Rivermen @ Houston, 10-13-07

by Tomorrows Blues on Oct 13, 2007 7:42 PM CDT

Sorry I'm a little late getting this cranked up, folks...

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Yan Stastny has just scored for the Rivermen, 1:01 of the first period, off of a feed from Mike Glumac, set up by a big hit from a kid that's fast becoming my favorite prospect, Chris Porter.

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Nikolai LemtyugovÂ is playing again tonight, and has had some chances already.Â Marek Schwarz is in goal for the Rivermen.

Updates coming up as soon as I let my dog in...

6:49 1st:Â Shots on goal 6-1 Peoria so far.Â Lemtyugov has had several good chances already, as has Trent Whitfield.

9:39 1st:Â Payer from Clutterbuck, in tight and up over the right shoulder of Schwarz.Â 1-1.

About six minutes left in the first; shots favor Peoria 10-4, but Houston has had the better of the physical play so far.

19:00 1st: Peoria has just taken a too many men on the ice penalty; Houston has 40 seconds of a 5-on-3 coming up.

End of the first period... score tied at 1-1.Â Shots 12-6 in favor of Peoria.

Penalties:Â 16:44 1st, Reitz, HOU (hooking); 17:40 1st, Porter, PEO (tripping); 19:00, PEO bench (served by Linglet) (too many men on the ice).

Notes:Â As mentioned earlier, Houston has been the more physical team tonight.Â They came out hitting, and haven't let up.Â Micki DuPont has been sent back to the Rivermen until the Blues need him again (Wednesday), andÂ he's playing tonight.Â The Rivermen are using six defensemen tonight (Woywitka, Brooks, Polak,Â Mackenzie, DuPont, Hellstrom), where they used only five last night in San Antonio.Â Cam Keith is in at forward tonight, and Julian Talbot and Jean-Guy Trudel are sitting out.Â No word on Talbot's condition after leaving the game last night with a leg injury.

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porter was def the best player, imo, on opening night which was offically his “professional debut”. as i said and you also mentioned, not only does he wreck havok with his forecheck, the end result is that it generates scoring chances for a linemate.

he certianly isn’t a well respected prospect, heck hockeysfuture has him listed as the blues 12 best CENTER. lol. they say he can be moved off the puck easily and still needs work in the defensive end. if i make another trip to peoria, while trying to watch woy and stats and kariya as much as possible, i’m definately going to try to catch porter more than he forces you to notice him.

does this “kid” (he is 23) have ANY legit chance of seeing nhl ice ever?

by Childhood Trauma on Oct 14, 2007 8:22 AM CDT reply actions