And the Chiefs sweep Everett! That’s right, ‘Tips. Chiefs drink your milkshake, they drink it right up.
That perhaps was an overused joke to some Academy Award winning movie that I was saving in my back pocket. But I got it all out of my system.
Judd Blackwater, Mitch Wahl and Levko Koper had goals against the ‘Tips and Dustin Tokarski was in the pipes.
The Chiefs will kick off games one and two of the next round at home versus the Vancouver Giants. The Giants have the ever so stellar Tyson Sexsmith, whose supreme goalie status rivals that of Saint Tokarski. Game one will take place Friday April 4th and game two will be Sunday the 6th.
I did not listen to the Chiefs game last night because I was too deep into the Avs/Canucks massacre. Luongo was having a terrible night and really just needs a break. Sanford is a mediocre back up goalie and the ‘Couv cannot expect Luo to carry the team all the time.
Back to the Chiefs;
Scoring in the first period was Levko Koper. Ondrej Roman scores in the second from David Rutheford and Judd Blackwater. Silvertip Gendur also scored in the second. Drayson Bowman smacks one in the third from Chris Bruton and Mitch Wahl. Then Judd Blackwater slides in an empty-netter from Jared Cowen and Jared Spurgeon. Final score 4-1 Chiefs. Dustin Tokarski stopped 28 of 29 shots.
Friday is a must win situation Everett. Which has me wondering if they will be out for blood. Or if this will not be the case given the Remparts incident.
The QMJHL is up in arms after the goalie “incident.” Incident is putting it lightly. Quebec Remparts goalie Jonathan Roy put on quite the spectacular show that now has media up in arms demanding that fighting be banned from junior hockey. In the second period, Remparts losing 7-1 to the Chicoutimi Sagueneens in a playoff sitch. Naturally, a brawl breaks out. The Sagueneen goalie was shit talking Roy, as happens when you are bludgeoning your opponent and salting their wounds. Roy, ain’t going down like that;
Which bring us to the clip of the fight. Despite being en Francais, I think we all know just what is going on.
Personally, I understand why Roy snapped. Hockey isn’t some sport that is leisurely. He was in a playoff situation and frankly snapped. He could have been mad at his teammates for bad defense. By the second period, Roy was probably drained and tired of being taunted. I wasn’t even there. But I can guess this much happened because this tends to be the case. Roy is suspended 7 games and fined $500. A few Remparts are suspended as well. One receiving a two gamer and the other a three gamer. I have not looked in the see if any Segueneens are suspended as well.
I can understand the need to crack down on violence in hockey. But it’s a sport that requires it to police itself. You have boys that are “defense men” and their job is to enforce and regulate when necessary. How are they to compete at a professional level where fighting is more accepted? They need some practice to compete to Derek Boogaards of NHL.
I have seen some pretty brutal fights from the Chiefs. The first two that stand out is the one the Donaghy smashes his hand in. The second is the one where Letts busted someone’s face the resulted in blood on the ice the refs tried to clean up. They were not fined or suspended. If anything, I think Roy had a bit more reason to react the way he did.
Tonight it’s the Canucks/Avs which typically is like the Jews vs. the Palestinians around these parts. And I tend to feel like a Palestinian outnumbered, and trying to get a piece of land.
There have been discussions of maybe perhaps rickrolling the next Chiefs home games.
Chiefs take on ‘Tips tomorrow in Everett. Which for some odd reason has me biting my nails at the moment. I am sure Tokarski will be in the pipes, Rutherford will continue his aggressive skating. Homeboy wants some goalssssss. So in essence, everything should be fine. Whatever you boys have been doing, keep it up. Just be cool. You got this.
Did I mention David Rutherford dyed his hair black? I can’t say that I like it. He looked foxier with the dark brown with blond.
I guess Kyle Beach is sporting a full mask because he has an eye socket injury and if someone punches him, he could go blind. Fine, he is still a prick. Sending Harty to do his work for him.
Everett decided to not play entirely dirty tonight and played a bit o’ hockey. It was cute, really.
Ondrej Roman scores in the first. Seth Compton scored in the second. Roman again in the third. And Mitch Wahl shot an empty netter with a vengeance in the last 2 minutes. Tokarski had a relatively easy night with only one ‘Tips goal slipping past. download this: Word Up covered by Korn. Surprisingly amazing.
For reasons I am not entirely sure of, Seth Compton was interviewed after the game wearing a yellow hard hat. How Bob the Builder.
The playoffs were kicked off by well, kicking the shit out of Everett. The first period saw the Chiefs 3-3 on the power play. Bowman, Rutherford and Blackwater scored in the first. A ‘Tip snuck in a top shelfer beginning of the second, but Bruton returned the favor. Everett scored in the third. But all was well as Bowman smacked in his second for the evening.
Everett was out for blood as usual. Harty (by Harty I mean Crowley) tried to start a fight with Bruton but he was smart enough to skate off so Harty was in the box on instigating. Clearly, the Chiefs have their head in the right place. It was quick and muscular play tonight. Tokarski was brilliant in the pipes, he had amazing defense to work with. I was impressed with how hard the boys were skating, particularly Rutherford.
Final score: 5-2 Spokane.
Chiefs are at home again tomorrow against Everett.
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I stumbled upon this article about a ref in the WHL, Kirk. Funny thing I know the dude who yelled that at him in Spokane. He sits behind me. Such a nice gentleman. He really is one of the witty hecklers.
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