Aces win goaltending duel, take 2-1 Kelly Cup lead over Cyclones
By Doyle Woody, Anchorage Daily News | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
With nothing less at stake than a pivotal series edge in Game 3 of the
Finally, with just more than four minutes to play,
Furnished insurance by
Yet Coleman, who snubbed 30 shots for his first shutout this postseason, and Madore, who made 32 saves, remained the game's two most compelling figures, even though they are opposites.
Coleman, 29, is a nine-year veteran of the pro game who came out of the Canadian major-junior ranks, stands 6-foot-5 and is at his best when his movements appear as calm as still waters. Madore, 26, is a second-year pro from the U.S. college ranks, a frenetic battler and appears to be his listed 5-11 only in his dreams.
After the teams skated through a tepid first period -- "The feeling-out process, the nervousness,'' Coleman said -- both goalies were marvels the rest of the way.
"Both guys,'' said
The second period provided no shortage of eye-opening saves by both men.
Madore squeezed his pads together to snub
At the other end of the Olympic-sized ice, Coleman flashed his left pad to stop
"I was disappointed in the last game, losing 2-1,'' Coleman said of
Finally, an opportunity was seized when Morrison, streaking down the middle of the ice, accepted a pass from Connolly, who was down on one knee behind the goal line. Madore stopped Morrison's shot. But the rebound came directly back to the veteran pivot and, with
"It came back to me, and I just gripped my stick tighter and said, 'Bleep, this one's going in,' " Morrison said.
Moments before that goal,
Richard, back-checking, appeared to get enough of Hazen with either his stick or hand to slow the forward's progress, and the puck was turned over.
"Absolutely,'' said Simon. "The refereeing in this series is so inconsistent, and they're not accountable. This is the Kelly Cup Finals. It's disappointing, and it goes both ways -- I'm sure
Mosienko, who had endured a 31-game goal drought that dated well back into the regular season, emerged from his funk by blistering a slap shot from the left wing past Madore's glove side for a 2-0 lead. His goal furnished the
"I'm here for the team, right?'' he said. "So to have the insurance goal was huge. Obviously, to get the monkey off my back will help me and the team going forward.''
All three games in the series have been surpassingly dramatic. The
And Game 3 -- well, the tension ramped up throughout as the Coleman and Madore stifled shooters time and again. And it wasn't as if they were simply in the right spot to have the puck hit them. They ranged all over the crease to keep the game scoreless until Morrison, who joined the
"It was just a great hockey game, great goaltending, 0-0, playoff hockey in June, down to the wire,'' Morrison said.
Find
First Period -- None. Penalties -- Mazzolini,
Second Period -- None. Penalties -- None.
Third Period -- 1,
Shots on goal --
Power-play Opportunities --
Goalies --
A-- 5,773 (6,399). T -- 2:27.
Referee --
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