Centering the rebuild - NHL 11 leafs Be a Pro

[hockeyplaya2724]

Great job in the pre-season, I really like the game updates.

[bthomp05]

Securing a 3rd line appointment, not to shabby.

[thedudedominick]

Nice to see you make the NHL roster.

[Dynasty]

Quote: Originally Posted by hockeyplaya2724

Great job in the pre-season, I really like the game updates.

Thank you. I hope you continue to follow. It has been a roller coaster so far, a lot of ups and downs.

Quote: Originally Posted by bthomp05

Securing a 3rd line appointment, not to shabby.

Yeah man I don't know how long I'll be there though. I get destroyed often being so small, it can be very challenging to find space and time when you know if anyone gets close to you, you will be on the ice very quickly. I plan on working my acceleration and speed first for athletics just so I can gain some separation.

Quote: Originally Posted by thedudedominick

Nice to see you make the NHL roster.

Thanks dom. My line mates forever frustrate me though. Poor passers to say the least, but I will admit it is nice having Armstrong there to make space for me. I find it really annoying how the coach puts me out on the ice so much. I understand the reasoning behind it, but it's not very realistic.


Thanks to everyone who reads this. I won't be able to post an update for every game inplay but I will try to do all the ones I can. I will do 10 game updates for team stats and standings and for league stats etc...

[bthomp05]

We know it will be excellent any way Dynasty.

[SENS_AK27]

Keep this going...should be an interesting read as you grow with a rebuilding Leafs team.

[Dynasty]

Game 2 VS Ottawa

Pre game interview with head coach Ron Wilson:
"We need to wake up. We played sloppy in the pre season, bad passing porous defense, A power play that won't be described as anything near "powerful" a penalty kill that killed our goalies confidence and a group of centers that cant buy a face off, never mind win one. We need guys to get out there and do the little intangable things, we need short support passing and hard skating, forechekcing and back checking. Once that starts to happen our skill guys can take over and everything will fall into line, our sad outing in Montreal for the season opener left us with a bitter taste in our mouth, there is no doubt of that, I hope the guys take the lesson for what it was, and improve on it in the game tonight"

Well guys, some harsh words form the coach there, and only after one game. It seems the team will be on a short leash and expectations are high. Lets not forget poor starts can sink a team Earlie. Every point counts in the NHL of today.

Team news:
Some how I missed this, but D Luke Schenn was injured in the pre season and will be out for another two weeks.

Steve Pattenden will don the number 82, since Schenn wears his favored #2

Brunnstrom makes a beautiful no look pass

"Hey give credit where credit is due. Sure I slammed it into the net here but I was so shocked the puck came out to me that I was hardly ready for it, fantastic work by Fabian to get it out of there"

Nice tip in from point shot on power play

"after winning the draw we all fell into our set play, and it went across to the right D man, when I seen his stick go up I put myself just off center of the puck and waited for the shot, I managed to smack it down to the ice and the rest can be seen on the replay"

Ottawa vs Toronto
Oct 28, 2010 1 2 3 SO F OTT (0-1-1) 0 3 1 0 4 TOR (1-1-0) 1 1 2 1 5 Three Stars Steve Pattenden 2 goals Mikhail Grabovski 2 assists Jeff Finger 2 assists	Team Stats Comparison OTT TOR Shots on Goal 26 35 Hits 21 16 Faceoffs Won-Lost 29 25 Penalty Minutes 12:00 12:00 Power Plays Converted 3 2 Power Play Opportunities 6 6 Time on Attack 7:55 5:51
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD TOR Steve Pattenden - F. Brunnstrom TOR Phil Kessel - M. Grabovski - J. Finger (PP) SECOND PERIOD OTT Milan Michalek - D. Alfredsson (PP) OTT Ryan Potulny - B. Lee - R. Shannon OTT Corey Locke - C. Phillips - N. Foligno (PP) THIRD PERIOD TOR Steve Pattenden - M. Lashoff - F. Finger (PP) OTT Jason Spezza - M. Michalek - D. Alfredsson (PP) TOR Clarke Macarthur - D. Phaneuf - M. Grabovski SHOOTOUT TOR Steve Pattenden
Ottawa - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Jean Sebastian Giguere 26 22 85% 3.70
Ottawa - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Mikhail Grabovski 13:10 0 2 +1 5 0 Jeff Finger 18:01 0 2 0 1 0 Steve Pattenden 36:20 2 0 0 8 0 Matt Lashoff 34:41 0 1 -1 1 2:00 Phil Kessel 13:04 1 0 +1 4 0 Clarke Macarthur 9:43 1 0 +1 1 0 Dion Phaneuf 24:08 0 1 +2 1 2:00 Fabian Brunnstrom 23:57 0 1 0 1 0
Toronto - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 35 31 89% 3.71
Toronto - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Daniel Alfredsson 21:19 0 2 -1 2 2:00 Milan Michalek 22:41 1 1 -1 4 0 Ryan Shannon 13:37 0 1 0 1 0 Chris Phillips 24:52 0 1 -2 1 2:00 Jason Spezza 23:57 1 0 -1 4 0 Brian Lee 18:59 0 1 +1 0 0 Nick Foligno 16:14 0 1 0 1 2:00 Ryan Potulny 15:58 1 0 0 2 0 Corey Locke 9:37 1 0 0 1 0

[bthomp05]

Way to go Dyansty, now hopefully the rest of the team will follow.