Coyotes Take Down Preds, Move Into 7th

by Travis Hair on Dec 19, 2008 10:33 AM MST

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Coyotes win 2-1 over the misshapen tigers. It was kind of an odd game. I figured Nashville would come out with rust, but it looked like pretty much everyone did. I think this gets us a period by period breakdown...

1st Period

Has to be one of the ugliest periods of hockey i've seen in a while with the exception of the goaltending. And I've seen ECHL hockey recently. With 6 minutes left in the period shots were 5-2. The crowd at my end of the arena was simply praying for another SOG. When Ellis made a save on a floater that was going to go past the net anyways the crowd cheered. That's how boring the first 19:50 of this period were. It was like nobody really wanted to keep possession of the puck. I don't have the times in front of me, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was more neutral zone time than offensive zone puck time for both teams combined it was simply boring. But that boredom stopped with 10 seconds left in the period. 4 on 4. Ed Jovanovski found Turris breaking away and KT made a great move to fake Ellis out of his pads for an easy goal. By the way, what happened to the Carl's Jr. promotion that gave us burgers for goals in the last minute of periods? We'd be rolling in burgers this year...

2nd Period

Not nearly as bad as the first. Both teams seemed to remember that this was a hockey game and not a game of red rover. The Coyotes PK showed that it can play well after killing a 4 minute double on Ken Klee. A 2 minute misconduct on Klee though? WTH? He's not one to get many unsportsmanlike conducts. Must have said one of the magic words to the ref or something. I didn't see what caused that... Oh. and Vernon Fiddler got the equalizer.

3rd Period

This looked more like the hockey I'm used to. Good overall play even without a lot of goals. That is until until Turris got another goal. Evner Lisin did most of the work, but Turris was able to put the rebound in the net. Even if he was getting crosschecked in the back of the head. Turris 2 - Nashville 1. I dunno why Turris wasn't on the ice for the EN time, maybe Doan doesn't want anyone getting easy hat tricks since he still doesn't have one...

Player of the Game:

This one's a no brainer... And judging by the look on his face he's surprised too...

Kyle Turris

#91 / Center / Phoenix Coyotes

Height: 6-1

Weight: 180

Born: Aug 14, 1989

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YAY!!!

2 points… 7th place all alone! KT beats Preds LOL

Takin over the NHL, 1 blocked shot at a time... Go Z!

by Monique Reaux on Dec 18, 2008 11:00 PM MST reply actions

Really nice win...

Bryz looked good…rest of the team looked ok, mostly. Turris is definitely looking more and more comfortable. Jokinen created some good space for a shot by Boedker in the second…Lisin looked like he was still ill most of the game with the exception of the third when he started flying again.

No idea what was up with the refs last night…McCleary’s been around long enough that I was shocked by the extra 2 mins for Klee. The other ref (name is slipping me right now) made a ridiculous call on Boedker that led to the 4-on-4. But after seeing the videos from Columbus and Tampa, I’m not gonna complain about officiating…jeez.

Odie – you got 2 of 3 on your line pairing, and Lindstrom’s no slow poke himself. Where are your seats? We’re right over the zamboni tunnel and had a nice view for all 3 goals last night….sick move by Turris on the first…

As for Saturday…I’d like to see TGO keep that Turris/Lindstrom/Lisin line together for a while…I’d put back together Mueller/Olli/Doan and give Tiki a night in the press box – kid needs a game off, I think. Get Winnik and Porter back in the lineup for a game…not sure who else needs the day off…who would’ve thought we’d have a glut of forwards this year?

Great effort – let’s get another win tomorrow…the remainder of the month looks pretty winnable…I’d like the team to be 5 over .500 by Jan. 1…

by Jordan Ellel on Dec 19, 2008 1:40 PM MST reply actions

I'm way up top

In the cheap cheap seats on the attack x2.

I think we can pile on a few Ws in the next few games. THe nice thing about them is that they’re all against teams that are bunched up with us in terms of standings, so lots of 4 point games. Columbus, Colorado, edmonton, and even the 2 LA games are all with teams within just a few points. So let’s get some separation right now eh?

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by Travis Hair on Dec 19, 2008 3:02 PM MST up reply actions

Agreed...

Heethuis and Nash were joking last night about how every game seems to be an important one, but these next few really are.

Next time the stadium is as empty as last night, you should try and drift down to the lower level…the guy who ushers our section (106) is usually pretty relaxed, especially if you look like you belong there and just came back from grabbing food or something…

by Jordan Ellel on Dec 19, 2008 3:35 PM MST up reply actions

I try that every now and then.

I have a bunch of friends over in 104 that I’ll sit by. My wife is totally fine with it, but I feel wierdly guilty about it sometimes :P

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by Travis Hair on Dec 19, 2008 7:05 PM MST up reply actions

Finally

got a chance to watch the game from last night. Great game overall, but man do they need to work on shooting at an empty net.

You keep on rowin', and I'll keep on smilin'.

by soco on Dec 19, 2008 4:15 PM MST reply actions

Amen

to that…coulda iced the dedthings with either of the two shots…oh well

the yotes 3rd uni sucks

by goldenbear64 on Dec 20, 2008 1:16 PM MST up reply actions

Family Day in AZ

Since Hanzal had the trick with his parents in attendance and KT exploded for 2 goals, is it time for TGO to invite at least one set of parents to every future game…get Mueller out of his drought, get his folks in the stands!!

by Jordan Ellel on Dec 20, 2008 2:55 PM MST reply actions

Not a bad idea!

Mules is assisting like a mad thing… rackin up some points there, but srsly poor kid needs a break… if he can get one to go in for him (instead of all these freakin drive bys) he’ll catch fire and burn a few teams…

Takin over the NHL, 1 blocked shot at a time... Go Z!

by Monique Reaux on Dec 20, 2008 11:23 PM MST up reply actions

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