Bethany's Hockey Rants
Eight Points
by Bethany on 01/10/09 at 11:59 AM ET
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The make or break roadtrip is over. And, I am proud to say, that this team, missing quite a few regulars including Brassard, Nash, and Huselius, made it! The Jackets finished the six game road trip that took them from California to DC, with a 4-2-0 record. Not too bad, I honestly, couldn’t be happier with the way everything came together. We are still in the playoff race, sitting one point out, and in 10th place.
Our starting goaltenders for last night…one was injured and the other began in Syracuse. Our forwards, half of them are AHL guys. How this team, got out of Washington with a 3-0 victory is beyond me. But, I will take it.
We got goals from Boll, Umberger, and Tyutin, and two of those goals were on the power play. Shock.
I found this in the Capitals game recap, and thought it was really interesting:
Mason is now 6-0 with four shutouts against Eastern Conference foes. He has fashioned an otherworldly 0.66 GAA and a .976 save pct. in those half dozen games against the opposite conference.
Wow. What else can you say? Mason was questionable for the game last night, so for him to come out and pitch a shutout, that is impressive. He made 45 saves on the Capitals. That’s a huge night for any goaltender. Mason is the real deal, and is the best goaltender in the NHL, hands down.
I do have to agree with Hitchcock though, I would never want to play the Capitals again with this lineup. But, the team did what it had to do. Hejda and Commodore kept Ovechkin in line…for the most part, he still managed to get 12 shots at Mason. Mason stopped everything that came his way. He even made some saves, that I have no idea how he did it.
I will have more…before the game, or during the game, depending on how my journey to get my books for school goes.
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