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Critch · 04-25-2023, 07:53 AM

2039/40 Playoffs Round 1 - Calgary Flames
It's the sixth time we've met Calgary Flames in the playoffs, Anchorage leading 3-2 in the first five series. I still haven't messed with the playoff settings to turn off divisional seeding, I must remember to do that.

Their star player is still LW Jakub Moravec but he's getting to those difficult early 30s years, he's had a down year this year, only 19 goals. RW Mason Kline is their real threat now, 34 goals this year and 47 last. They also have one of the top goalies in the year. G Anatol Lyantsevich was the Pittsburgh goalie the year they beat Anchorage in the Stanley Cup final, since then he's moved onto Calgary as a highly paid free agent, 11.4mil per year but he will be a free agent this summer.

Game 1 - Calgary Flames 3 Anchorage Huskies 6
David Prudek was out for 50 games with a groin injury but he's back now, played the last couple of regular season games and ready to go. So the only Anchorage injury is defenseman Henry Mews. He seems to miss games every post season, this year is no different, his second separated shoulder of the season and he'll miss all this series. He's not as big a loss as he was once upon a time, aging is a terrible thing. The series starts with a wild first period, Jeff Martin has Anchorage 1-0 up at 1:21, Calgary equalize quickly, then Aleksandr Unichenko and the 4th line chip in to make it 2-1 Anchorage at 5:30. Calgary star Mason Kline makes it 2-2 at 7:45, and then Calgary get their first lead of the series with a power play goal at 10:56. Michael Jackson tied it up for Anchorage at 15:11 and it's a 3-3 first period. Anssi Ridanpaa (who has been around for years but it only 21) makes it 4-3 to Anchorage in the second, Reeve Gault makes it 5-3 in the third, August Pettersson 6-3 and Anchorage have won game one.

Game 2 - Calgary Flames 2 Anchorage Huskies 5
No changes to the lineups for Anchorage. It's 1-0 to Anchorage at 15:02 in the first, depth defenseman Hunter Aura giving us the lead. It lasts just over a minute before Jessy Charron scores for Calgary and it's 1-1 after the first. Our young Scandinavian wingers (we have lots of young Scandinavian wingers) make it 2-1 at 11:09 in the second, Magnus Larsen with the goal, Anssi Ridanpaa with the assist. Actually Finns aren't Scandinavian and Ridanpaa is a Finn. It's out young Nordic wingers. At 13:40 it's the same Nordic wingers combining again, Magnus Larsen makes it 3-1. Calgary pull one back near the end of the second. Into the third and the same Nordic's combine again, this time it's Ridanpaa who scores, and it's 4-2. At 16:37 it's 5-2, Jonas Lambert. He's not Nordic or Scandinavian, he's Canadian. We have two home games in the bag and off to Calgary 2-0 up in the series.

Game 3 - Anchorage Huskies 7 Calgary Flames 4
Our rookie defenseman Martin Pospisil has been suffering with hamstring problems, so he's out for the night. He's fairly mediocre and we have a lot of fairly mediocre backups so it wont cause a problem. It ends up being a high scoring game, but the first period isn't. Kory Zorzi (another great AI name) gives Calgary the lead but Borje Svensson ties it up and it's 1-1 after the first. At the start of the second Anchorage score twice in 20 seconds (Hunter Aura at 2:19, David Prudek at 2:39) and we're 3-1 up. Calgary fight back though and score twice in 29 seconds soon after, Aron Kiviharju at 4:16 and Dillon Hebert at 4:45. The Anchorage third line (Larsen, Jackson and Ridanpaa) have been the difference makers in the series so far and they have their say in the third. Anssi Ridanpaa makes it 4-3 at 12:32, Magnus Larsen makes it 5-3 at 13:06. Dillon Hebert (a 20 year old rookie) brings Calgary back into it but Jordan Gavin and David Prudek add late goals and Anchorage at 3-0 up in the series.

Game 4 - Anchorage Huskies 2 Calgary Flames 3
Well we're not going to sweep them. Jessy Charron and Mazden Leslie make it 2-0 Calgary in the first period. Mazden Leslie is one of the few remaining real players, in real life he's a 17 year old prospect, in this version of the future he's a 35 year old earning 8mil a year and with almost 1300 NHL games on the clock. Early in the second Alexandr Unichenko gets one back for Anchorage, but Calgary get their two goal lead back with a goal from Torrey Kiefer. He's a 19 year old rookie, Calgary have a lot of good young players. Enzo Landrey scores a power play goal to keep it close, but no sweep.

Game 5 - Calgary Flames 3 Anchorage Huskies 2
Calgary pay a fortune for a top class goalie, and he's kept them in the series. It starts off well, Anssi Ridanpaa scores a power play goal at 2:42 (slashing penalty against former Anchorage prospect Easten Turko), Hunter Aura adds a second and we're 2-0 up after the first. There's no scoring in the second period, it's still 2-0 until Owen Martin gets Calgary back into it at 13:46 of the third, then Jessy Charron scores another to tie the game up. Anchorage have a late power play, but the chance isn't taken and Calgary win in over time. We outshot them 35-22, but Calgary goalie Anatol Lyantsevich stole it.

Game 6 - Calgary Flames 3 Anchorage Huskies 6
After being 3-0 up in the series, it had all got a bit tense, and that ramped up a bit in this game. Michael Jackson put Anchorage 1-0 up at 9:30 in the first, 1-0 after the first period. Calgary then score three without reply in the second, Mason Kline(3:44), Jakub Moravec(5:49), Steven McLaughlin(8:10, power play goal). It looks like we're heading to a game seven, but Anchorage answer back with three in a row in the second period too. Borje Svensson at 10:20, Jordan Gavin at 11:50 and it's 3-3, then Reece Gault at 14:27 and Anchorage are in the lead. Into the third and a bit of 4-on-4 time, Hunter Aura and Jessy Charron both get minor penalties for slashing each other, and Jordan Gavin takes advantage to put Anchorage 5-3 up. Michael Jackson makes it 6-3. There's a late penalty kill to get past Joni-Jukka Timonen for Unsportsmanlike Conduct, but it ends 6-3 and Anchorage are into the next round.

Onto round two and it's San Jose. Last time we met San Jose in the playoffs we went on to win the Stanley Cup. It's fated.

04-25-2023, 07:53 AM	#99
Critch lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Herndon, VA	2039/40 Playoffs Round 1 - Calgary Flames It's the sixth time we've met Calgary Flames in the playoffs, Anchorage leading 3-2 in the first five series. I still haven't messed with the playoff settings to turn off divisional seeding, I must remember to do that. Their star player is still LW Jakub Moravec but he's getting to those difficult early 30s years, he's had a down year this year, only 19 goals. RW Mason Kline is their real threat now, 34 goals this year and 47 last. They also have one of the top goalies in the year. G Anatol Lyantsevich was the Pittsburgh goalie the year they beat Anchorage in the Stanley Cup final, since then he's moved onto Calgary as a highly paid free agent, 11.4mil per year but he will be a free agent this summer. Game 1 - Calgary Flames 3 Anchorage Huskies 6 David Prudek was out for 50 games with a groin injury but he's back now, played the last couple of regular season games and ready to go. So the only Anchorage injury is defenseman Henry Mews. He seems to miss games every post season, this year is no different, his second separated shoulder of the season and he'll miss all this series. He's not as big a loss as he was once upon a time, aging is a terrible thing. The series starts with a wild first period, Jeff Martin has Anchorage 1-0 up at 1:21, Calgary equalize quickly, then Aleksandr Unichenko and the 4th line chip in to make it 2-1 Anchorage at 5:30. Calgary star Mason Kline makes it 2-2 at 7:45, and then Calgary get their first lead of the series with a power play goal at 10:56. Michael Jackson tied it up for Anchorage at 15:11 and it's a 3-3 first period. Anssi Ridanpaa (who has been around for years but it only 21) makes it 4-3 to Anchorage in the second, Reeve Gault makes it 5-3 in the third, August Pettersson 6-3 and Anchorage have won game one. Game 2 - Calgary Flames 2 Anchorage Huskies 5 No changes to the lineups for Anchorage. It's 1-0 to Anchorage at 15:02 in the first, depth defenseman Hunter Aura giving us the lead. It lasts just over a minute before Jessy Charron scores for Calgary and it's 1-1 after the first. Our young Scandinavian wingers (we have lots of young Scandinavian wingers) make it 2-1 at 11:09 in the second, Magnus Larsen with the goal, Anssi Ridanpaa with the assist. Actually Finns aren't Scandinavian and Ridanpaa is a Finn. It's out young Nordic wingers. At 13:40 it's the same Nordic wingers combining again, Magnus Larsen makes it 3-1. Calgary pull one back near the end of the second. Into the third and the same Nordic's combine again, this time it's Ridanpaa who scores, and it's 4-2. At 16:37 it's 5-2, Jonas Lambert. He's not Nordic or Scandinavian, he's Canadian. We have two home games in the bag and off to Calgary 2-0 up in the series. Game 3 - Anchorage Huskies 7 Calgary Flames 4 Our rookie defenseman Martin Pospisil has been suffering with hamstring problems, so he's out for the night. He's fairly mediocre and we have a lot of fairly mediocre backups so it wont cause a problem. It ends up being a high scoring game, but the first period isn't. Kory Zorzi (another great AI name) gives Calgary the lead but Borje Svensson ties it up and it's 1-1 after the first. At the start of the second Anchorage score twice in 20 seconds (Hunter Aura at 2:19, David Prudek at 2:39) and we're 3-1 up. Calgary fight back though and score twice in 29 seconds soon after, Aron Kiviharju at 4:16 and Dillon Hebert at 4:45. The Anchorage third line (Larsen, Jackson and Ridanpaa) have been the difference makers in the series so far and they have their say in the third. Anssi Ridanpaa makes it 4-3 at 12:32, Magnus Larsen makes it 5-3 at 13:06. Dillon Hebert (a 20 year old rookie) brings Calgary back into it but Jordan Gavin and David Prudek add late goals and Anchorage at 3-0 up in the series. Game 4 - Anchorage Huskies 2 Calgary Flames 3 Well we're not going to sweep them. Jessy Charron and Mazden Leslie make it 2-0 Calgary in the first period. Mazden Leslie is one of the few remaining real players, in real life he's a 17 year old prospect, in this version of the future he's a 35 year old earning 8mil a year and with almost 1300 NHL games on the clock. Early in the second Alexandr Unichenko gets one back for Anchorage, but Calgary get their two goal lead back with a goal from Torrey Kiefer. He's a 19 year old rookie, Calgary have a lot of good young players. Enzo Landrey scores a power play goal to keep it close, but no sweep. Game 5 - Calgary Flames 3 Anchorage Huskies 2 Calgary pay a fortune for a top class goalie, and he's kept them in the series. It starts off well, Anssi Ridanpaa scores a power play goal at 2:42 (slashing penalty against former Anchorage prospect Easten Turko), Hunter Aura adds a second and we're 2-0 up after the first. There's no scoring in the second period, it's still 2-0 until Owen Martin gets Calgary back into it at 13:46 of the third, then Jessy Charron scores another to tie the game up. Anchorage have a late power play, but the chance isn't taken and Calgary win in over time. We outshot them 35-22, but Calgary goalie Anatol Lyantsevich stole it. Game 6 - Calgary Flames 3 Anchorage Huskies 6 After being 3-0 up in the series, it had all got a bit tense, and that ramped up a bit in this game. Michael Jackson put Anchorage 1-0 up at 9:30 in the first, 1-0 after the first period. Calgary then score three without reply in the second, Mason Kline(3:44), Jakub Moravec(5:49), Steven McLaughlin(8:10, power play goal). It looks like we're heading to a game seven, but Anchorage answer back with three in a row in the second period too. Borje Svensson at 10:20, Jordan Gavin at 11:50 and it's 3-3, then Reece Gault at 14:27 and Anchorage are in the lead. Into the third and a bit of 4-on-4 time, Hunter Aura and Jessy Charron both get minor penalties for slashing each other, and Jordan Gavin takes advantage to put Anchorage 5-3 up. Michael Jackson makes it 6-3. There's a late penalty kill to get past Joni-Jukka Timonen for Unsportsmanlike Conduct, but it ends 6-3 and Anchorage are into the next round. Onto round two and it's San Jose. Last time we met San Jose in the playoffs we went on to win the Stanley Cup. It's fated.