| 01 April 2009
The (sort of) Colorado Avalanche (or as I like to call them “a bunch of minor leaguers dressed up as the Colorado Avalanche“) lost to the Phoenix Coyotes tonight, 3-0. Al Montoya shutout the Avs in his first NHL game. The former first round pick (6th overall) stopped 23 shots and made a couple of nice saves, but by no means stood on his head - the Avs simply have no offense. The Yotes got their first goal when Mikkel Boedker scored early in the first. The Avs seemed to dodge a bullet a few minutes later, when the Yotes PP hit the post on a wide open net, after a nice backdoor pass. The Avs were able to keep the game close, but in the 3rd, Shane Doan put the game out of reach when he blasted a perfect shot of the inside of the far post to put the game out of reach. Phoenix added a empty net goal in the last seconds. Highlights. What impressed me:
Sorry, I got nothing…
What didn’t impress me:
The offense - With Smyth out, we now have one (1) true NHL quality top six forward on the ice (Hejduk). It looked like we were rolling a 4th line all night (well, without the energy part).
The offense - With Smyth out, we now have one (1) true NHL quality top six forward on the ice (Hejduk). It looked like we were rolling a 4th line all night (well, without the energy part).
3 Stars:
1. PHX G 35 A.MONTOYA
2. PHX L 89 M.BOEDKER
3. PHX R 19 S.DOAN
Scratches:
Clark (hand)
Foote (head)
Nycholat (head)
Salei (knee)
Stastny (head)
Tjarnqvist (head)
Wolski (illness?)
Willsie
Notes: Smyth left the game with a hand injury. It appeared to happen on a hit from David Hale, which would explain why both Lappy and Tucker went after Hale after Smyth left.
Number Watch: Ray Macias (D) played his first NHL game. He wore #47.
Next Game: Sunday at Vancouver, 8PM
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