Matt Larose stopped 40-of-43 shots on goal tonight, an effort that I’d rate as his best performance of the season (though his effort against Ferris was also very good). The Friday night blues weren’t played tonight, but the boys never could solve Bowling Green State University’s Tommy Burke, who logged his first collegiate shutout and the Chargers fall 3-0 to the Falcons on a snowy night in northwest Ohio that had many in their fan base missing the game in favor of the MAC championship game for their Falcons.
Gotta say that Matty Larose looked great on that PK, even with the snow angel.
— Charger Hockey Journal (@ChargerHockeyJn) December 7, 2013
The Falcons’ best pressure was applied on special teams, whether they had the advantage or not. Two of those three goals allowed were power-play goals. One was a multiple-effort goal:
Ben Murphy fires a shot from the left-wing circle, his second such shot, but Larose couldn’t stop the second one. 18:12 for the goal’s time.
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… and the second one came late in the second.
Mercier on the second goal. He one-timed a pass from Cooper.
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While the goals didn’t come, there was some great effort out there.
McKenna-Prince-Salhany are really aggressive tonight.
— Charger Hockey Journal (@ChargerHockeyJn) December 7, 2013
Holy crap, Salhany is feasting on neutral zone turnovers. He’s gotta slip through for one, right?
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Salhany had a great break on there, but Burke stoned him with the glove. I was shouting at my TV.
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But unfortunately, it was a lot of this tonight:
Allan fires one off the post from the top of the RW circle.
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The puck drops again tomorrow at 6:07 Huntsville time, but if you haven’t had enough hockey yet, there’s always more:
Who’s gonna stay up for the Alaska v. Alaska-Anchorage games tonight? Anybody?
— Charger Hockey Journal (@ChargerHockeyJn) December 7, 2013
Have a great night, everybody.