Pogge played very well, no question. But the Monarchs were not firing at him on all cylinders. Many of the scoring chances were actually full view shots, little screening or crashing the net. Can't remember many (any) forward tape to tape pass inside the blue line that wound up as a shot on the Checkers net.
Cliche twisted his neck into the glass on a not-terribly-hard hit in the corner at the crease in the first period and wobbled off as the play continued without his stick holding his head in his right hand. Oh gosh, for sure we thought, he was done for the game at least. Real scary. But no! He returned later on much to our surprise and delight.
All (losing) goals inside the last minute of play are painful, but this one was really upsetting. Shouldn't have happened, but as we left the rink, we agreed that the better team this day was the Checkers. MHT was at least even-stevens north and south, but Charlotte had the best of the body work and far more intimidating hitting, especially along the boards from start to finish. Worse teams than us beat them on this road trip, and the Monarchs would have won, too, had they been more... I think the best word is "focused." They seemed to ebb and flow, and fade mentally from time to time... and a few times too often as it turned out.
Pogge played very well, no question. But the Monarchs were not firing at him on all cylinders. Many of the scoring chances were actually full view shots, little screening or crashing the net. Can't remember many (any) forward tape to tape pass inside the blue line that wound up as a shot on the Checkers net.
Cliche twisted his neck into the glass on a not-terribly-hard hit in the corner at the crease in the first period and wobbled off as the play continued without his stick holding his head in his right hand. Oh gosh, for sure we thought, he was done for the game at least. Real scary. But no! He returned later on much to our surprise and delight.
All (losing) goals inside the last minute of play are painful, but this one was really upsetting. Shouldn't have happened, but as we left the rink, we agreed that the better team this day was the Checkers. MHT was at least even-stevens north and south, but Charlotte had the best of the body work and far more intimidating hitting, especially along the boards from start to finish. Worse teams than us beat them on this road trip, and the Monarchs would have won, too, had they been more... I think the best word is "focused." They seemed to ebb and flow, and fade mentally from time to time... and a few times too often as it turned out.
I agree, not a very good effort, especially in the third. If they played the whole game like the second they would have won!
Providence Shootout
7 Maxime Sauve No Goal
12 Jamie Arniel No Goal
28 Ryan Donald No Goal
38 Jordan Caron Goal
23 Trent Whitfield Goal
10 David Laliberte Goal
21 David Ling No Goal
16 Jordan LaVallee-Smotherman No Goal
25 Stefan Chaput No Goal
17 Jeremy Reich No Goal
24 Antoine Roussel Goal
18 Alain Goulet No Goal
26 Colby Cohen No Goal
20 Lane MacDermid Goal
Total: 5
Manchester Shootout
26 Brandon Kozun No Goal
9 Bud Holloway Goal
10 Oscar Moller No Goal
39 Corey Elkins No Goal
15 Justin Azevedo Goal
24 Ray Kaunisto Goal
22 Marc-Andre Cliche No Goal
21 Dwight King No Goal
44 Jordan Nolan No Goal
76 Viatcheslav Voynov No Goal
49 Justin Johnson Goal
3 Jake Muzzin No Goal
14 Patrick Mullen No Goal
37 Thomas Hickey No Goal
Total: 4
zOMG! the Monarchs used the equivalent of Kevin Westgarth in the shoot Out ... HE SCORES ! ... and the Monarchs STILL Lose ? WTF !
Some of those Forwards need to friggin work on their Shoot Outs that's embarrassing, and IF memory serves me ... I think the Monarchs have LOST all but maybe 1, though I can't recall that 1 so maybe lost ALL, of their games that have gone to a shoot out ? and it's not like the Goalies aren't giving them the chance to win. zeeeeeeeeeesh
zOMG! the Monarchs used the equivalent of Kevin Westgarth in the shoot Out ... HE SCORES ! ... and the Monarchs STILL Lose ? WTF !
Some of those Forwards need to friggin work on their Shoot Outs that's embarrassing, and IF memory serves me ... I think the Monarchs have LOST all but maybe 1, though I can't recall that 1 so maybe lost ALL, of their games that have gone to a shoot out ? and it's not like the Goalies aren't giving them the chance to win. zeeeeeeeeeesh
We do suck in the shoot out! We have won 1 and lost 4. In OT we have won 3 and lost 1.
The Providence goalie won his 7th shootout, not all with Providence!
zOMG! the Monarchs used the equivalent of Kevin Westgarth in the shoot Out ... HE SCORES ! ... and the Monarchs STILL Lose ? WTF ! 
