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Cheese · 04-12-2006, 07:16 PM

Thrashers move to Semis!

THRASHERS 5 at HURRICANES 2

The Atlanta Thrashers disposed of a pesky and dangerous Carolina Hurricane team tonite 4 games to zero. With perennial all-star goaltender Patrick Lalime out for the playoffs the Georgia team was extremely worried coming up against this young and explosive team.
Garth Snow played a solid if unspectacular series holding the Georgia team in every game until the scorers did what they had to.

Garth Snow bears down on an attempt from the wing.

The key to the series as far as GM and Coach Peterson could determine was to stop Alexander Ovechkin, Rick Nash and Doug Weight. Wednesdays game saw Ovechkin break out with two goals, but overall all 3 were held off the scoresheet.
The Thrashers continued their scoring by comittee with 5 different players notching a goal. The Canes had taken a 2-1 lead into the 3rd period before the afforementioned power and depth of the Atalanta team came through. 22 shots were taken on the Canes goaltenders in the 3rd period and 4 goals were scored within 4 minutes to eliminate the Canes by a 5-2 count.
Martin St Louis was the Thrashers MVP for this quarter final series as the team now awaits the completion of the Rangers/Panthers series now tied at two games each.

Period 1
1. HURRICANES, OVECHKIN 4 (NASH, BRISEBOIS), 08:08
2. THRASHERS, BONDRA 3 (RADIVOJEVIC, LANGENBRUNNER), 14:05

PENALTIES: V. KOZLOV THR (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 14:45, S. HILL HUR (ROUGHING, Minor) 14:45, J. BLAKEE HUR (ELBOWING, Minor) 17:59

Period 2
3. HURRICANES, OVECHKIN 5 (LANGKOW, BROWN), 05:13

PENALTIES: R. NASH HUR (BOARDING, Minor) 09:26, B. HEDICAN THR (ELBOWING, Minor) 13:13, P. BRISEBOIS HUR (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 13:13, A. OVECHKIN HUR (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 13:38, S. HILL HUR (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 17:23, R. NASH HUR (BOARDING, Minor) 19:51

Period 3
4. THRASHERS, RADIVOJEVIC 2 (LANGENBRUNNER, HEDICAN), 06:27
5. THRASHERS, STLOUIS 5 (NIEDERMAYER, SHANAHAN), 09:25
6. THRASHERS, SHANAHAN 4 (RAFALSKI, CONROY), 09:37
7. THRASHERS, GUERIN 2 (RAFALSKI, FRIESEN), 10:34

PENALTIES: S. YELLE HUR (BOARDING, Double Minor) 15:15

Goalie Statistics Garth Snow (THR), 22 saves out of 24 shots, W, 4-0-0
David Aebischer (HUR), 22 saves out of 27 shots, L, 4-4-0
Byron Dafoe (HUR), 10 saves out of 10 shots

Power Play Conversions
THRASHERS 0 for 6
HURRICANES 0 for 1

Game Stars
1 - Alexander Ovechkin (HUR)
2 - Brendan Shanahan (THR)
3 - Branko Radivojevic (THR)

04-12-2006, 07:16 PM	#4
Cheese Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2002 Exp:	Thrashers move to Semis! THRASHERS 5 at HURRICANES 2 The Atlanta Thrashers disposed of a pesky and dangerous Carolina Hurricane team tonite 4 games to zero. With perennial all-star goaltender Patrick Lalime out for the playoffs the Georgia team was extremely worried coming up against this young and explosive team. Garth Snow played a solid if unspectacular series holding the Georgia team in every game until the scorers did what they had to. Garth Snow bears down on an attempt from the wing. The key to the series as far as GM and Coach Peterson could determine was to stop Alexander Ovechkin, Rick Nash and Doug Weight. Wednesdays game saw Ovechkin break out with two goals, but overall all 3 were held off the scoresheet. The Thrashers continued their scoring by comittee with 5 different players notching a goal. The Canes had taken a 2-1 lead into the 3rd period before the afforementioned power and depth of the Atalanta team came through. 22 shots were taken on the Canes goaltenders in the 3rd period and 4 goals were scored within 4 minutes to eliminate the Canes by a 5-2 count. Martin St Louis was the Thrashers MVP for this quarter final series as the team now awaits the completion of the Rangers/Panthers series now tied at two games each. Period 1 1. HURRICANES, OVECHKIN 4 (NASH, BRISEBOIS), 08:08 2. THRASHERS, BONDRA 3 (RADIVOJEVIC, LANGENBRUNNER), 14:05 PENALTIES: V. KOZLOV THR (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 14:45, S. HILL HUR (ROUGHING, Minor) 14:45, J. BLAKEE HUR (ELBOWING, Minor) 17:59 Period 2 3. HURRICANES, OVECHKIN 5 (LANGKOW, BROWN), 05:13 PENALTIES: R. NASH HUR (BOARDING, Minor) 09:26, B. HEDICAN THR (ELBOWING, Minor) 13:13, P. BRISEBOIS HUR (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 13:13, A. OVECHKIN HUR (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 13:38, S. HILL HUR (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 17:23, R. NASH HUR (BOARDING, Minor) 19:51 Period 3 4. THRASHERS, RADIVOJEVIC 2 (LANGENBRUNNER, HEDICAN), 06:27 5. THRASHERS, STLOUIS 5 (NIEDERMAYER, SHANAHAN), 09:25 6. THRASHERS, SHANAHAN 4 (RAFALSKI, CONROY), 09:37 7. THRASHERS, GUERIN 2 (RAFALSKI, FRIESEN), 10:34 PENALTIES: S. YELLE HUR (BOARDING, Double Minor) 15:15 Goalie Statistics Garth Snow (THR), 22 saves out of 24 shots, W, 4-0-0 David Aebischer (HUR), 22 saves out of 27 shots, L, 4-4-0 Byron Dafoe (HUR), 10 saves out of 10 shots Power Play Conversions THRASHERS 0 for 6 HURRICANES 0 for 1 Game Stars 1 - Alexander Ovechkin (HUR) 2 - Brendan Shanahan (THR) 3 - Branko Radivojevic (THR) Last edited by Cheese; 04-12-2006 at 07:22 PM.