Written by November 16-17, 2024 – Three Up: 2010 Flames.
The weekend was a good one for the 2010 Flames if you care about wins. Three up to the W column. They also played excellent hockey throughout the weekend. In all kinds of conditions.
Remember kids, always make a play on the puck. And if you do hit someone, keep your hands down. (Photo by Mooney’s Moonshots).
Game 24 of the season.
Three Up:
November 16, 2024.
JFK Memorial Coliseum, Manchester, NH.
Scoring:
- 2010 Flames: 01 – 01 – 01 = 03
- Berlin: 00 – 01 – 01 = 02
Shots:
- 2010 Flames: 11 – 15 – 09 = 35
- Berlin: 07 – 07 – 12 = 26
Penalties:
- Soucy – Roughing.
- Powers – Cross-Checking.
- Drumm – Tripping. (Penalty Shot – missed).
- Soucy – Cross-Checking.
- Warren – Roughing.
Powers circles back in front of the hometown faithful at JFK. (Photo by Mooney’s Moonshots).
The Flames led, 1-0, and then, 2-0 in this game. They had a pretty good hold on the game for the first 25 minutes of the game. They led on the scoreboard and they led shots on goal by a wide margin. Then again, Berlin just keeps coming at you, and their top players are a threat to score every time they are on the ice.
Over a span of 5:32 to the end the second period and beginning the final period, the 2010 Flames lead was gone. Berlin scored on a Flames turnover and breakaway with 3:57 left in the second period. They were awarded a penalty shot with 19.7 seconds left in the 2nd, but the attempt was shot wide.
Then, 1:25 into the 3rd period, Berlin tied the game, 2-2. The Flames had a chance to clear the zone and didn’t. Berlin scored on a shot that hit the far post and curled into the net. Here we go again, a 2-2 game with Berlin.
The Flames scored the first two goals of the game. With 4:13 left in the 1st period, the 2010 Flames tallied a power play goal. This whole sequence started with an offensive zone face-off that the Flames won clean. Then an immediate errant pass caused the Flames to race back to their own end to regain the puck.
Coming back up the ice was no better. Bad passes and disjointed movements. Then Drumm snagged the loose puck at center ice and scampered into the offensive zone, up the left side and into the corner. He slid the puck along the end boards to the other corner where Mooney gathered it.
Drumm circle behind the net to the nearside post. Ouellette covered Drumm’s left point. Petrie went to the crease. Mooney took a hard low shot/pass from where the goal line meets the corner. Drumm and a Berlin player were tied up, screening the goalie.
The puck slid through the traffic and hit the goalie’s pads. There was a rebound and an open Petrie. Petrie put the puck into the net for the goal. The final three touches of the puck cancelled the comedy of erratic events that led to the rush up ice. PPG – Petrie from Mooney and Drumm. 1-0.
The Flames led, 1-0 after one period and had 11 shots on goal while allowing 7 shots. On the opening face-off of the second period the Flames won the draw and then got a good bounce.
Soucy won the draw and Drumm jumped in to play the puck. He was cancelled by an opponent so Powers poked the puck to the side boards and away from trouble. Ouellette grabbed the puck with some room to move. He dumped the puck between the corner and the net from center ice. Harmless, right?
Well, the puck took an energetic bounce off of the end boards and ended up skidding toward the side of the net, right by the post. The Berlin goalie had to play it as the angle of the puck would have brought it right into the crease. Soucy was already crashing the net.
Well, the goalie played puck, but Soucy was the first player to reach the inadvertent rebound. And he tucked the puck into the net between the tender and the post. Nice goal out of a Hockey 101 play. Even – Soucy from Ouellette and Powers. 2-0.
By now you know that the 2010 Flames lead had gone away. It was 2-2 in the final period, and Berlin was playing their best hockey of the day. Another not so impressive third period from the Flames this season.
Then, the 2010 Flames raised their own game just in time, just enough. They had looked abysmal on a power play opportunity, and Berlin had scored with one shot and been robbed by Rosenbeck on another.
After killing a penalty and playing more physical, they cashed in.
Petrie expertly won a defensive zone face-off and tied up the center allowing Destani to grab the puck and go. Destani skated the puck out toward the blue line and flipped a pass ahead to Warren who steaming up the left wing. Warren carried the puck into the offensive end and lost some steam.
The puck was tipped and kicked but Destani tipped to Warren who had quickly changed to low gear. You know, the power gears. While this was happening the Flames loyal center-man skated to the crease. Warren ripped a low shot from the dot. Then dropped his plow and cleared a path to the net.
This was beautiful. The shot was low and hard. There was a rebound and traffic, and bystanders. You know, like clumping snow when a plow cuts its first path. Warren got his own rebound. It bounced off the goalie. Petrie was on the weak-side and he shoveled the loose puck into the net. Great play. Even – Petrie from Warren and Destani. 3-2. GWG.
It always takes all of you. To bring your game. To raise your game. To inspire your mates. To know they got you. For them to know you got them. Everytime. All of you. (Photo by Mooney’s Moonshots).
On a side note – Had Petrie not been there to put that puck in the net, I believe Warren would have stayed in low gear and plowed the net, the crease, and several players through the corner, out of the building, and up the hill into Gill Stadium.
Photo submissions from our Team Cruise Director. This is about uniformity and aesthetics. Nothing else. The odd uniform was a -3 on the game with 3 penalties.
Game 25 of the season.
Three Up:
November 16, 2024.
Rink A, The Mark Bavis Sports Complex, Rockland, MA.
Scoring:
- 2010 Flames: 01 – 01 – 02 = 04
- Boston Jr. Terriers White: 00 – 00 – 01 = 01
Shots:
- 2010 Flames: Unknown
- Boston Jr. Terriers White: Unknown
Penalties:
- Soucy – Slashing.
- St. Pierre – Cross-Checking.
- Powers – Cross-Checking.
- Booth – Roughing.
- St. Pierre – Slashing.
- Drumm – Slashing.
- St. Pierre – Tripping.
The Terriers were called for 18 penalties in this game.
The 2010 Flames went to Bavis Arena and had to wait, per usual. This facility runs late like airlines do. All the time. Then they just change the departure time, er uh, game time, and a game that starts a half hour late, or more, is just the norm.
Fortunately for the 2010 Flames, they came to play hockey and not to ‘rumble in Rockland’. Almost half way through the first period, the Flames scored first. They had an offensive zone face-off and the ref dropped the puck with a ‘no-look’ thrust of disdain before either center was even set. Always professional down there.
St. Pierre rescued the bouncing disc and eventually came back to Drumm for a shot from the point. The shot kicked wide through traffic and off of the goalie. Beal ran the rebound down on the end boards. He passed to St. Pierre behind the net. The puck came back to Beal and he moved it to St. Pierre again as he got knocked down.
The Terriers were clearly out there in spite of the puck. No attempts on the puck. Just coil, spring, lift, launch, and drive shoulders into their opponents. What puck. St. Pierre threw the puck toward the net. The puck hit traffic and glanced out to Drumm again.
Drumm fired. The shot was perfect. St. Pierre got leveled while the puck was in flight from a different area of the ice. Blatant interference. Glove side, into the net, the Flames led, 1-0. Even – Drumm from St. Pierre and Beal. 1-0.
The 2010 Flames grabbed a 2-0 lead when Drumm ripped a shot from the point. It was high, but not over the net. The goaltender didn’t handle it and the puck was behind him in the crease. Warren swatted at it, and St. Pierre tapped the puck into the net, behind the goalie. Even – St. Pierre from Warren and Drumm. GWG. 2-0.
After taking more runs at opponents with no idea the puck was even part of the game, the Terriers fell behind, 3-0. The Flames controlled a face-off just outside of the offensive zone. Giampa carried the puck up the boards and lost the puck to Ouellette. A defender made a run at Giampa looking to put him through the boards. The ref’s arm went up.
Meanwhile, Ouellette reversed direction and skated semi-circle from right wing boards up toward the blue line, then to the left wing circle where he fired from his forehand. The shot was on net and saved by the goaltender. But the rebound dropped in front of Warren and he scooped the puck into the net. The Terriers players surrounded Warren in front of the net, probably in awe. Even – Warren from Ouellette and Giampa. 3-0.
The Terriers got on the board with a shorthanded goal and cut the Flames lead to, 3-1. The 2010 Flames eventually added an empty net goal from center ice. Booth picked off a pass up the middle and fired a shot half the length of the rink into the open net. The play was probably offside but nobody noticed. Even – Empty Netter – Booth unassisted. 4-1.
The Flames received excellent goaltending from Rosenbeck (0 goals), and Ingalls (1 goal) in the victory. Watching bits and pieces of this game on LiveBarn were difficult to watch. At one point he Terriers made a run at another vicious hit only to take out one of their teammates who had to be helped off the ice. Ugly.
Game 26 of the season.
Three Up:
November 17, 2024.
Red Rink, Skate 3, Tyngsboro, MA.
Scoring:
- 2010 Flames: 00 – 02 – 00 = 02
- Islanders (Proulx): 00 – 00 – 01 = 01
Shots:
- 2010 Flames: 08 – 10 – 10 – 28
- Islanders (Proulx): 07 – 07 – 08 – 22
Penalties:
- Ouellette – Cross-Checking.
Flames at Islanders to finish a Three Up weekend. (Photo by Mooney’s Moonshots).
The first period was scoreless. The action was good. The 2010 Flames had a slight lead in shots on goal, 8-7. The Islanders did ring one shot off of the crossbar. The energy was good from both teams. And the new scoreboard in the Red Rink is pretty sweet.
The Flames were called for the first penalty of the game, it came in the second period. They were able to kill the penalty. Shortly after killing off the penalty, the 2010 Flames scored. The Flames had the puck in the zone, but nothing was connecting. Then Warren kept the puck in the zone out by the blue line and he dumped it low, just wide of the net.
The puck bounced over a defenders stick and Ouellette tracked it down on the end boards. His attempts to center the puck were returned to him by the defense. Then between Ouellette and Warren, the puck squirted free from the crease area. Destani grabbed the puck and worked it back to Powers at the point. Ouellette had rotated to the nearside post as Powers let his shot fly.
As the shot neared the net Ouellette tracked the flight swatted at the puck with his stick. He connected and the puck redirected past the goaltender for the Flames goal. Good shift. Good play. Even – Ouellette from Powers and Destani. 1-0.
Rosenbeck left the net with a 1-0 lead (10/10), and Ingalls (11/12) took his place between the pipes. Then the Flames scored moments later.
The Flames were in the D zone when Powers ripped the puck along the end boards and up the half wall. Beal took the puck but was pressured along the wall all the way through center ice. He did push the puck into the offensive zone where Petrie skated on to the puck.
Petrie had speed as he set to fire from the dot in the right wing circle. St. Pierre and Beal were going hard to the net when Petrie fired and scored. Nice play from one end to the back of the net. Even – Petrie from Beal and Powers. GWG. 2-0.
The action went back and forth, and the Islanders netted a goal in the final period on a very nice play. Eventually, they pulled their goaltender for an extra attacker. They nearly scored on a beautiful 2-0n-1 play but the shot went over the net.
The Flames won a defensive zone face-off with 6.4 seconds left but they gave the puck away to the Islanders. Immediately the Islanders cranked a shot on net. It was labeled for the top corner. Just a fraction of a second before the buzzer sounded, Ingalls shoulder shrugged and deflected the puck away from the net. It was that close. Flames won it, 2-1. Very good game.
Mooney’s Moonshots
So this is why I call these Mooney’s Moonshots. Well, the name Mooney, that already gets us headed in the right direction. Then there is this. Moonshot. While ‘moonshot’ originally meant “long shot”, it’s increasingly being used to describe a monumental effort and a lofty goal—in other words, a “giant leap”. Moonshot is also used to describe a towering home run. And home run is a large gain, or popular success.
So ya, I like Mooney’s Moonshots because it stands for all of that.
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You can find more 2010 Flames material in these pieces, here. 2010 Manchester Flames.
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We are Andrew’s grandparents, we absolutely love the way you write up the play by plays. Your efforts are not wasted as we cannot attend all of the games this helps us to be a part of it. Thank you so much.
Thank you very much. I am glad it helps. I really appreciate you reaching out to me. Thank you. It’s my pleasure.