Sunday April 23

J-C Mansour’s late outburst propels Panthers past Kings

(12)Panthers vs Kings(7)

J-C Mansour was a heck of a player on Sunday night as he paced the Panthers to a late win striking three times in only five minutes. It was the kind of game that took somebody to make a difference. Up until that late surge, the Kings and the Panthers were neck in neck exchanging some slight leads. Although the game remained extremely close, the Panthers pace to the match along with the transition was almost instant which gave them more chances to create offense. Eventually, they buried their opportunities with the help of F.Debs second on a penalty shot along with J-C Mansour’s late barrage. The Panthers demonstrated that they have an overall pair of active units as they never took a shift off. By winning many loose ball battles, they were able to dictate the terms and get rewarded with a nice victory.

The Allo Mon Coco Ste-Dorothee player Of the game goes to J-C Mansour of the Panthers. With the game dead even after forty minutes, J-C.Mansour lit up scoring three goals in only five minutes.

Flyers find their game after slow start

(6)Canadiens vs Flyers(11)

For the first fifteen minutes or so of this encounter, the Flyers appeared to be a little lost at times. They had already surrendered four goals looking like a floppy inattentive and disinterested hockey team. Then, suddenly the court tilted, and the Flyers started to play some smart hockey. T.Nardelli sparked the offense collecting his clubs first two of three goals before capping off a very productive night with five tallies. For a good thirty minutes, this game stayed very close with G.Lamothe netting his second for the Canadiens to even things up at five goals apiece. It took barley some time after for T.Nardelli to get to work again. The sniper had a major impact on the same shift posting back to back tallies with the help of M.Lang feeding him twice. Those two goals only fuelled more to come with Marie-Eve and D.Galloro widening the gap by four. All it took was a five minute burst for the Flyers to separate themselves and head off to earn a win. D.Galloro, M.Lang and T.Nardelli buzzed all game sharing five points each for the Flyers while C.Kfoury did the same but in a losing cause.

The Allo Mon Coco Ste-Dorothee player of the game goes to Tony Nardelli of the Flyers. Every time the Flyers needed something to give, T.Nardelli was able to deliver the goods scoring plenty of goals that came at the right time.

Bruins blasted by Sabres

(9)Sabres vs Bruins(2)

The Bruins let down their goaltender, and let down themselves. They struggled to consistently challenge the Sabres and let the game deteriorate into a lopsided affair. M.Chenier and A.Zafiropoulos each had monster nights collecting five points each while M.Tzouvadakis stood his ground allowing only two goals. The Sabres ran up the score 6-0 at one point before N.Macri was able to stem the damage with his first of two tallies for the Bruins. Its never pleasant finding yourself in such a deep hole with nothing going right on both sides of the court. P.Kassaris had a rough night seeing a ton of traffic and orange balls toward him as the Sabres pounded the net minder on 34 shots. Sometimes when thugs get ugly early on, you look for some moments to restore some control and make a game of it even if it’s a little too late. Unfortunately for the Bruins, they just didn’t have it on this particular night as they’ll have no choice but to put it behind them and look forward to the next game.

The Allo Mon Coco Ste-Dorothee player of the game goes to Mike Tzouvadakis of the Sabres. The net minder looked in form and was barely figured out with the exception of it happening twice. It took over thirty minutes into this contest before someone finally got to him.

Wild left pulling their hair after deflating defeat to the Kraken

(9)Kraken vs Wild(8) O.T

In heartbreaking fashion, the Wild are glad that its just a regular season game and not the playoffs. You can give the Kraken all the credit in the world for staging a crazy comeback on three late goals, but the Wild really have only themselves to blame. No team should ever let such a lead slip away after playing a decent hockey game. Whether it’s the man converge, the assignment of blocking a shot, winning a battle or making that one extra save there is no excuse. The Kraken needed a few defibrillator’s to regain life as they looked like a cooked eggplant ready to be served. The comeback effort started when G.Papadakis used a quick shot-from her office to pull her side within two. Then, an unfortunate infraction by the Wild led to T.Settino taking advantage of a penalty shot as he used a nifty move to beat B.Mourad. Still, time was an enemy for the Kraken as the seconds kept winding down. Perhaps the most impressive play of the entire game occurred during that final moment of regulation time. That’s when T.Settino decided to rescue his side by winning a one on one battle on his own end of the court before running with the ball toward the Wild’s net only to feed a wide open M.DaSilva to even the score with seven seconds left on the clock. Not only did the Kraken score three times in the final coupel of minutes, they did one better when L.Bavellas decided matters in the sudden death frame. If you’re the Wild, a lesson will be learned when they find themselves up in the near future by never letting go of the gas pedal.

The Allo Mon Coco Ste-Dorothee player of the game goes to Tony Settino of the Kraken. There is no question that T.Settino is the engine that operates the Kraken’s team. After scoring his clubs first four goals of the game, T.Settino made an incredible brilliant play to recuperate the ball-from his own end before setting up M.DaSilva’s late tying goal. That sequence happened shortly after T.Settino scored his fifth on a penalty shot to help mount a ridiculous comeback for the Kraken.

Islanders use late goals to edge out Red Wings in overtime

(9)Islanders vs Red Wings(8) O.T

In a near identical situation like in the previous match between the Kraken and the Wild, this contest had a similar storyline to it. The Red Wings appeared to be in good shape up 6-3 at one point with about ten minutes or so. They built a nice lead and defended fairly well while R.Testa was making the necessary saves to keep his side playing in front. All that’s really left was to not get to ahead of yourself and keep playing hard in order to close out the deal. Instead, they just made it hard on themselves unable to slow down a more desperate side. The Islanders to their credit, stuck with it, and got rewarded due to their resilient play along with the help of a few key guys getting them there. Perhaps a vital piece to the puzzle was A.Passarelli, who had an outstanding finish to the game posting three late goals in only a short span of three minutes and change. His third tally had all but fifteen seconds appearing on the score board. Still, the mission wasn’t yet accomplished if you were the Islanders. As much as the comeback effort was nice to be part of, there was still one more step missing in order to complete a gratifying night. That moment did eventually occur for the Islanders, and all thanks to V.Mancini closing it out thanks to a play stemming by B.Monette and A.Passarelli.

The Allo Mon Coco Ste-Dorothee player of the game goes to Albe Passarelli of the Islanders. Just when the Islanders looked down and out, A.Passarelli had a magical end in regulation time as the forward produced three quick goals to force overtime where his side was able to complete the comeback.