Pre-season Day 8 Results

[JiriHrdina]

http://cphl.calgarypuck.com/pages/Preseason_Day8.html

[OILFAN #81]

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THRASHERS BEAT FLYERS 5-2 TO IMPROVE TO 2-1-1

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday Night 5-2, to improve their record to 2-1-1 in the preseason. Mattias Norstrom had a goal and an assist, while Scott Walker scored 2 goals for the Thrashers. Andrew Cassels and Radek Martinek also scored for the Thrashers while the Flyers got 2nd period goals from Janne Niinimaa and Niklas Sundstrom.

The story of the game seemed to be the first unit for the Thrashers. The 1st line as well as the top defensive pairing (Walker, Forsberg, Sullivan, Norstrom and White) had a combined 3 goals, 3 assists and a plus 15 rating.

"Our first unit tonight was absolutely dominant. Norstrom and White were solid out their and played and unbelievable game for us. Up front it was the first line tonight that stepped up. Scott scored 2 big goals for us and what can you say about Peter, he's impressed every game he's played for us. It was great to see us take over the game in the 3rd period after they came back a little in the 2nd. Scott's 2nd goal was pretty much the game and we were dominant in the 3rd. I'm pleased with the effort tonight overall. Our powerplay needs to get a little better though for us to win games in the regular season but i'm thrilled with the work ethic of our team tonight." - GM Neil Sutaria

The Thrashers conclude their preseason vs the Colorado Avalanche on September 29th.

Shots on Goal:
Thrashers 30
Flyers 24

Power Plays:
Thrashers 0 for 4
Flyers 0 for 3

3 Stars:

1- Mattias Norstrom (Thrashers)
2- Scott Walker (Thrashers)
3- Peter Forsberg (Thrashers)

[looooob]

well the Sabres even the home and home with the Leafs. badly outshot though, not sure we deserved it

as expected moving Trevor "the man" Letowski to the first line sparked the first line...and killed the 3rd line. oh well

[Young Guns]

Holly Marco Sturm Batman! Someone give that man some water, he's on fire! Wings now 3-1-0-0 in pre season.

[sasketoon66]

Blues pepper the Coyotes with shots as Niitymaki faced 41 shots and put aside 38 of them. The Blues were able to get 3 past him, and 2 of them on their very potent Power Play. Kobasew and Ouellet netted them in the 2nd period to give the Blues the lead and the win.

St.Louis is now 2-2-0 in the preseason, look for some of the youngsters to get more playing time in the final days.

[Antithesis]

The Devils continue their strong play with a 3-1 victory over the rival Rangers. Pre-season is going much better than expected!

Look for the Devils to change some matchups on their lines over the next while to see how players gel with others on the team they haven't played with.