elltrain22
05-17-2007, 08:08 AM
Here were some things I saw that we did better....
1.) PK unit was really good (last 2 games acutally) Except for that 3rd period pp where Ottawa kept the puck in our zone the whole 2 minutes, our PK unit was very nasty last night.
2.) PP unit was alot better. We took good shots at the net, set up scoring opp's, and didn't retreat the whole time like we've been doing in games 1-3. We're still a long ways from being as good as we could be, but this could be the shot in the arm that we needed
3.) We did not give the puck away as much, which is an obvious sign that the guys watched & saw some things that could be corrected to limit this
4.) I saw us hitting alot harder and more often. Ottawa still outhit us, and still won alot of on and off the puck battles, but I saw much more grit in this game compared to the others.
5.) We played 60 minutes of hockey. Up to this point we've only played well in spurts, but last night, I thought we played well thoughout the entire game.
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Here are some things we still need to improve upon for game's 5-7 (and yeah, they will be friggen necessary)
1.) Stop losing so many damn faceoffs!! If it weren't for that one in game 2, who knows, this series could be 2-2
2.) Stay outta of the penalty box. We've been doing well w/ that, but last night was not so much.
3.) Stop giving up scoring opp's to Ottawa shorthanded. That is totally inexcuseable
1.) PK unit was really good (last 2 games acutally) Except for that 3rd period pp where Ottawa kept the puck in our zone the whole 2 minutes, our PK unit was very nasty last night.
2.) PP unit was alot better. We took good shots at the net, set up scoring opp's, and didn't retreat the whole time like we've been doing in games 1-3. We're still a long ways from being as good as we could be, but this could be the shot in the arm that we needed
3.) We did not give the puck away as much, which is an obvious sign that the guys watched & saw some things that could be corrected to limit this
4.) I saw us hitting alot harder and more often. Ottawa still outhit us, and still won alot of on and off the puck battles, but I saw much more grit in this game compared to the others.
5.) We played 60 minutes of hockey. Up to this point we've only played well in spurts, but last night, I thought we played well thoughout the entire game.
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Here are some things we still need to improve upon for game's 5-7 (and yeah, they will be friggen necessary)
1.) Stop losing so many damn faceoffs!! If it weren't for that one in game 2, who knows, this series could be 2-2
2.) Stay outta of the penalty box. We've been doing well w/ that, but last night was not so much.
3.) Stop giving up scoring opp's to Ottawa shorthanded. That is totally inexcuseable