Tomas Jurco missed his second straight game and did not
play in the Detroit Red Wings’ 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday afternoon in Traverse City. The win locked up seventh place for the
Red Wings in the tournament.
Jurco missed yesterday’s and Tuesday’s game with a lower
body injury that, judging by a tweet sent out by the Slovakian forward himself,
doesn’t sound too serious.
MINNESOTA 4 – DALLAS 1
The Minnesota Wild finished the Traverse City tournament
in fifth place thanks to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday.
Zack Phillips had no points and an even rating for the
Wild.
Scott Oke had no points and was a -2 for Dallas. The
Stars finished in sixth place.
ST. LOUIS 4 – COLUMBUS 3 (OT)
Stephen MacAulay had a goal in the St. Louis Blues 4-3 overtime victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets yesterday. The win gives the
Blues a third place finish while the Blue Jackets finish fourth.
Along with his goal, MacAulay had two shots and was a -1.
The other Sea Dog on the winning side, Ryan Tesink, was a +1 and produced three shots.
Fredericton native Jake Allen backstopped St. Louis to
victory, making 46 saves in total.
Saint John netminder Mathieu Corbeil played backup to
Allen York.
Former Sea Dogs captain Mike Thomas had two shots for
Columbus. He also left the game in the first period after taking an elbow from Jay
Barriball. He would return in the second.
“Jay Barriball elbow on COL Mike Thomas into
half-brds; Thomas bloodied, helped off ice,” tweeted NHL.com’s Mike Morreale.
In Penticton, the Vancouver Canucks rookie squad upended
the San Jose Sharks 5-3 on Wednesday evening.
Yann Sauve and Steven Anthony both had the night off. Ian
Saab was paired with Adam Polasek on defense while Karel St. Laurent played
backup to David Honzik.
Saab had no points and an even rating.
FLORIDA 4 – TAMPA BAY 1
Jonathan Huberdeau had an assist in the Florida Panthers
4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday afternoon in Coral Springs.
“Thirteen minutes into the game the Panthers had their
first chance on the powerplay and answered with a goal from Jonathan Hazen in
front of the net,” writes the Florida Panthers website. “Jonathan Huberdeau
assisted the goal and did a nice job setting up the one-timer.”
Judging by the amount of tweets and media coverage of
the moment, the most significant story in the game was when French-Canadians
Jonathan Racine, Jonathan Huberdeau, and Jonathan Hazen were all in the box for
Florida at the same time. Oh. My. Goodness.
This was the final game for the Panthers in their
mini-tournament.
According to the Sun-Sentinel newspaper, Huberdeau
finishes rookie camp game action with two goals and two assists. He is expected
to be invited to Panthers main camp.
Highlight city:
LOS ANGELES 7 – PHOENIX 8
The Los Angeles Kings led 6-3 entering the third period
but eventually collapsed, losing 8-7 to the Phoenix Coyotes.
Pierre Durepos was held pointless but appears to have
played solid defensively.
“Pierre Durepos is having an amazing first period,”
tweeted the LA Kings blog Mayors Manor. “Very solid heads up play when LA
almost got caught. He laid full body down; two blocked shots.”
Prior to the game, the ‘LA Kings Insider’ blog posted the defense pairings. Durepos was paired with Nicolas Deslauriers of the Gatineau
Olympiques.
According to the stats sheet, Danick Gauthier did not
play for Phoenix. Alexandre Beauregard, who took part in Coyotes rookie camp,
did not make the trip to California according to the team’s website.
Photo Credit: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
Photo Credit: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
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