Gamethread for Traverse City Prospects Tournament: Hurricanes vs NY Rangers

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All I want to know is whether or not Victor Rask is going to stay here in North America or go back to Sweden.

Do you think we’ll be able to divine the answer to that question based on today’s game?

Levi called for hooking early in the first. (18:18 left in 1st). PP goal , Rangers up 1-0.

Rod Brind’Amour at top of 1st int. Ron Francis early in 2nd per.

Keegan Lowe walkoff end of 2nd per. Henry Staal start of 3rd per. #CanesTC

I can only watch in fits and starts as I do other work work, but pretty cool to catch Justin Faulk wearing the ‘C’.

Good possession for Canes when they had top 5 on ice, then swapped out Murphy for Faulk, Looked very good. Bunch of chances. Held the zone for a long time.

GOAL – Scott Pitt, though J Staal was a big part of it using his body to clog up the others. I think Hofmann may get the assist.

Brody Sutter called for something – he didn’t like it at all. Nothing bad, just shaking his head. Hooking if I had to guess.

Much more effective PKill. Using Staal , Lowe, 1st unit. Now Shugg, Hofman (!), Murphy on 2nd. Successful kill. 2nd break tied at 1, exactly 10 min left in 1st period.

Canes lead SOG 6-4, despite having 2 PK’s and no PPs. 9 min left in 1st.

Levi and Murphy not particularly strong on D, soft goal allowed. 2-1 Rangers. 8:40 left

RIssanen using his body well to cause turnover along the back boards. He pins the puckholder on the boards with superior strength.

Henry Staal may be on the show later

My first look at Faulk and Murphy on the PP. They put Faulk on the left. Those two definitely steal the show, tho Rask also was part of the action.

Rask is head an shoulder about the rest of the forwards in the Ozone. Really skates, moves well, puck-handling, some super passes.

3rd TV timeout. Rangers lead 2-1. Canes lead shots 10-6. 4:34 remaining in 1st.

Good things happen when you put the puck on the net.

Canes go on PP again. Goal real quick by Benson. Murphy and Faulk on the points. It was all from Murphy’s well placed shot from the Rt point.

2-2, Canes way up on SOG. 14-6. Scoresheet says Faulk, it was Murphy’s 1st asst.

Seeing eye puck got past the goalie w/1/2 sec left to make 3-2 at first intermission.

Rod Brind`Amour the 1st intermission talking about his role this year.

From Mike Morreale: By the way – NYR goalie Jason Missiaen stands 6-foot-8 w/o skates. Time for the Canes to shoot low.

Shot count 15-7, Canes up, after 20 minutes. Considering they didn’t reach 20 shots total in either of the first 2 games, something’s different today.

Rangers coach at intermission: explaining they need to cover the points better and 38 and 28 getting too many opportunities. (That would be Murphy and Faulk.) They need to use there bodies not their sticks because those 2 are too good a shooters.

Complimenting the backchecking of the Canes and how the Rangers need to address it.

Dylan McIlrath is the C for the Rangers. He’s the big bruising Dman from the WHL the Rangers chose in the x1st round in 10. Interesting to watch Brody Sutter challenge him with authority. Same age. Justin Krueger also having none of it. Keegan Lowe is smaller but similarly not shying away from his eagerness for physical play.

Rangers have had a hard time gaining the zone. We’re forcing a lot of turnovers in the neutral zone.

Ron Francis coming on at about the 11 min left in 2nd period.

Erixson is a Dman for the Rangers they’re excited about. (Interesting story w/him I won’t repeat). But he was a teammate with Skelleftea last season with Canes F Mattias Lindstrom. Trying to watch that matchup. Erixson has been giving the other teams fits this weekend.

Shot count showing at 6-6 in the 2nd with 12 mins played.

Still 3-2, Rangers up, 7:30 left in 2nd, SOG 7-6 CAR in this per. (TV time out)

Family photos of the Staal boys as a foursome. Trippy.

Canes going on PP after interference by NYR JT Miller. 4:30 left in 2nd.

Rask, Shugg Carroll, Faluk and Murphy on points. Rask ain’t bad at all.

Now Hofmann, Staal, Pitt w/Faulk, Murphy still out.

Goal – Beau Schmitz off the point, but JStaal was parked in front, lots of bounces,. PPG 3-3 with 2 min remaining.

Staal deserves an assist.

Canes forecheck is fabulous today. Just caused an icing w/ 1:20 left.

Murphy is like watching those guys returning kickoffs 108 yards for touchdowns over the weekend.

using Brody Sutter, Faulk and Rissanen to kill off the 5-on-3.

Now Lowe, Levi w/Shugg and Lindstrom on a long kill. Lots of shot blocking. Very intense from the unit.

SHots 11-0 Rangers in this period w/Canes Shorthanded about 3 minutes out of 8.

Gotta duck out now – I’ll catch the rest on the DVR.

Five minutes left in the 3rd, still tied 3-3.

Keegan Lowe to the box with 3:05 to go.

Shots 36-30 for the Rangers.

Ryan Murphy trying to make things happen in the last minute, but no luck. Headed to OT.

McIrlath to the box. Canes on the power play. Time out Canes.

Murphy, Faulk, Rask, Carroll on the PP unit.

Murphy looking great in OT firing shots, unfortunately Rangers goalie continues to answer.

Rangers goalie Missiaen was the star of the first OT. Still tied.

Now to 4 minutes of 3-on-3 for a second OT period.

Murphy, Faulk, Rask on the ice to start the 3-on-3 OT. No surprise.

Justin Shugg, the Shuggernaut! Breakaway score to win it for the Canes 4-3 in the second OT!

Just started watching. Murphy and Faulk already making a statement with their speed and quickness. Rask, too, looking quick and composed.

From the recap by Mike Morreale at NHL.com:

Carolina goalie Mavric Parks stopped 38 of 41 shots, including 23 in the third period. Rangers goalie Jason Misssiaen turned aside 35 shots in the loss.

23 shots in the 3rd ? Wow.

Overall I noticed Murphy, Faulk, Rask, and Jared Staal the most often over the course of the game. Jared Staal did seem in better condition and he set some monster screens. Brody Sutter made some good plays positionally; and with more work from the Checkers/Canes coaches, he could be a sleeper. I did notice Lindstrom a time or two as well. Shugg’s game winning play was truly outstanding. Rissanen struck me as a large guy who skates very well. Also, I can see why the Canes like Lowe as a player. He has an edge to his play.

  Levi seems to be one of those defensemen that is so well positioned, he often isn’t noticeable. Murphy and Faulk are both very elusive skaters. It’s only a matter of time for both of them before they are making some incredible plays for the Canes. Rask is a big, strong center with great hands. His skating was also impressive; and was improved over the Lake Placid Tournament.

  Even though I knew the outcome, the game was exciting. The television announcers were very gracious and had great things to say about Murphy and Faulk in particular. Rask got some attention as well and their comment was that a year in North America in either the OHL or the AHL would be great for his game (no, I didn’t tweet them or email them and ask them to say that on the air).

Canes face the Minnesota Wild team to see who can claim 7th place. Starts at 3pm, no TV of course.

The winners of the tourney the last 2 years are Minnesota and Carolina. Hard to build a dynasty at a rookie tourney it seems.

Gotta admit it was nice seeing the red and black on the ice again, got me excited about the upcoming season. Not sure anybody jumped out at me overall, but the youngsters seemed in sync and hustling. When they got possession it was straight up the ice, no jerking around in our own end, putting the pressure on the Rangers to setup their D on the fly. I liked that a lot, rather than waiting to setup an attack and letting the other team’s defense settle in. Didn’t see anybody who made me think, “Oh my God, we need that guy in Raleigh this season” but then again this is the only game of the tourney I watched. Wishing all the ’Canes prospects much success, wherever they end up.

barring injuries, (and who makes the team after camp) i think miurphy will definitely get his chance this year, and i would be suprised to see j staal get a start or two.
jared seems to be going after the role that jordan plays so well
the big shut down forward to go against the other teams top line.
hope that works out for him.

i think murphy is kaberle future replacement.

The Canes will have Matt Mahalak in goal vs the RedWings. He’s a Toledo native, playing in Plymouth (suburban Detroit) so I bet this game has some extra meaning to him.

And I wouldn’t be surprised if Mavrik Parks (the other goalie – from Saginaw) makes the list for the Training Camp invitees. Other than BC’s John Muse, I think they still need a goalie in Florida (ECHL).

Also on twitter from Chip Alexander’s conversation w/Rutherford this morning – a lot of stuff, but main point of interest to me was that they expect to sign a depth defenseman for Charlotte today in case Justin Faulk makes the cut for the Hurricanes. Suggests that Sanguinetti is still apparently below Faulk in the queue.

That would be 8 defenseman. Would they then look to trade somebody? (thinking Joslin is first in line if it comes to that). Faulk is a Right shot and at the moment, McBain is the only one of the top 7 who isn’t a left shooter.

Looks like Troy Bodie’s taking a tryout in Winnipeg