Mark Louis…. stand out man of the match for me.
Don’t agree with Mr Kings assessment of 40 minutes. I see a team struggling with territory and puck possession. Plenty of talk on here about needing a front line centre man but I don’t think we create enough chances for any centre man to flourish. The lack of recycling the puck bothers me. We didn’t do it in the CHL which I kind of understood because they were a cut above but I don’t see it in the EIHL. We don’t have that kind of size of a Myers or a Haddad to help retain the puck, tire the opposition, draw penalties and create chances. We enter their zone try a shot or a play and the giants come straight back at us. May be it’s the style we want to play but it looks bloody hard work and knackering - the forwards are skating zone to zone, relentlessly. When they do enter the offensive zone they look shattered.
In spite of all of the above I take nothing away from this team tonight - Carruth, Mikkelson and Dixon had blinders.
I’ve not seen a Devils team in a long time look so good on the powerplay.
Waller… seem to mention him every time…. Superb!