Avs vs Blues 10/12/07, Period 3

by Brad Lee on Oct 12, 2007 9:22 PM CDT

Angry kid want's you to shoot the puck!

Last period, 4th game of the season, the DrinkScotch Center's sold out. Considering how the Blues have played in the last period in the prievious games, we might still come out of this thing on top. A lot of players really needs to pick up their game, though. Tkachuk, Rucinsky and Backes have all been pretty anonymous so far. Think they get yelled at in the locker room? Yea, me too.

Well, at least Detroit lost tonight. That's something to be happy about.

Would love to see Perron get a goal or an assist tonight. That would really get this kids confidence to shoot to the roof. On to the third. Let's Go Blues!

19:40 -- Ryan Johnson gets a breakaway! Dammit! No goal, he tried to go over the glove but Theodore got there. Nice chance and a good start to the third.

16:30 -- Apparently the Blues got penalized for something, I must have missed it. Maybe I shouldn't be drinking beers at 4.30 a.m. Nicely killed though.

15:03 -- McClement scores! After some chaos in front of Theodore, Jay gets it in the net on a rebound. Great stuff! 1st of the year for McClement. Blues lead 2-1.

14:00 -- What's happening?! Blues explode in the third! Hinote with a goal, Mayers with an assist. Ugly goal, sure, but oh, so lovely! 2 goals in 63 secs.

11:55 -- Perron almost gets a goal on a great pass from Rucinsky. Things are really looking better. What is it with the Blues and third periods?

8:39 -- Lots of play in the neutral zone for a while now.

8:00 -- Kariya with a breakaway, but no goal. He sure has gotten a lot of chances in this game. It would be nice to see him score one. He want's it. Look at him. He really want's it.

6:32 -- Ryan Smyth with a backhander that hit Legace's right post. Close, but no goal, Ryan. While your at it, get a haircut.

5:07 -- Boyes and Kariya on a 2-on-1. One of the Avs defenders got a stick on it.

4:01 -- Hinote with his second of the game! Perron got an assist. Atta boy! Welcome to the NHL! Ryan Johnson with the other assist. He's been good tonight. Good skater, great hair.

3:20 -- Mayers gets 2 mins for holding. Let's keep them out, team. The penalty kill has been great so far.

1:56 -- Legace robs Sakic! Manny's my hero, I'm naming my kid after him. What's his full name again? Emmanuel? Oh... nevermind.

That's it, St Louis win it 4-1! Two wins in two games in the DrinkScotch so far this season. Love it!

Blues goals: Boyes, McClement, Hinote 2
Blues assists: Tkachuk, Mayers, R Johnson, Perron, Kariya, Backes, Wagner

Well, I'm off to bed. Sweet dreams, for sure. Not only am I feeling a little drunk, which is always nice, I also got to see my favorite team win in front of a sell-out crowd. That's it for me, I really have to sleep. Bye bye now. Thanks for commenting, be sure to keep 'em coming. I'll read them later. This was fun. Next time I'll do it without the beer. Takes forever to spell right when your constantly burping. I'm out.

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Perron with the assist! Nice job rook!

by UtahBluesFan on Oct 12, 2007 9:51 PM CDT reply actions

John Kelly was right. Benching Hinote really got him to play better. Hard to get him out of the lineup now.

by Brad Lee on Oct 12, 2007 9:52 PM CDT reply actions

Answer Man I expect loves that one Johnson’s hair.

No, the other Johnson.

by Brad Lee on Oct 12, 2007 9:56 PM CDT reply actions

Legace has been impressive the last two nights. Wonder if the Toivonen game Saturday night pushed him to play better. Defensemen have been great at clearing forwards from the crease.

by Brad Lee on Oct 12, 2007 9:57 PM CDT reply actions

I predict this thread will get a lot of comments when the “regulars” stumble in after another GREAT win.

Marcus, great job. Have fun passing out.

by Brad Lee on Oct 12, 2007 10:02 PM CDT reply actions

No if only Federko and Kelly will actually call the games and quit yapping. Wassisname spent two whole minutes interview some guy from the Sopranos not named Big Pussy while the play was going and then our announcing team yapped for another minute without callign a play.

by Pagan on Oct 12, 2007 10:51 PM CDT reply actions

Anybody think that Perron assist was a real NHL play? I thought (and so did the Avs) he was going across the crease to Hinote. I didn’t even see Ryan Johnson, and great job by Hinote to outfight the Av defenseman for the puck.

8 games left for Perron before they have to keep him, right? Solid in his own zone, and some major league moves.

by bluetransplant on Oct 12, 2007 11:07 PM CDT reply actions

The boys looked impressive in the first and third, and hung with the Avs in the 2nd. They’re doing a great job putting the puck in the net, but we still want tacos! Playing so well in front of two sold-out houses will do wonders for attendance on those Tuesdays in January. My pre-season excitement continues.

by baroose on Oct 12, 2007 11:07 PM CDT reply actions

The Blues looked great – especially in the third… that’s 11 third period goals this season (4 goals outside of the third?) – looks like Checketts wasn’t exactly bullshitting about the team being the best conditioned in the league.

If they keep playing like this, the Blues management can move my season seat next to Towel Boy, tattoo the mascot on my face, and bring back the ice-girls for all I care.

Okay… I was kidding about the ice girls.

by Adam on Oct 13, 2007 1:37 AM CDT reply actions

The ghosts of Red Berenson, Barclay Plager and Jacques Plante are swirling around ScottTrade this year.

There is something special going on there.

by jim on Oct 13, 2007 5:56 PM CDT reply actions

I loved tonight’s issue of Game Time. I was laughing so hard at times that my fiancÃ©e threatened to take it away from me. Anyway, I noticed that several of the articles/columns talked about Charles Glenn. My fiancÃ©e works with his wife so I was wondering how soon the PDF version of last night’s Game Time will be published on the website. She’d really like to show his wife all of the comments. I can always let her borrow my hard copy, but she likes clip out articles and comments about him though so I’d prefer to be able to point her to the PDF version.

by BlueNoteExpress on Oct 13, 2007 11:50 PM CDT reply actions