UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

Nords & Whale....Round 2

ODDS:	Nords by 5 goals
OVER/UNDER:	11 goals

The Nordiques thumped the Whalers 10-6 in week 2, and look to improve their record to 5-1-1. The winless Whalers sit at 0-4-2 and have had trouble in all 3 zones this season. The Whaler's Kenny "The Stache" Lallier is tied for the league worst in goals against average with 6.67, but hasn't had much help in terms of defense this season.

At the other end is Johnny "Temper Tantrum" Turner who's 5.17 GAA has been slowly shrinking the past couple of weeks.

The Nordiques run two solid lines, powered by their new WASP line of ex-Woodstock High School players Pierce "Mayhem" Mayhew, Jordy "The Body" McGee & Brian "The Beard" Racicot. The WASP line has combined for 51 points and all 3 sit in the top 5 in scoring. All 6 forwards for the Nordiques sit in the top 11 point scorers in the young season as well while the Whaler's Jason "The Bling" Grambling and Jay "The Chin" Zanleoni are the only two Whalers to place in the top 15 in scoring.

This should be a cake walk for the Nordiques. The Whalers will play them tough for 2 periods and then pack it up, mentally check out and fall apart in the 3rd.

Nords win it....8-3

Nordiques Improve to 5-1-1, Stomp Whalers 8-4

The Pre-Turkey day festivities kicked off with another Nordique beat down of the Whalers, this time, the final was 8-4. A new UVHL record may have been set tonight as there were ZERO penalty minutes in this match, but rookie referee Greg Hadley also lost his whistle before the game, but don't worry, he found it under his left man-boob shortly after the buzzer sounded.

It was a great night offensively for the Nordiques WASP line, as they put together 4 goals & 5 assists while the Whalers top line of Jay "the Chin" Zanleoni, Nate "The Great" Aldrich & Scotty "Sugar" Shaw scored all 4 goals and registered EVERY single point for the Whalers.

The Whaler's goaltender Kenny "Cobwebs" Lallier fought off a stroke and a weak bladder to turn away 41 shots en route to the loss. The Nordiques Johnny "Temper Tantrum" Turner wasn't quite as busy, but saw enough rubber shot at him to feel as though he could have unprotected sex that night, stopping 31 of 35 shots on his way to his league leading 5th win of this young season.

Jay "The Chin" Zanleoni played with some vigor for the first time this season netting his first 4th career hat trick. Zanleoni was at his best, and his linemates, Scotty Shaw(2 assists) and Nate Aldrich(1 goal, 1 assist) were the only other two point scorers for the Whalers.

The Nordiques jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a pair of goals from Brian "Red Beard" Racicot only 54 seconds apart. Both goals were assisted by Pierce "Mayhem" Mayhew. Nordiques Defenseman Tommy "Guns" Dakai, made a great rush late in the first period, cutting through center ice and beating 3 Whalers before dishing the puck to Roger "The Dirty, Dusty and Rusty Old Dentist Drill" Phillips in the high slot. Phillips took the pass and immediately fired a quick shot through Lallier's giant and gaping five-holio for Phillip's 7th goal of the season and definitely one that Lallier would like to have back.

Dakai had a hell of a game, both defensively and offensively. Dakai added 3 assists, as well as playing significant time on defense with only 3 d-men for the Nords, garnering himself his first Player Of the Week nomination.

END OF THE FIRST: Nordiques 3, Whalers ZIP

The Nordiques went up 4-0 on a quick breakout that saw Jordan "McBreakaway" McGee feed Mayhew convert his first of two on the night. Zanleoni added his first of three goals off of a faceoff to the right of the Nordique's goal. Zanleoni won the faceoff, pulled the puck to the high slot and let a twisted-wrister fly through a screen, top shelf on Turner.

END OF THE SECOND: Nordiques 4, Whalers 1

Even though the Nordiques had a healthy 4-1 lead, the game felt much closer heading into the third period. The Whalers didn't lay down to die, but still had the same defensive problems as they let up 4 goals in the final frame....but on a high note, they added 3 of their own.

The beginning of the third period was slow, until 6 of the games goals were scored in a 2:32 second span. Mayhew started the scorefest at 9:40 with his second of the night and 10th of the season from linemates McGee & Racicot. Zanleoni struck again 14 seconds later from his linemates Shaw & Aldrich only to see the Nordique's Ian "The Tooth" Coates cut through the Whaler's defense 14 seconds later to put his team back up by 4 goals. Poli "The Nightmare" Nightengale got his 2nd of the season 17 seconds later taking a pass from Coates, headed down the far side and beat Lallier inside the post. Kelly "The Mouth" Park made it 8-2 at 7:08 after intercepting an awful breakout pass up the middle and fired a 37 MPH slapshot at Lallier, that somehow went through the logo in his jersey and into the net. Either a trick shot by Park or a really bad goal by Lallier.

The Nordiques looked confident, up 8-2 with 7 minutes to play, but the offensive burst by the Nordiques just seemed to light a fire under the asses of the Whalers. Zanleoni & Shaw played give and go on the far boards sending Shaw low behind the net and Zanleoni crashing the front. Shaw feathered a pass through a defenseman and onto the stick of Zanleoni who fought off a Nord's center to get the shot off and under the arm of Turner with 5:49 to play. The next shift saw Nate Aldrich redirect a pointshot into the net as he stood to the side of Turner. With 5:08 to play, the scoring was done.

END OF REGULATION: Nordiques 8, Whalers 4

The Whalers fought hard, but need some help in their defensive zone as well as some help scoring goals. They threw caution to the wind and played with some heart in the 3rd, but couldn't balance their offense and defence...scoring 3 goals while giving up 4.

Lallier let up a pair of softies, but also made some huge saves to even it out. Turner came up big at the end of the second period, traversing the crease to shut down a backdoor pass, only to see the Whalers scream that it was a goal, and the refs determine otherwise.

The Whalers are getting better, and aren't a pushover team, but still need some wor

 

Team:	Time:	Type:	Player:	Details:
1st PERIOD
NDQ	08:42	Goal	Racicot, Brian(7)	Assist(s): Mayhew, Pierce(9) Dakai, Tom(2)
NDQ	07:48	Goal	Racicot, Brian(8)	Assist(s): Mayhew, Pierce(10)
NDQ	00:24	Goal	Phillips, Roger(7)	Assist(s): Dakai, Tom(3)
2nd PERIOD
NDQ	08:47	Goal	Mayhew, Pierce(9)	Assist(s): McGee, Jordan(10) Park, Kelly(5)
WHL	06:29	Goal	Zanleoni, Jay(3)	Assist(s): none
3rd PERIOD
NDQ	09:40	Goal	Mayhew, Pierce(10)	Assist(s): McGee, Jordan(11) Racicot, Brian(10)
WHL	09:26	Goal	Zanleoni, Jay(4)	Assist(s): Shaw, Scott(4) Aldrich, Nate(1)
NDQ	09:12	Goal	Coates, Ian(7)	Assist(s): Phillips, Roger(5) Kerrigan, James(3)
NDQ	08:55	Goal	Nightingale, Poli(2)	Assist(s): Coates, Ian(8) Dakai, Tom(4)
NDQ	07:08	Goal	Park, Kelly(4)	Assist(s): none
WHL	05:49	Goal	Zanleoni, Jay(5)	Assist(s): Shaw, Scott(5)
WHL	05:08	Goal	Aldrich, Nate(2)	Assist(s): none

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Z-Skate White River Jct, VT Registered: Posts: 108	VT Law School skate Nov 23rd, 2010 10:00 AM Park b/c you were a pussy last night "bad back" .. You are going to get run over probably by Liam. The Whale get there first win 6-4.
habman Killington, VT Registered: Posts: 33	Weak "back" Nov 23rd, 2010 01:14 PM IN RESPONSE TO: BY: Z-Skate Park b/c you were a pussy last night "bad back" .. You are going to get run over probably by Liam. The Whale get there first win 6-4. Park, I'm pretty disappointed in your no show last night. I think with the quality practice you missed and that Jay got... it might not be such a cake walk after. Watch out for a better Whale breakout.
kpark Quechee, VT Registered: Dec 2003 Posts: 723	Big Talk! Nov 23rd, 2010 04:03 PM IN RESPONSE TO: BY: habman Park, I'm pretty disappointed in your no show last night. I think with the quality practice you missed and that Jay got... it might not be such a cake walk after. Watch out for a better Whale breakout. Coatesy, are you rooting for the Whale? Yes, my back was sore yesterday, mostly because I'm fat and out of shape. So in order to try and keep this one close, I figured I would conserve my energy and not skate last night. How was the VT Law skate?