Another joke of a game this afternoon, Brockville only dressed 8 roster skater and 5 affiliate skaters. That is ridiculous. Teams seem to forget there are people paying to watch these games.
Hopefully you were not at the game then, because if you were it was very obvious CP was 'throwing' the game. They started an AP goalie and then pulled him even tho he was playing well. They played a trap with almost no forecheck. It was awful to watch
So they played a style that reduced the wear and tear on the players that had to play in order to ice a team. Smart.
They used the trap, sometimes, yesterday even though there was nothing to throw (not too physical, didn’t work too hard). Like the game you watched, it wasn't worth the admission price.
In the bigger picture for CP, these games meant nothing. The first priority would be to survive the game with a healthy team.
Its funny how your only posts have been about this game...and actually in the bigger picture these games did mean something for CP. They decided whether they played Pembroke and finished 3rd or Hawksbury and finished 4th. They clearly were too afraid to play pembroke
Hopefully you were not at the game then, because if you were it was very obvious CP was 'throwing' the game. They started an AP goalie and then pulled him even tho he was playing well. They played a trap with almost no forecheck. It was awful to watch
PO predictions-
Nepean in 5
Cornwall in 7
CP in 5
Pembroke in 7
Fred Page Predictions:
Nepean 3-0
Kanata 1-2
CP also did not dress half their team again...and split both goalies again...i guess they were trying to throw that game as well....they looked terrible until the third period....alot of CP haters on this board.....not sure why...great team to watch when they are playing well....and great atmospshere in that rink...
Another joke of a game this afternoon, Brockville only dressed 8 roster skater and 5 affiliate skaters. That is ridiculous. Teams seem to forget there are people paying to watch these games.
Then dont pay and go.....it has been that way in Junior Hockey for years....they do it in the NHL and rest top players before going to playoffs.....ya dont like it..ya dont have to go...
Then dont pay and go.....it has been that way in Junior Hockey for years....they do it in the NHL and rest top players before going to playoffs.....ya dont like it..ya dont have to go...
I have no problem with resting players but sitting more than 1/2 the team is just too many IMHO.
Then dont pay and go.....it has been that way in Junior Hockey for years....they do it in the NHL and rest top players before going to playoffs.....ya dont like it..ya dont have to go...
Not going to toss stones here....
My squad has had the benefit of securing first place overall for some time and has also rested players. My feeling is that PG's job is to ensure his team is ready for the playoffs. It's not any differant in CP, Brockville, or anywhere else. It also isn't bad to give your AP's and future members a taste of Jr A either! The impact of this upon the standings, other teams and their fortunes, or even personal statistics means absolutely nothing - playoff success is what counts.
As a fan I am aware of where my team sits and the possibility of AP's, back-up tender, or our best players getting limited icetime. That is the chance I take when I come to the rink at the end of the year. Just the way it is. I don't want my playoff chances jeopardized by some freak incident to a major piece of the Raiders in a nothing game.
Hardfacts - I think this is the second time I have agreed with you in the past couple weeks. What is going on? : )
Good luck to all in the post season...Go Raiders Go!!
The Penticton Vees' winning streak this season of 42 games ended on Sat., March 10 as the Vees lost to the Powell River Kings. Not surprisingly, the Vees are at the top of the CJHL rankings.
Its funny how your only posts have been about this game...and actually in the bigger picture these games did mean something for CP. They decided whether they played Pembroke and finished 3rd or Hawksbury and finished 4th. They clearly were too afraid to play pembroke
Ask yourself these questions:
1. On Friday against Kemptville, CP rested players and played a safe style of hockey because they were “too afraid” of meeting Pembroke in the first round?
2. On Friday against Kemptville, CP rested players and played a safe style of hockey because they wanted to avoid injuries and suspensions that would affect their chances of winning in the playoffs?
I think the second is more likely.
While Pembroke had a winning record over CP this year, I am not aware of any other facts that lead one to the “clear” conclusion that CP is “too afraid” of Pembroke.
I’m not a lawyer, but the refrain scaredy-cat! Scaredy-cat! - no matter how many times one says it - hasn’t been an acceptable argument since grade one.
Also unacceptable is the following circular rationale: CP threw a game because they are afraid of Pembroke, supported by CP is clearly afraid of Pembroke because they threw a game.
I’ll offer this for consideration:
Pembroke, a rebuilding team, is both respected and despised because they are a perennial powerhouse (or are they despised because of their presumptuous fans – CP “afraid” LOL). SK can recruit and coach, and Dupuis is an all-star who can steal a series or more. Milley makes them a better team, but given his recent return, can he make a difference with the current group? A formidable opponent? Yes. Something to fear? No - not this year; not any more than any other playoff team.
JrFever, although I agree with most of your post I have to disagree that Milley being back makes us a better team. He is not in game shape, and from what I've seen since his return, he no longer cares.
I'm concerned that he may have flubbed the teams chemistry as well. We haven't won a game since he's been back.
Ask yourself these questions:
1. On Friday against Kemptville, CP rested players and played a safe style of hockey because they were “too afraid” of meeting Pembroke in the first round?
2. On Friday against Kemptville, CP rested players and played a safe style of hockey because they wanted to avoid injuries and suspensions that would affect their chances of winning in the playoffs?
I think the second is more likely.
While Pembroke had a winning record over CP this year, I am not aware of any other facts that lead one to the “clear” conclusion that CP is “too afraid” of Pembroke.
I’m not a lawyer, but the refrain scaredy-cat! Scaredy-cat! - no matter how many times one says it - hasn’t been an acceptable argument since grade one.
Also unacceptable is the following circular rationale: CP threw a game because they are afraid of Pembroke, supported by CP is clearly afraid of Pembroke because they threw a game.
I’ll offer this for consideration:
Pembroke, a rebuilding team, is both respected and despised because they are a perennial powerhouse (or are they despised because of their presumptuous fans – CP “afraid” LOL). SK can recruit and coach, and Dupuis is an all-star who can steal a series or more. Milley makes them a better team, but given his recent return, can he make a difference with the current group? A formidable opponent? Yes. Something to fear? No - not this year; not any more than any other playoff team.
While JC didn't throw the games on the weekend, he certainly wasn't trying to win them. You don't start an AP goalie if you are honestly trying to move up in the standings. And if you ask him, JC will tell you that he'd rather play Hawkesbury instead of Pembroke.....because of Dupuis.
Ask yourself these questions:
1. On Friday against Kemptville, CP rested players and played a safe style of hockey because they were “too afraid” of meeting Pembroke in the first round?
2. On Friday against Kemptville, CP rested players and played a safe style of hockey because they wanted to avoid injuries and suspensions that would affect their chances of winning in the playoffs?
I think the second is more likely.
While Pembroke had a winning record over CP this year, I am not aware of any other facts that lead one to the “clear” conclusion that CP is “too afraid” of Pembroke.
I’m not a lawyer, but the refrain scaredy-cat! Scaredy-cat! - no matter how many times one says it - hasn’t been an acceptable argument since grade one.
Also unacceptable is the following circular rationale: CP threw a game because they are afraid of Pembroke, supported by CP is clearly afraid of Pembroke because they threw a game.
I’ll offer this for consideration:
Pembroke, a rebuilding team, is both respected and despised because they are a perennial powerhouse (or are they despised because of their presumptuous fans – CP “afraid” LOL). SK can recruit and coach, and Dupuis is an all-star who can steal a series or more. Milley makes them a better team, but given his recent return, can he make a difference with the current group? A formidable opponent? Yes. Something to fear? No - not this year; not any more than any other playoff team.
I get it....you are a CP fan. your only posts have to do with CP.
However CP lost the season series to Pembroke 4-2. Including back to back games a few weeks ago. The objective is to finish as high in the standings as possible? no? If they had of won the Kemptville game they would have finished third and not fourth. I think the majority of people here on the board would have to agree that CP will have an easier time against Hawksbury than they would have Pembroke.
All the armchair coaches on here are laughable...coaches throwing games, teams being afraid to play another team, insisting that their team is doing things for certain reasons. Let me ask you a question...How in the heck woud you know??
Unless you are on a team staff and have knowledge of why things were being done, the only thing you can do is speculate. Maybe teams feel they have a better shot playing team A rather than team B...Maybe the last couple games meant nothing and it was an opportunity to see some up and comers as JrB playoffs are winding down and players became available.
Maybe 2 coaches were in cahoots and rigged it so that they would play each other and then rigged it so that they would go to 7 games, so each would get the max amount of home games and make a tonne of money....again Laughable!!
As far as the last couple games which came into question regarding CP and Brockville, maybe it was Brockville that thought they had the better chance against PLK rather than Hawksbury.....Maybe the coach is cocky enough to think he can outwit SK or that Pikul will outplay Dupuis??? I don't know and neither does anyone else. Now if you want to Speculate well that is different.
CP and JC I am sure wanted no part of PLK....Dupuis has their number and SK can coach with the best of them...but they get to instead jump into a war with the Hawks , which will be a much more physical series....Maybe JC wants a physical series in the hopes that it hardens his players and prepares them for the eventual meeting between them vs either the Colts or the Raiders....both which they can physically dominate.
Maybe SK decided to pull on the riens to meet the Braves, as he thinks that he has a better chance of beating them in the bigger confines of Brockvilles rink rather than get the hell kicked out of themselves in CP's barn?? Again it is all speculation and to suggest that teams are purposefully throwing games is a joke.
Besides no one suggested anything amiss when, as noted by every Nepean fan on here, that the Raiders have been sitting their studs for over a month now periodically to rest bumps and bruises....As has been stated, it's just smart coaching....I would suggest the same by either CP, PLK or Brockville.....But, that being the case, one should always be careful what they wish for....You Just Might Get It!!
A tough schedule for the Braves. Should the series go to Game 7 twice they have to play in Pembroke on a Thursday, travel close to 2.5 hours back to Brockville only to have to play on Friday at home. A schedule like that could be the difference between winning and losing a tight series.
next year will be another long 1 for the gloucester rangers as Jacob Jammes signed with the london knights today . Will the kanata stallions vs gloucester rangers series be updated on pointstreak ?
Rangers will continue their plan of cobbling a team together with local kids who have been around the league (or Jr. B) loop and dont stick with their teams...they have no "Creppins" to covet (or coddle) in the near future. Any young kid (16 yr) that can play will run like the wind after one year with that organization. (Pancel, Leslie, Lloyd)
Players like Millett and Boivin will get serious looks from teams in the Q...expect at least one of them to be gone as well.
Let's also not forget their first protect Andrew Abou-Assaly will likely stick in the OHL next year unless he decides to do what Jammes did and wait a year. Regardless, they should have got something back for McMurtry at the deadline because they are struggling to find a young core that stays there long-term.
Pembroke wins the 1st game 4-2 empty netter. Not a very intense game,Brockville controlled the play for most of the game. I think the Braves will bounce back and end up winning the series.
Pembroke wins the 1st game 4-2 empty netter. Not a very intense game,Brockville controlled the play for most of the game. I think the Braves will bounce back and end up winning the series.
Braves fan no doubt, kinks outshot them 13-5 in the third that's what I call losing control of the game.
And when you consider that the braves score keeper usually counts the braves shots by 2
Braves fan no doubt, kinks outshot them 13-5 in the third that's what I call losing control of the game.
And when you consider that the braves score keeper usually counts the braves shots by 2
plain and simple, pembrokes rbc cup experienced players were the difference in the game. Dupuis first star, kept the plk in it as usual making huge saves point blank, on breakaways and a 2 on 0 by brockville. Milley second star, scores 2 goals and hits and his intensity wore down the braves, mr. clutch. and gagne comes up with the game winner on a well placed shot. brockville got nothing from roy, fereaira blasko debello matheson. pikul was just okay in net. making the saves he needed too but no big saves really. Hulton was a bright spot for the braves earning third star for his 2 goal effort.
Braves fan no doubt, kinks outshot them 13-5 in the third that's what I call losing control of the game.
And when you consider that the braves score keeper usually counts the braves shots by 2
Lol,I'm saying it was not a very intense game,450 people there was the smallest crowd of the year.Just didn't have a playoff atmosphere to it and the shots on goal don't tell the whole story.I would hope the Braves intensity heats up or this series will be over in a hurry. I say Braves win series in 6.
