dlbalr Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 It has been nearly three weeks since St. John's had a home game but that will change tonight as the IceCaps (12-6-6) host the Americans (10-11-2) for a pair of divisional matchups. Michael Bournival will make his season debut for the 'Caps and is expected to play on the front line. Jacob de la Rose is also expected to play though there's no word on what line he will skate on. Miceli - McCarron - HollowayBournival - de la Rose - DumontMcNally - MacMillan - GregoireBozon - Pither - Fournier Barberio - Dietz Ellis - Didier Hanley - Lernout Pasquale (Based on previous +/- data.) Carrier - Varone - Bailey Catenacci - Rodrigues - Akeson Dupuy - Ellis - Kaleta Nevins - Garbowsky - Baptiste Sanguinetti - Robak Ruhwedel - Austin Donovan - Prapavessis Makarov Puck drop is at 6:00 PM EST for both games. AM 930 has the call. Friday's game can also be seen on tape delay on RDS beginning at 8:00 PM EST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 St. John's is going with 7 D again which is a bit surprising since they have 13 forwards but oh well. Tonight's lines are updated in the first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Heard dela Rose had SH breakaway stuffed, then did score a nice goal and was 1-1 in 2nd I think? Must be over by now? Said 7th straight game with 7-d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Rose-from Dumont-Dietz Gave up 1 PPG and ENer at end, but IceCaps outshot them 39-28, so must of been fairly close game 3-1 loss to start a homestand...reminds me of Hamilton. Holloway-McCarron both -2 Bournival/Rose 4shots, Ellis with 5 and Dumont 7 Didier forced to drop the gloves in his 1st pro fight (maybe his 1st in years as he didn't have any at Denver I don't think) (and McCarron added to his rookie minor penalty lead with 2 more dumb ones, X-checking-roughing 3 minutes apart) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 The first McCarron penalty was a dumb one, the second one was a bit iffy. Didier didn't fare well in his fight, it was pretty one-sided. St. John's deserved a better fate in this game but Dietz cost them at least a point with a terrible giveaway at the end, largely reminiscent of Pateryn to Detroit yesterday. On the good side of things, Bournival looked really impressive, especially considering it was his first game in over 9 months. De la Rose was solid as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs_Forever Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Big Mac slowed down lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 That game was shown on RDS was it? McCaron has 8pts (5 in one game) in last 10gms but zero in last 5. As dlbalr noted without Thomas-Andrighetto-Carr, opposing teams likely key in on McCarron's line to shut it down more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Big Mac slowed down lately. It's part of the growing pains of the AHL. I don't think anyone realistically expected him to continue to battle for the AHL's scoring lead all season long. Once Mitchell/Smith-Pelly return in Montreal, that will force two of the call-ups back down and will balance out the lines a lot better. When that happens, I think McCarron will get going again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Lineup changes for tonight: Pasquale in for Fucale Pither in for Bennett Angelo Miceli goes from the 4th line to the 1st line. I don't agree with that one. Tonight's lines are in the first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Lineup changes for tonight: Pasquale in for Fucale Pither in for Bennett Angelo Miceli goes from the 4th line to the 1st line. I don't agree with that one. Tonight's lines are in the first post. Bournival didn't deserve to be passed by Miceli, but it was something that had to be done. Looks to me that Sly is trying to get some kind of secondary scoring threat to open things up and take some pressure off of line one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Bournival didn't deserve to be passed by Miceli, but it was something that had to be done. Looks to me that Sly is trying to get some kind of secondary scoring threat to open things up and take some pressure off of line one. I don't mind Bournival sliding down a line - as much as he was the best player yesterday, they should be easing him in and it's hard to do that on the #1 line. But Miceli replacing him? I'd have tried Bozon first. Or MacMillan (and have Gregoire shift over to C). Miceli hasn't done much of anything for a while now. I like the look of that top line more with one of them there while the second line should be good enough to be a second scoring unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 IceCaps 1 for last 19 PPs only 6d listed today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Scoreless through 1. Shots were 11-10 Amerks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Dumont (6) opens the scoring early 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 I think the PBP guy likes Bournival. He has commented on his speed a ton already today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Gregoire-Rose with assists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Tied 1-1 now nearing end of 2nd, quiet game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Fournier got one late in the 2nd, 2-1 IceCaps in the 3rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Went to OT again and lost. 3-2. Pasquale 3rd star. Ellis/Bournival again put a lot shots on net both with 5 shots. Lernout-Gregoire 1a and +1 Outshot 13-6 in 3rd & OT. Had 0 shots in OT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Dietz gets goat horns again, with another dumb turnover below red-line for tying goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.