DAL vs DET - "B" League Final

[smozoma]

Game 1:

3-2 Detroit

http://www.blitz94.com/boxscore.asp?gameid=515

Fedorov stuffs a rebound around a sprawling Ranford with 54 seconds left for the win.

The refs called Tinordi (DAL) on a perfectly legal hit with half a minute left, ruining thoughts of tying it up.

Game 2:

7-4 Dallas

http://www.blitz94.com/boxscore.asp?gameid=516

Courtnall and Gagner score 5 points each in the only blowout of the series. Vanbiesbrk lets in 7 goals on 13 shots.

Series tied 1-1

Game 3:

4-3 Detroit

http://www.blitz94.com/boxscore.asp?gameid=517

Probert replaces Ciccarelli and scores a goal.

Game 4:

5-4 Dallas

http://www.blitz94.com/boxscore.asp?gameid=518

Yzerman scores 4, but Dallas's forward line combines for 5.

Ranford shuts the door in the 3rd making 6 saves, and Courtnall wins is on a PP goal.

Series tied 2-2

Game 5:

3-2 Dallas

http://www.blitz94.com/boxscore.asp?gameid=519

Dallas scores two garbage goals, and Tinordi makes a miraculous last-second puck poke-check to preserve the win. Dallas allowed only 1 shot in the last 2 periods.

Game 6:

4-3 OT Detroit

http://www.blitz94.com/boxscore.asp?gameid=520

The teams are locked at 3-3 from half-way through the 2nd period and take it to overtime (after Modano misses a bad-angle onetimer shot by a hair with 3 seconds left!)

Ciccarelli, benched in games 3 and 4, scores the winner at 1:11 of OT to take it to game 7

Series tied 3-3

Game 7:

http://www.blitz94.com/boxscore.asp?gameid=521

The game starts with Courtnall laying out Ciccarelli with one of the most vicious open-ice hits I've ever, injuring him for the period. Detroit manages to score late in the period without him, though, going up 1-0.

Down 2-0 going into the 3rd, Dallas rebounds and scores an early goal. Vanbiesbrk plays his best game of the series, though, stopping 4 of 5 shots in the 3rd. A recovered Ciccarelli makes it 3-1 with 1:49 remaining and adds an empty netter to put it away.

Final: 4-1 Detroit

Detroit wins series 4-3

ggs, very tight series. It looked like Dallas had it after taking game 5, but FlamingPavelBure pulled out the stops and came back to win it.

The Conn Smythe Trophy goes to Yzerman, 37-12-49 in 15 games. Courtnall went 30-8-38 in 17. Yzerman was pointless in games 6 and 7 of final, though, but still won by 11 points.

http://www.blitz94.com/playerstats.asp?ord...s=true&lg=1

Edited December 18, 2008 by smozoma

[The Russian Rocket]

Great series man real intense stuff, Stevens was a torn in my side