I agree with many of the points that have already been made - the Giants played a great road game and thoroughly deserved the win last night. As others have said, they had a game plan and they executed it very well.
As for the Devils, I know some would disagree but I thought the first period was great and I thought it was a tough one to call as to how the game would pan out. However, for some reason the second and third period let us down and nothing seemed to work. I thought Batch was having a great game so I too would have liked to have seen all four lines rolled out - it’s worked well throughout the season so it’s frustrating when the game plan is altered and the bench gets shortened. The stand out for me was Fournier - played well defensively and never gave up trying to create an opportunity.
I hope that we can use last night to our advantage and learn from it. The boys must have really felt it in the changing rooms having to listen to the Giants (deservedly) celebrating their win. Lord is a hockey geek and I have no doubt that he will be re-watching the video of last night’s game over and over again to see what went wrong and how we can learn from it as we could very well meet the Giants again during the play offs. We still have a lot of hockey to play and whilst the CC would have been great it just wasn’t meant to be.
I note that the highlights are up (I’m not quite ready to watch them yet!) but haven’t seen the usual Lord interview. Does anyone know if he did one last night?
As for the Devils, I know some would disagree but I thought the first period was great and I thought it was a tough one to call as to how the game would pan out. However, for some reason the second and third period let us down and nothing seemed to work. I thought Batch was having a great game so I too would have liked to have seen all four lines rolled out - it’s worked well throughout the season so it’s frustrating when the game plan is altered and the bench gets shortened. The stand out for me was Fournier - played well defensively and never gave up trying to create an opportunity.
I hope that we can use last night to our advantage and learn from it. The boys must have really felt it in the changing rooms having to listen to the Giants (deservedly) celebrating their win. Lord is a hockey geek and I have no doubt that he will be re-watching the video of last night’s game over and over again to see what went wrong and how we can learn from it as we could very well meet the Giants again during the play offs. We still have a lot of hockey to play and whilst the CC would have been great it just wasn’t meant to be.
I note that the highlights are up (I’m not quite ready to watch them yet!) but haven’t seen the usual Lord interview. Does anyone know if he did one last night?