It is time! Playoff time! We are not going to talk about the last six games we lost or all of our hurt players, we are going to talk about how this is our year! I know we have been struggling lately but we are confident and ready. I have full confidence in the boys that they can take it all, we just need to stay calm and not let the other teams get in our heads.
Everyone wear Blue tomorrow!!
LGB!
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Blues/Pittsburgh
The first few minutes of the the game against Pittsburgh were pretty uneventful. A few shots and a few good hits, but no goals and no penalties. Elliott is in goal today and my hopes were high that he will do a great job.
At 9:00 Backes got a minor for interference. Pittsburgh is the number one power play team, but the Blues did a great job of killing it, they didn't even get a shot. At 5:04 Elliott makes a great glove save and at 4:45 he makes another great save, which ends up being the best chance for Pittsburgh the whole game. At 3:32 Elliott makes an under the pad save and for a minute everyone thought it went in, but he saved it. Great job Elliott! The last two minutes of the first the Blues had some trouble making some strong passes and turned the puck over a few times, but do a good job at keeping them from getting a goal. At :28.5 Oshie gets a minor for hooking after he lost the puck and reached to get it back. At :06.3 Schwartz gets a minor for tripping making it 3 on 5 At the end of the first it was scoreless and the Blues have three minors.
We start the 2nd with a 3 on 5 for 1:32. Shot by Crosby, saved by Elliott right to the midsection. The Blues killed the 3 on 5! They made 5 shots but didn't get any goals, Elliott had some great saves. At 15:06 Bortuzzo gets a penalty for interference by knocking Reaves down. Steen shoots during the power play but it is saved by Fleury. Pittsburgh killed the penalty. At 8:20 the shots are 14-15 in favor of Pitts. At 7:07 Glass hits Reaves, hard and Lapierre starts a scrap with him that ends up being more of a wrestling match, and Lapierre gets 2 minutes for charging and 2 minutes for roughing, which is a strange call. Elliott has two good saves in a matter of seconds. The Blues killed another penalty! The last two minutes Elliott had some more great saves! At 1:07 Stempniak breaks away and shoots but Elliott saves it again! As the horn sounds Colaiacavo shoots and barley misses it.
Going into the third we are still scoreless. In the first few seconds Sobotka and Backes both shoot, but still no goal. At 15:20 Ott shoots it hard but cannot get it past Fleury. Berglund has a good chance to score, but once again it doesn't get past Fleury. At 13:44 Elliott makes a great glove save!!!! The Blues block three shots in a matter of seconds, and right after that Elliott has another save. GOAL!!! AT 11:20 Steen shoots but it hits Backes' knee on the way in so it's Backes' goal with Steen and Pietrangelo assisting. At 6:11 Elliott saves another, he is on fire! Pitts has two great chances but Elliott saves on and they miss the other by like an inch. At 4:44 Boumeester gets called for tripping, giving Pitts the 5th power play of the game. Oshie gets a shorthanded shot, but misses, then Steen also shoots and misses. The Blues killed another penalty. At 1:20 Pitts has an empty net. At :16.3 Elliott has another great pad save!
Blues win and Elliott gets the shutout, making 33 saves!!!!!
At 9:00 Backes got a minor for interference. Pittsburgh is the number one power play team, but the Blues did a great job of killing it, they didn't even get a shot. At 5:04 Elliott makes a great glove save and at 4:45 he makes another great save, which ends up being the best chance for Pittsburgh the whole game. At 3:32 Elliott makes an under the pad save and for a minute everyone thought it went in, but he saved it. Great job Elliott! The last two minutes of the first the Blues had some trouble making some strong passes and turned the puck over a few times, but do a good job at keeping them from getting a goal. At :28.5 Oshie gets a minor for hooking after he lost the puck and reached to get it back. At :06.3 Schwartz gets a minor for tripping making it 3 on 5 At the end of the first it was scoreless and the Blues have three minors.
We start the 2nd with a 3 on 5 for 1:32. Shot by Crosby, saved by Elliott right to the midsection. The Blues killed the 3 on 5! They made 5 shots but didn't get any goals, Elliott had some great saves. At 15:06 Bortuzzo gets a penalty for interference by knocking Reaves down. Steen shoots during the power play but it is saved by Fleury. Pittsburgh killed the penalty. At 8:20 the shots are 14-15 in favor of Pitts. At 7:07 Glass hits Reaves, hard and Lapierre starts a scrap with him that ends up being more of a wrestling match, and Lapierre gets 2 minutes for charging and 2 minutes for roughing, which is a strange call. Elliott has two good saves in a matter of seconds. The Blues killed another penalty! The last two minutes Elliott had some more great saves! At 1:07 Stempniak breaks away and shoots but Elliott saves it again! As the horn sounds Colaiacavo shoots and barley misses it.
Going into the third we are still scoreless. In the first few seconds Sobotka and Backes both shoot, but still no goal. At 15:20 Ott shoots it hard but cannot get it past Fleury. Berglund has a good chance to score, but once again it doesn't get past Fleury. At 13:44 Elliott makes a great glove save!!!! The Blues block three shots in a matter of seconds, and right after that Elliott has another save. GOAL!!! AT 11:20 Steen shoots but it hits Backes' knee on the way in so it's Backes' goal with Steen and Pietrangelo assisting. At 6:11 Elliott saves another, he is on fire! Pitts has two great chances but Elliott saves on and they miss the other by like an inch. At 4:44 Boumeester gets called for tripping, giving Pitts the 5th power play of the game. Oshie gets a shorthanded shot, but misses, then Steen also shoots and misses. The Blues killed another penalty. At 1:20 Pitts has an empty net. At :16.3 Elliott has another great pad save!
Blues win and Elliott gets the shutout, making 33 saves!!!!!
Top Ten Teams
The game against Pittsburgh will be starting in about ten minutes so I will post about that later today, but right now I wanted to give you the top ten teams as of right now.
*Edited....after the game with Pitts. we are tied for first
*Edited....after the game with Pitts. we are tied for first
Points Team
103 Boston
103 ST. LOUIS
100 San Jose
97 Anaheim
97 Pittsburgh
97 Chicago
94 Colorado
86 LA
86 Tampa Bay
85 Montreal
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Surgery and the Oilers
Tarasenko had to have surgery on his hand after the game with Nashville on March 15. Poor guy! I'm so bummed because I will be at the game against the Wild and he won't be there, what a bummer. The Blues have recalled Jaskin from the AHL to take Tarasenko's place while he is recovering. Vladdy will be reevaluated in six weeks and they are hoping to have him back for the Playoffs, and of course when we go for the Stanley cup. Yesterday Tarasenko tweeted "all done, surgery went well." Get well soon Vladdy.
On the 13th we were driving back home so we had to listen to the game on the radio (which I don't like doing.) It was a great game! Sobotka was back and he hit the ground running and Miller made 23 saves making him 7-0 against the Oilers. In the first period Perron scored giving the Oilers the lead, but we weren't too far behind. Sobotka scored with Tarasenko and Oshie assisting. In the second Tarasenko scored with Oshie and Sobotka having the assists (sound fimliar?) Also in the second Fraser scored for the Oilers tying the score. The third was all Blues, 42 seconds in Pietrangelo scored with Sobotka having the lone assist, Schwartz scored with Steen and Backes assisting, Oshie got a powerplay goal with Steen and Shattenkirk assisting, and finally Schwartz scored and Lapierre and Paarjarvi assisted.
Great game!
We won't talk about the game against the Blackhawks, it was rough, but we are still NUMBER ONE IN THE LEAGUE!!!
On the 13th we were driving back home so we had to listen to the game on the radio (which I don't like doing.) It was a great game! Sobotka was back and he hit the ground running and Miller made 23 saves making him 7-0 against the Oilers. In the first period Perron scored giving the Oilers the lead, but we weren't too far behind. Sobotka scored with Tarasenko and Oshie assisting. In the second Tarasenko scored with Oshie and Sobotka having the assists (sound fimliar?) Also in the second Fraser scored for the Oilers tying the score. The third was all Blues, 42 seconds in Pietrangelo scored with Sobotka having the lone assist, Schwartz scored with Steen and Backes assisting, Oshie got a powerplay goal with Steen and Shattenkirk assisting, and finally Schwartz scored and Lapierre and Paarjarvi assisted.
Great game!
We won't talk about the game against the Blackhawks, it was rough, but we are still NUMBER ONE IN THE LEAGUE!!!
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Trades and Wins
Well, as we all know Halak and Stewart have been traded, so sad. A lot of people have been talking about Halak getting traded, but especially since he had such a terrible game at the Olympics. I for one, was really sad to see him traded. I don't like when our players get traded, because now they are "bad guys" (my sister in law calls all other teams' player bad guys.) I do think that Halak has had some trouble lately, but overall I think he was a fantastic goaltender. In our 2013-2014 season he has had 1002 shots against and 919 saves. He was good, but didn't do well under pressure and was super inconsistent (I know, it's hockey, everyone is inconsistent.) He also was very predictable in a shoot out, he played far from the net so the player shooting, knew to go around and hit him from behind.
My first choice for a new goaltender would be Henrik Lundqvist, who plays for the Rangers, but since we didn't get him, I'm glad it was Miller. He is a strong, technical goaltender and I think he will be great for our team. Miller has had 1453 shots against and 1341 saves.
We also got Steve Ott, who is seeming to be a very strong player.
So far Miller has done a good job, although the game on Sunday against Phoenix didn't get off to a great start. Miller let two shots in in the first period and the rest of our boys were not looking so great. They were doing sloppy passes and missing the net, A LOT. Finally Berglund made a goal and the game changed, it was like we were a completely different team, Berglund scored another one, Shattenkirk scored, and so did Paajarvi and ended up winning 4-2.
Last night was kind of the same thing, but not quite as bad, Tampa Bay scored the first two, but we weren't too far behind them. Berglund scored our first one again, which once again changed the whole dynamic of the game. Oshie had a beautiful shorthanded goal, Steen scored, and let's not for get Tarasenko's empty net goal. We once again won 4-2. Oh, and I was pretty sure Backes was going to punch a ref, whom, would not let anyone fight, lame!
We play Nashville tomorrow and I'm hoping we can keep the momentum going.
LGB!
All pictures are from stlblues.com
My first choice for a new goaltender would be Henrik Lundqvist, who plays for the Rangers, but since we didn't get him, I'm glad it was Miller. He is a strong, technical goaltender and I think he will be great for our team. Miller has had 1453 shots against and 1341 saves.
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| Oshie's shorthanded goal! |
We play Nashville tomorrow and I'm hoping we can keep the momentum going.
LGB!
All pictures are from stlblues.com
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The Blues Are a Team Again
So, the Olympics are over and we all know Canada won in hockey. Way to go Peitro and Bou! I was really hoping Sweden was going to take it, they are a very underrated team and the way Steen has been playing for us this season, he deserved it. I guess I'm bad luck because as soon as I start rooting for a team they play a terrible game. The Canada/Sweden game was not a very good game for Sweden, they couldn't hold on the puck and Lundqvist did not play how he normally plays. Cary Price on the other hand, killed it! But, I'm not going to focus on the bad, two Blues players still became gold Olympians!
I'm not even going to bring up the USA/Finland game.....
Now that we have the Olympics out of the way let's focus on getting that cup! The Blues are in Vancouver getting ready for their game on Wednesday, then they go to Anaheim to play the Ducks. Let's all pray we can finally beat the stupid Ducks!
I'm not even going to bring up the USA/Finland game.....
Now that we have the Olympics out of the way let's focus on getting that cup! The Blues are in Vancouver getting ready for their game on Wednesday, then they go to Anaheim to play the Ducks. Let's all pray we can finally beat the stupid Ducks!
Sunday, February 16, 2014
USA/Russia
So, I finally got to see the USA/Russia game! I drove 30 minutes to my brother's house to watch it today. I am so thankful they replayed it. I didn't want to just see the shootout I wanted to see the whole thing, even though I knew what happened.
It was really heartbreaking to see my favorite player's team lose, but I was also super happy for Oshie, Backes, and Shattenkirk to win, with Oshie having the winning shot! It was a great game, but since I knew what was going to happen I didn't get super nervous/ excited like I would have if I had been watching it live.
Both goaltenders were KILLING it! They both did absolutely amazing! Bobrovsky was the goaltender for Russia and Jonathon Quick was the goaltender for USA. Bobrovsky is the goaltender for the Blue Jackets and Quick plays for the Kings. Bobrovsky saved 31 shots and Quick saved 29. I think both goalies need to be praised for the amazing job they both did.
The first goal was made for Russia in the second period by Captain Datsyuk and then Fowler made a goal for the USA in a power play. In the third Pavelski made a goal for USA and Datsyuk got his second tying the score at 2-2.
Tyutin made a goal for Russia, but after Quick called the ref over they reviewed it and waved it off because the net had been dislodged. At this point my heart was breaking for Russia because they thought they had it in the bag. There were only a little over 4 minutes left in the third period when this happened.
We all know what ended up happening, no goals in over time and we went into a long and intense shootout. Here is what happened in the shootout:
USA Russia
Oshie: Goal Malkin: Miss
Riemsdyk: Saved Datsyuk: Saved
Pavelski: Saved Kovalchuk: Goal
Oshie: Missed Kovalchuk: Saved
Oshie: Goal Datsyuk: Goal
Oshie: Goal Kovalchuk: Goal
Oshie: Missed Datsyuk: Saved
Oshie: Goal Kovalchuk: Saved
When Oshie made the winning shot, he pointed to Quick, giving him the credit for winning the game and my love for him grew even more, he is such a team player. Oshie is going to become a household name, and even non hockey fans are going to be talking about him for awhile. This is what he had to say about the shootout: "I was just thinking of something else I could do, trying to keep him guessing. Had to go back to the same move a couple a times, but I was glad it ended when it did. I was running out of moves there." (I got this from espn.com)
Side note: At one point in the game Tarasenko got hit really hard and it took him a really long time to get up. I didn't even see what happened after that, I was just waiting for him to get up, he ended getting up and being okay, thank goodness
My brother showed me this picture and my heart melted.
It was really heartbreaking to see my favorite player's team lose, but I was also super happy for Oshie, Backes, and Shattenkirk to win, with Oshie having the winning shot! It was a great game, but since I knew what was going to happen I didn't get super nervous/ excited like I would have if I had been watching it live.
Both goaltenders were KILLING it! They both did absolutely amazing! Bobrovsky was the goaltender for Russia and Jonathon Quick was the goaltender for USA. Bobrovsky is the goaltender for the Blue Jackets and Quick plays for the Kings. Bobrovsky saved 31 shots and Quick saved 29. I think both goalies need to be praised for the amazing job they both did.
The first goal was made for Russia in the second period by Captain Datsyuk and then Fowler made a goal for the USA in a power play. In the third Pavelski made a goal for USA and Datsyuk got his second tying the score at 2-2.
Tyutin made a goal for Russia, but after Quick called the ref over they reviewed it and waved it off because the net had been dislodged. At this point my heart was breaking for Russia because they thought they had it in the bag. There were only a little over 4 minutes left in the third period when this happened.
We all know what ended up happening, no goals in over time and we went into a long and intense shootout. Here is what happened in the shootout:
USA Russia
Oshie: Goal Malkin: Miss
Riemsdyk: Saved Datsyuk: Saved
Pavelski: Saved Kovalchuk: Goal
Oshie: Missed Kovalchuk: Saved
Oshie: Goal Datsyuk: Goal
Oshie: Goal Kovalchuk: Goal
Oshie: Missed Datsyuk: Saved
Oshie: Goal Kovalchuk: Saved
When Oshie made the winning shot, he pointed to Quick, giving him the credit for winning the game and my love for him grew even more, he is such a team player. Oshie is going to become a household name, and even non hockey fans are going to be talking about him for awhile. This is what he had to say about the shootout: "I was just thinking of something else I could do, trying to keep him guessing. Had to go back to the same move a couple a times, but I was glad it ended when it did. I was running out of moves there." (I got this from espn.com)
Side note: At one point in the game Tarasenko got hit really hard and it took him a really long time to get up. I didn't even see what happened after that, I was just waiting for him to get up, he ended getting up and being okay, thank goodness
My brother showed me this picture and my heart melted.
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| This is Oshie and Tarasenko after the game. I can't even handle it! Right now in men's hockey Sweden is in first, America is in second, and Canada is in third. LGB! |
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Worst Day Ever
Sooooo...I know on yesterday's post I said I was going to review a few games, but that isn't going to happen. I can't watch any USA games because we don't get the channel so I asked my brother to record the USA/Russia game because it's the USA and Tarasenko plays for Russia. Today I wake up at ten to a text from my dad that says "This is a great game!" So I got really excited to watch it and I was planning on going to watch it sometime today. I geo on Facebook and see a bunch of posts about how great the game was and that Oshie did amazing, so I got even more excited. I text my sister-in-law to find out that the DVR screwed up and it didn't record!!!! I was crushed! I went online but couldn't find it anywhere. Then I heard on the TV that it was a shootout and Oshie won it for US blah blah blah. I was so upset and I still am, but it is being shown again tomorrow so we are going to go watch it at my brother's house.
Because it was such a crappy day for me in the hockey world I decided not to review the other games today, but will tomorrow and talk about the USA/Russia game in detail.
I hope you guys got to enjoy the awesomeness and I'll be caught up tomorrow!
#TJSochi is trending, which is so clever!
Because it was such a crappy day for me in the hockey world I decided not to review the other games today, but will tomorrow and talk about the USA/Russia game in detail.
I hope you guys got to enjoy the awesomeness and I'll be caught up tomorrow!
#TJSochi is trending, which is so clever!
Friday, February 14, 2014
Olympics
So, the Olympics are here, finally! I love the Olympics, summer and winter, but winter has something summer doesn't...HOCKEY! And this year the Blues had 10 players chosen and 9 going (poor Sobotka.) I am finding it very hard to watch the Blues players play against each other, and I'm having a hard time rooting for just one team. I know, I know, I'm American so it should be team USA all the way, BUT for some very stupid reason the USA hockey games are only being shown on NBCSN (NBC Sports Network) which is a channel that we do not get, AND all their games are at 6:00am or 6:30am so I can't just go to a friends house and use their TV for a few hours. That being said, since I can't see the USA team play I haven't been that invested in them. I watch the highlights of their games online and I hope they win, but it is different than actually watching the game live.
Yesterday I got up at 6:20 to watch Russia play Slovenia and in all honesty I thought Russia was going to crush them, which they did not. Yes, they did beat them, but it was no crushing. Russia ended up winning 5-2, but Slovenia was on their tail pretty much the whole time. In the first period Ovechkin and Malkin scored for Russia. In the second period Jeglic scored twice for Slovenia, and Kovalchuk scored for Russia. In the third period Nichuskin and Belov scored for Russia. At the end of the game Slovenia had 14 shots on goal and Russia had 35. Oh, and Russia has Tarasenko and Tereshchenko on their team, I bet that gets confusing!
I did not get to see the USA game so I watched the highlights to get this information. They distroyed Slovakia which was heart breaking because Halak was the goaltender for Slovakia, until they pulled him. In the first period Carlson scored for the US, in the second Tatar scored for Slovakia, and Kesler, Stastny (two goals), Backes, Kessel, and Brown scored for the US, and no goals in the third. Oshie and Shattenkirk also had assists in those goals! US had 33 shots on goal and Slovakia had 23.
Sweden beat Czech Republic (Sobotka's team) 4-2. I was really expecting Steen to pull a goal for SWE, but he just couldn't get one in, but he did have some assists. In the first period Karlsson and Berglund scored for SWE and Steen had one assist. In the second Zetterberg and Karlsson scored for SWE and Zidlicky and Jagr scord for the Czech Republic. And no goals were made in the third. Sweden had 25 shots on goal and Czech Republic had 29.
Canada also was not on top of their game when they went up against Norway. Just like Russia they did end up winning the game but I expected them to win with a bigger gap between the scores than 3-1. They entered the second period with a score of 0-0, but Weber and Benn ended up both scoring for Canada. In the third Doughty scored for Canada and Thoresen made a power play goal for Norway. Canada out shot Norway having 38 shots on goal and Norway having 20.
Overall the Blues' teams did great in the first set of games in the 2014 Olympics. All of their team except for Halak with Slovakia won their games. Tomorrow I will talk about Canada DESTROYING Austria, Sweden and Switzerland, USA and Russia game, and Sweden and Latvia.
Canada and Russia are the teams everyone is expecting to win gold...who do you think will win?
Yesterday I got up at 6:20 to watch Russia play Slovenia and in all honesty I thought Russia was going to crush them, which they did not. Yes, they did beat them, but it was no crushing. Russia ended up winning 5-2, but Slovenia was on their tail pretty much the whole time. In the first period Ovechkin and Malkin scored for Russia. In the second period Jeglic scored twice for Slovenia, and Kovalchuk scored for Russia. In the third period Nichuskin and Belov scored for Russia. At the end of the game Slovenia had 14 shots on goal and Russia had 35. Oh, and Russia has Tarasenko and Tereshchenko on their team, I bet that gets confusing!
I did not get to see the USA game so I watched the highlights to get this information. They distroyed Slovakia which was heart breaking because Halak was the goaltender for Slovakia, until they pulled him. In the first period Carlson scored for the US, in the second Tatar scored for Slovakia, and Kesler, Stastny (two goals), Backes, Kessel, and Brown scored for the US, and no goals in the third. Oshie and Shattenkirk also had assists in those goals! US had 33 shots on goal and Slovakia had 23.
Sweden beat Czech Republic (Sobotka's team) 4-2. I was really expecting Steen to pull a goal for SWE, but he just couldn't get one in, but he did have some assists. In the first period Karlsson and Berglund scored for SWE and Steen had one assist. In the second Zetterberg and Karlsson scored for SWE and Zidlicky and Jagr scord for the Czech Republic. And no goals were made in the third. Sweden had 25 shots on goal and Czech Republic had 29.
Canada also was not on top of their game when they went up against Norway. Just like Russia they did end up winning the game but I expected them to win with a bigger gap between the scores than 3-1. They entered the second period with a score of 0-0, but Weber and Benn ended up both scoring for Canada. In the third Doughty scored for Canada and Thoresen made a power play goal for Norway. Canada out shot Norway having 38 shots on goal and Norway having 20.
Overall the Blues' teams did great in the first set of games in the 2014 Olympics. All of their team except for Halak with Slovakia won their games. Tomorrow I will talk about Canada DESTROYING Austria, Sweden and Switzerland, USA and Russia game, and Sweden and Latvia.
Canada and Russia are the teams everyone is expecting to win gold...who do you think will win?
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