, the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. That game will be shown on Wednesday night.
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