October 8 – New York Islanders vs Ottawa Senators
Got to love this whole secondary scoring thing. If it wasn’t for the likes of Matt Carkner, Peter Regin, and ‘scoring machine’ Mike Fisher, we might actually have to rely on- god forbid- our first line guys.
So with that out of the way, here is the classy, non-classy and could-have-been-classier from last night’s tilt between the Ottawa Senators and John Tavares’ New York Islanders.
The Classy
This was really a toss up between the game on the ice or the Sens fans in attendance.
On the one hand, the standing ovation for Matt Carkner was outstanding to see. On the other hand, Anton Volchenkov laying out a second rokie in as many games was fantastic too.
But even with those, I am going to give this to Pascal Leclaires second period save on Tavares and the subsequent standing ovation from the Ottawa crowd.
It should also be known that Honourable Mention goes to the Senators organization and their support of the Canadian Forces.
The Non-Classy
This one was originally going to go to Erik Karlsson’s first shift, when he almost coughed up the puck three times.
But after careful consideration, this one is going to the refereeing. That first goal, which shouldn’t have counted, didn’t even get a review. And that second goal, which was clearly in, shouldn’t have gone upstairs.
Could-Have-Been-Classier
I think Stuntman Stu could have held on just a bit longer to let an Alfie chant get going when he was originally introduced. The crowd clearly wanted to get it going, but there wasn’t enough empty space to really get it started.
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I have to say though, this was a pretty classy game all around. Now lets just worry about getting some primary scoring.
Stay classy, Stayclassy.net readers.
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I agree we should’ve had more time for an Alfie chant but we ran behind and had to catch up to Sportsnet (who covered the game).
@Stu- figured it would have had something to do with the TV scheduling. I guess the second part of the could-have-been-classier might have been the fact that the fans didn’t step it up, despite the fact that things were moving on. The Ruuuuttuuuuuuuuuu was impressive though.
Thanks for reading. I’ll try to make sure you make the Classy files soon!