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We were going to do the weekend but my daughter couldn't leave today and it's a bit far for only one game. It's definitely on top of the bucket list though!
Take the opinion of an opposing fan for what it's worth, but I watched the game online and my heart was really never in my throat. Iles made several "good" saves, but none at all that I remember being spectacular. He also did a pretty good job tonight of steering the rebounds to the corners, so very few of Q's 32 shots were 2nd chances. I don't remember a single odd-man rush for Q the entire game, not even a 3x2.
I'll concede that they're not taking a lot of "quality" shots, but those "ugly" ones seem to go in for everyone else.
Iles was great at getting the rebounds into the corners. Cornell seemed content to let us shoot at will from the perimeter all game as those shots were either getting blocked or were bad angle. There were a couple of fat rebounds out front that we either fanned on or couldn't get to the puck.
There was one... in the second with it still 1-0 Langlois and Peca came in 2x1. Peca was coming down the right side and took the pass from Langer but his shot went wide far side. It was probably their best scoring chance of the game and it wasn't even close. A goal there probably changes the momentum and who knows what else.
I can't fault Clarke for any of the 3 goals he gave up. The first one had D'Agostino skating in from the point to the circle unmolested while one of our own guys was screening Clarke. I'm pretty sure he never even saw that one. The other 2 were deflections in front in heavy traffic where it appeared the D wasn't able to get position.
I can't help myself... but name drop, ding.