Game Summaries
Feb. 20, 2005
vs. Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
at the Bradley Center
Boy, Brian Pochmara really earned his spot in my small list of AHL referees that I despise. Over the past few years, I've been fairly happy with the job the referees have done. One only has to remember the days of the IHL referees which give me the shivers when I think about them now to realize that we've had it pretty good over the past few seasons.

Now before you think I'm blaming the loss on Pochmara... I'm not. At least not completely. The Ducks are excellent at holding on to a lead by reverting to a suffocating neutral zone trap that has stymied the Admirals for a few seasons now. By virtue of a few power play goals that shouldn't have existed in the first place (especially the second one after a phantom slashing call on Greg Zanon), the Ducks went into the locker room with a 3-0 lead and played the rest of the game leaning back on their heels with the focus on defense... allowing more shots on goal, but few quality breakaway opportunities. They did a good job of shutting down the Admirals offense and deserve credit for that. However, the tone of the game would have been much different with normal officiating.

One thing that frustrated me was that Coach Noel continued with his experiment of changing the lines (see yesterday's summary). The lines we've seen almost all season made us a top-5 team in the league, but the Keystone Kops on Ice show this weekend puts us in the class of Utah right about now. Why fix something if it ain't broke?

Those who attended the Ducks last visit to Milwaukee will recall Cincinnati thug Shane O'Brien interacting with a riled up crowd. With the Admirals enforcers banged up, they called up UHL PIM king Eric Labelle from Rockford. Twice Labelle challenged the wuss O'Brien to a fight... but the pansy refused and Pochmara penalized Labelle for roughing each time (along with a misconduct the first time) despite very little physical contact between the two.

Also to note, Cincy goaltender Frederic Cassivi now has nearly 3 consecutive shutouts against Milwaukee (179:35 to be exact). He's shutout Milwaukee the last two games, and only allowed one goal in the opening minute of the game before that. Milwaukee goaltender Brian Finley was relieved after the first period, and Seamus Kotyk did what he needed to do, allowing only a power play goal in the last 40 minutes.

According to the newspaper account of this game, the Admirals haven't been shutout in consecutive home games since 1978. They've been wrong with historical facts before, but this one could very well be true.

boxscores courtesy of pointstreak.com

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Bradley Center
Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 5:30 pm

Cincinnati 4 at Milwaukee 0

Referee: Brian Pochmara (43) Attendance: 3,505
Linesman: Peter Cichy (4)
Jay Jacobs (82)		 Game Length:
Game Number: 		2:21
763
FINAL
Scoring  1  2  3 T
Cincinnati 3104
Milwaukee 0000
Shots 1  2  3 T
Cincinnati1214733
Milwaukee6121937
Power Plays G OPP PIM
Cincinnati 3 9 18
Milwaukee 0 6 44
V - H # Per Team Time Scored By Assists PP SH Players On Ice
1 - 0 1 1 CIN 0:18  A.Smirnov  J.Stepp       V  5 7 16 20 22 H  5 6 12 17 25
2 - 0 2 1 CIN 12:55  P.Parenteau  D.Penner  S.OBrien x   V  5 6 24 25 32 H  5 6 24 25
3 - 0 3 1 CIN 19:35  C.Kunitz  P.Parenteau  K.Foster x   V  5 10 11 14 25 H  2 4 7 21
4 - 0 4 2 CIN 15:41  C.Kunitz  T.Malec  S.OBrien x   V  6 14 24 25 32 H  5 6 26 39
Cincinnati Roster Milwaukee Roster Penalties
# Name G A +/- S Pim
3  A.Rome 0 0 0 2 4
5  K.Foster 0 1 +1 5 0
6  S.OBrien 0 2 0 0 0
7  M.Popovic 0 0 +1 4 0
8  T.Brent 0 0 0 0 0
10  J.Perrault 0 0 0 3 0
11  Z.Konopka 0 0 0 1 0
14  C.Kunitz 2 0 0 6 2
16  J.Stepp 0 1 +1 1 0
18  M.Holmqvist 0 0 0 3 4
19  C.Pecker 0 0 0 2 0
20  C.Glencross 0 0 +1 0 0
22  A.Smirnov 1 0 +1 2 0
23  S.Chistov 0 0 0 1 2
24  D.Penner 0 1 0 1 2
25  P.Parenteau 1 1 0 2 2
26  A.Canzanello 0 0 0 0 0
30  F.Cassivi 0 0 0 0 0
32  T.Malec 0 1 0 0 2
             
  Totals: 4 7 +5 33 18
Goalies Min Sh Sv Ga
30 F.Cassivi (win) 60:00 37 37 0
         
Totals: 60:00 37 37 0
# Name G A +/- S Pim
1  B.Finley 0 0 0 0 0
2  D.Hamhuis 0 0 0 3 0
4  B.Tiley 0 0 0 0 0
5  G.Zanon 0 0 -1 2 2
6  K.Klein 0 0 -1 2 0
7  R.Suter 0 0 0 2 4
8  A.Hutchinson 0 0 0 3 0
10  S.Gamache 0 0 0 3 0
12  B.Segal 0 0 -1 0 2
16  T.Shishkanov 0 0 0 7 0
17  E.Labelle 0 0 -1 1 14
19  S.Upshall 0 0 0 1 2
20  D.Haydar 0 0 0 4 2
21  W.Smith 0 0 0 0 16
22  J.Tootoo 0 0 0 3 2
24  L.Pivko 0 0 0 1 0
25  J.Smithson 0 0 -1 1 0
26  T.Hrkac 0 0 0 1 0
35  S.Kotyk 0 0 0 0 0
39  V.Fiddler 0 0 0 3 0
             
  Totals: 0 0 -5 37 44
Goalies Mins Sh Sv Ga
1 B.Finley (loss) 20:00 12 9 3
35 S.Kotyk 40:00 21 20 1
         
Totals: 60:00 33 29 4
P T  Player M  Offense Time
1 H  B.Segal 2  Slashing 0:38
1 V  A.Rome 2  Roughing 7:04
1 H  W.Smith 2  Tripping 11:20
1 V  M.Holmqvist 2  Interference 15:07
1 H  R.Suter 2  Holding 17:26
1 H  G.Zanon 2  Slashing 18:39
2 V  M.Holmqvist 2  Interference 1:32
2 V  P.Parenteau 2  Unsportsmanlike. 6:36
2 H  S.Upshall 2  Unsportsmanlike. 6:36
2 H  W.Smith 2  Roughing 8:09
2 H  W.Smith 2  Unsportsmanlike. 8:09
2 H  W.Smith 10  Obscene Languag. 8:09
2 V  D.Penner 2  Slashing 10:21
2 H  R.Suter 2  High Sticking 10:21
2 V  T.Malec 2  Interference 12:59
2 H  J.Tootoo 2  Interference 15:15
2 H  E.Labelle 2  Roughing 16:40
2 H  E.Labelle 10  Inciting an Opp. 16:40
3 V  S.Chistov 2  Roughing 6:22
3 H  E.Labelle 2  Roughing 15:10
3 V  C.Kunitz 2  Tripping 18:37
3 H  D.Haydar 2  Slashing 19:16
3 V  A.Rome 2  Roughing 19:16
  Total Min: 62 Total Offenses: 23  

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