2012 PLAYOFF 1ST ROUND GAMES
MARCH 9TH
BLUES 4 BLACKHAWKS O
THE BLUES CAME OUT HARD AND JUMPED
OFF TO A 2 GOAL LEAD AFTER ONLY A COUPLE OF MINUTES IN THE FIRST PERIOD ON GOALS BY ALEXANDER TROWBRIDGE AND DYLAN WAGNER.
THEN WITH ONLY 16 SECONDS LEFT IN THE PERIOD KYLE ROSE BLASTED IN A THIRD GOAL FOR THEM FROM THE DEFENSE. IN MIDDLE OF THE
SECOND PERIOD EMILY ISZLER DROVE HOME THE FOURTH BLUES GOAL. DEKOTA WAGNER IN GOAL FOR THE BLUES WAS FLAWLESS IN STOPPING
THE FEW CHANCES THE BIG HAWK SHOOTERS WERE ABLE TO GET AGAINST A TOUGH BLUES DEFENSE.
MAPLE LEAFS 5 RANGERS 1
THE MAPLE LEAF DEFENSE MADE THE RANGERS
PLAY IN THEIR OWN END FOR MOST OF THIS GAME WITH RANGER GOALIE CARSON HASSELBACK BEING FORCED TO MAKE SAVE AFTER SAVE. CARTER
TOMKO SCORED THE ONLY GOAL OF THE FIRST PERIOD. DALTON HOSEY AND TRISTA MEDINA EACH HAD A GOAL IN THE SECOND PERIOD FOR THE
LEAFS. THE RANGERS STARTED OFF THE THIRD PERIOD WITH A BROCK HORTON TALLY, BUT THEN BOTH HOSEY AND TOMKO HAD A SECOND GOAL
TO PUT THE GAME OUT OF REACH.
MARCH 10TH
NORTHSTARS 3 PENGUINS 0
THE PENGUINS MADE THIS A CLOSE GAME,
BUT THEY COULDN'T GET ANYTHING PAST STARS GOALIE COLLIN THAMES AGAIN. THE STARS YOUNG DEFENSE GAVE THEIR FORWARDS LOTS OF
TIME IN THE PENS END OF THE FLOOR AND MICHAEL ROYAL HAD TWO GOALS AND ESTON SHELDON ONE.
CANADIENS 3 FLYERS 2 OT
AFTER A SCORELESS FIRST PERIOD THE
FLYERS KATIE CHUHAK PUT THEM IN THE LEAD IN THE SECOND WITH A FRONT OF THE GOAL SHOT. THE CANADIENS TIED IT UP ON A PAYTON
BOLTON GOAL JUST 15 SECONDS LATER, AND THEY THEN WENT INTO THE LEAD WITH A SHORTHANDED GOAL BY NICK MARTIN. WITH ONLY
20 SECONDS GONE IN THE THIRD PERIOD GAVIN BOOHER GRABBED A CLEARING PASS FROM THE DEFENSE AND PUT IT INTO THE CANADIEN NET
TO TIE THINGS UP. THOUGH BOTH TEAMS HAD CHANCES, IT REMAINED TIED AND SENT THE GAME INTO OVERTIME. THE FLYERS FOUGHT OFF A
PENALTY EARLY IN THE OVERTIME AND WERE LATER FORTUNATE WHEN A SHOT THAT ELUDED THE GOALIE, HIT THE POST, AND WAS
RULED NOT TO HAVE COMPLETELY CROSSED THE GOAL LINE. HOWEVER, THEIR LUCK RAN OUT WHEN IN A GOAL MOUTH SCRAMBLE, WITH ONLY 2:02
LEFT IN THE OVERTIME PERIOD GAGE
SISSONS PUSHED IT INTO THE NET AND GAVE THE CANADIENS THE VICTORY.