11/25/08 - St. Louis at Nashville: L 1-0 SO

We were robbed.

Observations:

The first period was slllloooooowwww....hardly any action. Maybe it was the early start time, but wow...BORING! Sleepy, sleepy first period.

Milwaukee Admirals call up Antti Pihlstrom looked really good on his shifts. Taking shots on goal and looking for the chance to score. He had a lot of almost goals tonight.

I'm not sure how I feel about the whole Team Tootoo thing. Do we REALLY need to inflate his ego anymore? I mean, I get it. It puts fans in seats and it's kind of a cool way to introduce the casual fan into the world of hockey but yeah...don't get me started.

I liked the storyline between the pipes tonight. It was a clash of our former starter and the man who stole his role. Chris Mason faced 47 shots tonight and what a performance. Dan Ellis was strong too but let's face it, he didn't have nearly as much work to do in this game as Mason did.

Props to Dan Hamhius and Greg Zanon for sticking it out on that crazy ridiculous long shift about halfway through the second. We were all just waiting around for one of them to take a dumb penalty and neither one of them did.

Speaking of loooonnnggg shifts, Ville Koistinen was out for AT LEAST 3:00 during the overtime period. Honestly, I'm surprised he didn't fall out once he finally hit the bench. Our guys were working their butts off tonight.

Right before overtime, I said if we go to a shootout, we lose the game. I really should start to make a living predicting outcomes of games because I'm almost always right. I said we'd lose because Elly didn't have to play as hard tonight....and I was right. Both St. Louis shooters used the same move on him and he couldn't stop it....that needs work.

I hate shootouts, I hate shootouts, I hate shootouts.

For me, this game still showed our inconsistency because we couldn't put the puck away. We had a lot of good chances and near misses and we definitely brought on the offense but it was very frustrating to continue watching us not score.

Okay, now it's time for a little holiday break. The boys will be back [on the road AGAIN...surprise, surprise] Friday night in the A-T-L to take on the Thrashers. I will be in Michigan for a little va-cay with the parentals so I might actually miss seeing and/or listening to this game. Here's hoping that we play well and come away with the two points this time. Puck drops at 6:30pm CST and will be televised locally on FS Tennessee.