2009-10 Calgary Hitmen/WHL thread

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Finally, a Hitmen power play.

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Hitmen on a 5 on 3 for a 1:30.

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Ian Schultz with a power play goal! 6-3 Hitmen!

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Schultz with his 2nd of the period! 7-3 Hitmen!

[Resolute 14]

lol. An ignored penalty finally helped us. Beach gets checked to the head from behind, but Calgary scores anyway after it was ignored.

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There will be a game 7 Monday night at the Saddledome! Lets GO HITMEN!

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Whooooooo!!!!

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Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Just listening. But frankly, if Nyren is scoring unassisted, I'm inclined to accept it was a weak goal.

And apparently Moose Jaw gets to run Jones over without a call. Naturally, the stripes suddenly saw a Calgary infraction right after. Long five on three for Moose Jaw.

...And they score. Figures.

If you are listening how do you know they are bad calls?

[speede5]

The reffing was pretty fair. Both goalie int. were valid and the hitmen got away with a third. I was getting bugged by my kid during the one which the warriors might have gotten away with.

Stop blaming the refs, the game went to the better team tonight. Actually, you can pin two or three weak goals on Bosch. He was less than stellar. The 5th goal was the killer, Moose Jaw was back in it til that weak little backhand went through the 5 hole.

[Resolute 14]

Other than game one, every game has ultimately gone to the better team, but that doesn't change the fact that the officiating has been garbage this series.

[johnnyluv]

Medicine Hat won tonight, taking the series from Kootenay in 6 games. If the Hitmen do manage to win game 7 against the Warriors, this would be the preferable 2nd round matchup - Kootenay gave them fits several times this year.

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Just a heads up, if you are not able or deciding not to go to game 7 tomorrow night, Shaw has decided to show the game starting at 7.

[speede5]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Other than game one, every game has ultimately gone to the better team, but that doesn't change the fact that the officiating has been garbage this series.

Game 4 was funny, the first period the ref let both sides get away with stuff, then decided to clamp down in the 2nd but the pp opportunities were pretty even, and Cal couldn't capitalize.
Game 6 was fine. A couple missed calls either way but what was called was fair and hurt MJ more than Cal.

I'm not arguing that the reffing is good, just that you keep whining that it's the reason Cal is losing games and that is not the case.

See you later Jesse834........

[Resolute 14]

What part of "other than game one..." are you struggling to understand?

And no, calling one team for goalie interference, and rewarding the other for doing the same is hardly fair. Nor is ignoring checking from behind, twice.

[transplant99]

I havent watched a minute of Hitmen hockey this season so obviously none in the playoffs either.

But I am curious as to why the WHL would want Moose Jaw to win over Calgary. Would there not be a TON more money put into the WHL coffers if the Saddledome was hosting games into late April rather than the ol Moose Jaw arena that sits less than 4000?

[Resolute 14]

I think the officiating has more to do with gross incompetence than any kind of conspiracy theory, but to go with your theory...

The Flames make money hand over fist off the Hitmen. For teams like the Warriors, the difference between breaking even and losing money is playoff games and the stipend the NHL pays a junior team when a player is drafted from their roster. The Warriors need the money a second playoff round would bring a heck of a lot more than the Hitmen do. I have been told that this is why the Flames didn't bid on the Memorial Cup. Brandon needs the revenue more than we do.

Anyway, as I've said several times, game 1 was the only game changed by the refs, and after they handed Moose Jaw four goals, they tried to flip their bias so as to appear neutral. The other five games have been won by the team that deserved it, but given the Hitmen have generally outplayed the Warriors, the piss-poor handling of this series by the officials benefits Moose Jaw far more than it does Calgary.

[Resolute 14]

Moose Jaw playing some mighty dirty hockey so far. Three blatant checks from behind, and that minor should have been a major. Brutal hit.

Warriors just can't keep up to Calgary so far. If not for Bosch, we probably have five instead of three.

[You Need a Thneed]

5-1 Calgary after 2 periods in game 7.

[kirant]

Hitmen win 6-2.

[Jesse834]

So we play Medicine Hat and Saskatoon gets Brandon. Saskatoon gets to host the first two games against Brandon, The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair is on from the March 29th- April 3th. It becomes a 2-3-1-1 series.