Sunday 12/22
WJC Exhibition
USA defeated Finland 3-2
Stefan Matteau LW: E, 4 PIM (Tripping, Roughing), 5 Shots
Steve Santini D: E
Observations from the 1st period:
-- LW Stefan Matteau once again skated on a line with Andrew Copp ('13 4/104 WPG) and Hudson Fasching ('13 4/118 LAK). D Santini was on a pair with Will Butcher ('13 5/123 COL) again.
-- Matteau also got PP time with Jack Eichel (2015) and Ryan Hartman ('13 1/30 CHI) up front and Brady Skjei ('12 1/28 NYR) and Jacob Slavin ('12 4/120) at the points.
-- With D Brett Pesce ('13 3/66 CAR) being cut, Santini has officially made the team. The US is now set with their 3 goaltenders and 7 defensemen.
-- With C/RW Henrik Samuelsson ('12 1/27 PHX) cut, the US will need to cut one more forward. They are going to wait as long as possible to do that since forwards Adam Erne ('13 2/33 TBL) and Tyler Motte ('13 4/121) have been out sick. I think Matteau will make the team since he's been consistently used on the 3rd line with the same linemates.
Team Canada Note:
-- Apparently D Matt Dumba may be facing a suspension for a hit earlier today. Canada is already going to be missing D Griffin Reinhart for their first 3 games from a carry over suspension from last year. There appears to be a *small* chance that Damon Severson could be recalled since Sutter would rather not go with 5 D for potentially the first 3 games if Dumba gets suspended.
AHL
Albany lost to Bridgeport 4-3. Scoring for the Devils was Pesonen (Hoeffel), Timmins (SH, McKelvie), and Hoeffel (PP, Whitney, Burlon). Wedgewood stopped 22 of 26 shots. Albany was outshot 26-15 and went 1/6 on the PP and 8/11 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.
Stats and Streaks:
Scott Wedgewood: 11 GP 6-5-0, 3.05 GAA, .873 SV%
Harri Pesonen: 28 GP 5-9-14, +5, 30 PIM, 8.47 SH%, 2.1 SH/GP
Harri Pesonen: 3 goals, 2 assists in last 3 games.
Scott Timmins: 14 GP 6-9-15, +6, 6 PIM, 18.75 SH%, 2.28 SH/GP
Joe Whitney: 28 GP 10-19-29, +2, 16 PIM, 13.15 SH%, 2.71 SH/GP
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