First off, I wanted to congratulate you all on a very good Round one versus Lehigh for the sweep and that everyone played very well. With that being said, we are now in the 2nd round to face off against Bridgeport. They just beat Springfield in 6 game in the last series. Lan Moran is without a doubt the best player on this team and what makes this team scary, everyone else is above average or bad. Clancy is a goalie now winger playing with Lan who is reaping the rewards of Lan doing all the work and gifting him with this good season of his. Craig is also a dman now center for that line, he is defensive and almost plays like @Unladen I would say would be the best comparison I can give, just not as good. Corn Cob, aka Fathead is very easy to play against, he uses his speed and straight lines and always looks to shoot first. Corn Cob plays RW as does Lan so @Tiddus , @Golgi Groove , @XPvolpis I need you guys need to step your game up this series against these two. Justin x is also a good center for them but it easy to maintain and keep in check. Mr Sawse, myself and @Cronksy know him very well, he's a solid guy who is also easy to hit down but do NOT telegraph it and pick your open ice hits on him caregully. Im sure Cronk can give more insight on Sawse since they were linemates in our S18 playoff run. Only person on their d core I know is Sinbin and he doesn't really jump out at me as being anything more then average. Chosen is a good goalie and Ein is average but when you score on him they come in bunches. @Tiddus and myself pretty much know everything about Ein, especially Tiddus since he taught him the ins and outs of doing management back when we did Woostah and Ein GM'ed Plymouth back in VHL. Now that is out of the way here we go: The Tale of the Tape: Regular Season PP: Norfolk(37.8% 4th) / Bridgeport(33.8%. 11th) PK: Norfolk(74.3% 4th) / Bridgeport(69.9% 11th) FO: Norfolk(48.8% 19th) / Bridgeport(51.6% 10th) Season Series: 2-0 Norfolk over Bridgeport Bridgeport: Goals: 1. Lan - 44 2. Craig - 37 3. Corn Cob - 35 Apples: 1. Clancy - 54 2. Lan - 47 3. Justin - 47 Most Shots: 1. Sawse - 116 2. Craig - 111 3. Clancy - 103 Top Hitters: 1. Craig - 161 2. Corn Cob - 120 3. Clancy - 110 PP Goals: 1. Craig - 16 2. Clancy -14 3. HowieDoo - 13 Most SHG: 1. Lan - 11 2. Clancy - 5 3. Faces - 4 Most PIMs: 1. Craig - 74 2. Clancy - 48 3. Faces - 48 Projected Lines for Bridgeport: Clancy - Craig - Lan Faces - Sawse - Corn Cob Follismo - Justin - HowieDoo That's about all I have so far guys, If you have anymore insight on Bridgeport and their players and how they play, please post in this thread. Let's keep kickin ass and get one step closer to the Calder Cup guys. #StripClubGTA #Calder #yoursooooeffffeeddddd #GetNorfawked #ooooohkillemmmmm #Merci
Players used: Norfolk: Forwards: Gretz Unladen Ele Cronk BK Parrsy Defense: Tiddus Perfect XP Monkey Goalies: Jeff Mike Bridgeport: Forwards: Follismo Justin Howiedoo Clancy Sawse Corn Cob Defense: Honcho sinbin rodriguez Kastor Goalies: Chosen(2) Whalefan(ECU for Chosen)
[video]http://www.twitch.tv/clancy47/b/656225675?t=38m57s[/video] Here is the link of the Springfield/Bridgeport Series, I cant figure out how to put the video in here since its on Twitch but there is the link to it and the point in the video where the game is about to start.
Alright so...hopefully this post will make sense to you all. I played around with some numbers with how many each game the forwards played, what day they played, and what time did they play...all with the lines they are rolling with: Well here goes (blame @Bknottz92 ): Forward Line #1: Clancy - Craig - Lan Moran 22 games played together 8 on Sunday(36%) 4 on Monday(18%) 7 on Tuesday(32%) 5 on Wednesday(23%) 0 on Thursday 10 games played at 9:30(45%) 12 games played at 10:30(55%) 9 games played at 9:30 between Sun-Tuesday(41%) 9 games played at 10:30 between Sun-Tuesday(41%) 1 game played at 9:30 between Wed-Thursday(5%) 3 games played at 10:30 between Wed-Thursday(14%) Forward Line #2: Faces - Sawse - CornCob 3 games played together 2 games played on Wednesday(67%) 1 game played on Tuesday(33%) 1 game played at 9:30(33%) 2 games played at 10:30(67%) Forward Line #3 Follismo - Justin - Howie 9 games played together 3 games played on Sunday(33%) 4 games played on Monday(44%) 1 game played on Tuesday(11%) 3 games played on Wednesday(33%) 1 game played on Thursday(11%) 7 games were played at 9:30(78%) 2 games were played at 10:30(22%) Playoff Schedule: Sunday @9:30 = Game 1 Monday @9:30 = Game 2 Tuesday @9:30 = Game 3 Tuesday @10:30 = Game 4 Wednesday @9:30 = Game 5 Wednesday @10:30 = Game 6 Thursday @9:30 = Game 7 Bridgeport's Lines for Round 1: (the number is the game #) Justin's Line Lan Moran Line Sawse Line Sawse Line Justin Line Lan Moran Line Lan Moran Line(if it went to seven) *hopefully someone appreciates this...* p.s. we can discuss what order lines will come out tonight for Bridgeport like nerds if ya wish too.
Ohh good ol Brigdeport. Well considering that was my team last season I got a pretty good idea on the rest of the crew Chosen- Don't let his stats fool you. Last season our team made him look lights out. He is honstly a below average goalie who completely buckles and losses confidence when pressured. If anyone watched game 6 he almost let in 2 wristshot goals along the ice. It's like Lan said in his post- They had 0 scoring chances.. Chosen can beat from high slot shots and short side as much as any goalie i;ve ever played for. He will anticipate the cross crease so much. Trust me throw the work at this guy- look at his stats on any game he faces more than like 7 shots. I've seen this guy let in at LEAST 8 league goals that were wristshots on the ice far post.. his angles are pretty fuckin terrible. Ein is EASILY the better goalie. Howie- Howie really isn't that good. He's an average AHL player with a shoot first mentality. His defense is subpar and he doesnt cycle nearly as much as he should. Probably will force a bunch of passes and forget to cycle if you pressure him Hed Honcho- Honcho is a forward converted to D. He's a skate-back stick checking d-man. Tripping penalties for days if you get fancy with the thumbs. He has a rocket from the point and can score with the best of them. Lead the AHL in goals last season from the point. He will look to score and he has the vision to hit those d-man to winger cross creases if you're sleeping and leave your man open. Lan- Can't say I know TOO much about lan but watching him play on streams I have a good idea. I also got the chance to play with Fr33k in the NHL and they are linemates with a similar style. If you notice Lan will RARELY goto the corner off the rush. As soon as he gets over the blueline he;s doin the backhand to forehand stick pull and waiting for a dman or backchecking forward to trip him. Brideports plan looked similar to CT66's. Feed the puck to lan and let him bring it in the zone. I'd say he entered the zone with the puck a good 80% of the time last night.
good shit boys. Seems like Lan will be vulnerable to hits if he pulls that backhand/forehand curl move.
Couple of quick notes as I have played with alot of the guys on that team. Clancy tries to be finsee withe puck but really only has 1 maybe 1 1/22 dekes. Like perfect said he gets everything Lan sets up. Lan is good with the thumbs and very good at the stop and hold the puck. He's also very hard to knock down or take the puck away from. Keep him to the outside and don't let him use speed and you'll be fine. Just watch the stick poke cause he will draw penalties. The best thing to do is slow him down and wait for help from a back checking forward. Corn cob is way overrated and has a straight line mentality. He's a shooter more than Passer so again just keep to the outside. Ein will rattle easy and give up goals in bunches. He generally moves well but will also tend to over anticipate a cross ice or cross crease. The team is pUT together well but is top heavy. They don't have anywhere near our depth of talent and if we can play puck possession against them we should win the series no problem. I will have more to add later.
Playoff Stats: Bridgeport: PP: 26.7% (10th) PK: 78.6% (6th) Top Pims: 1. Follismo - 4 2. Justin - 4 3. Kastor - 4 Top Hitters: 1. Lan - 9 2. Corn Cob - 8 3. Craig - 8 Faceoff: 1. Justin - 53.3% 2. Sawse - 49.2% 3. Craig - 42.9%
3 goals last night on chosen along the ice opposite post.. im tellin ya his angles will be the death of him. I should have ended that game in OT on that wrap..dude cant cover his posts.. dont be afraid to wrap one or two to keep him honest
Post #2 is updated Bridgeport players who HAVE to play tonight: Faces - Craig - Lan Moran Redeye - Kroeger Ein
