Komets Take the Cup in Triple OT

Justin Hodgman, Playoff MVP, scored the winner of a 3-2 Triple OT game to earn the Komets the Turner Cup...in which they broke when picking it up....but none the less a happy occasion for them. The Hawks were just plain outplayed in almost every period of the game and just couldn't help out Larry Sterling enough.

As far as im concerned this was a great season for the Icehawks though, all Port Huron fans should be very proud of what their team accomplished this season, we haven't had a team this good in Port Huron in a long time. Personally i can't wait for next year, bring on the player signings!

Have a great summer everyone! i'll be keeping updated in the blog with player signings all summer long.

Well...this is it

Game 7

I've been away from the blog for some time, but i've found some time to write one as of now. So let's see what we've gotten into since then....

Well....after dropping 2 in a row with a chance to eliminate the Komets the Icehawks end up in a game 7 situation...in Fort Wayne. This situation, as it may seem, is still not hopeless at all, while the Komets during the regular season were practically unbeatable in their own building, the Icehawks we're a better road team, and have already beaten them once in their building this series. At any rate, the Icehawks the last 2 games have played poorly, basically taking 50 minutes off of a 6o minute game is going to make you lose...now isn't the time for that, if they want to win every player on this team is going to have to play their best hockey all year for all 60 minutes, trying to play virtually mistake free.

Nervous?

After reading the interviews and seeing the games myself the Icehawks the last 2 games have been very nervous, bad passes, and not so smart decisions are definently a sign of this. However, i think the tides change in this game....why? because the Komets will be the nervous ones here, playing in front of their own fans with a chance to win the cup, i think if this holds true the Icehawks have a sure shot at winning tonight.

Other Notes

Larry Sterling will start in goal tonight for the Hawks, likely Nick Boucher for the Komets. Komet forward Mitch Woods was injured when being cut by a skate last game, he needed 14 stitches, but did return to the game.

Icehawks Lose First Game in Finals

The Icehawks lost game 3 of the turner Cup Finals to Fort Wayne, 5-1. The Icehawks really lacked Defense, gave up too many shots and couldn't get pucks at the net really.

I'll have more on this when i get some time to write a full blog tonight, with review.

Icehawks Take Another Game, 2-0 Series Lead

The Port Huron Icehawks would take a solid lead in the series last night with a 3-2 Overtime victory over the Huber Trophy winning Fort Wayne Komets. Really, as far as im concerned neither team played their best hockey, especially the Icehawks, but they still came away with the win, that's all that matters. Here's how she played out....

The first period would end with what i thought was a period better played by the Icehawks, however it would produce no goals, and the shots would end up an even 9-9.

Joe Markusen

The Second period got the action going, i thought it was a pretty back and forth period, The Komets scored first with veteran Konstantin Shafranov throwing a puck at Larry Sterling, that would just dribble through his legs at the 1:34 mark of the 2nd. The Icehawks would answer when D-man Joe Markusen would sneak in off the point and fire one past Komet goalie Kevin Reiter at the 5:48 Mark of the 2nd period. The Back and forth style would take over when the Komets scored again, Colin Chaulk tapping it into a near empty net off of a rebound at the 6:33 Mark. The Icehawks would again answer when Jeff Zehr scored on the Powerplay at the 10:15 mark, in which he tipped the puck into the net, 2nd period shots would end 13-10 in favor of Port Huron.

The third period would again contain no scoring, however a controversial Komets goal would prove to have hit the crossbar, quite frankly i agree with the call, shots ended 11-8 in favor of Fort Wayne.

Jamie Lovell

The Overtime period would be a quick one when 4:53 in Hawks d-man Jamie Lovell would lower the boom with a huge slapshot, it would fool the goalie, and to be honest fool me as i couldn't see it either and blow past Reiter to the top of the net, causing the Icehawks to crowd Jamie and begin celebrating their 2-0 series lead, shots ended 33-33.

The series continues tonight in fort Wayne, where the Hawks look to take a 3-0 series lead.

All photos courtesy of porthuronicehawks.com

Icehawks Win First Game of Finals

The Icehawks soared out and took a 1 game series lead after defeating the Komets 4-1 in the first game of the Turner Cup Finals tonight. The Icehawks were listed as heavy underdogs, but came out with a much better effort than the Komets did, sealing the deal for this game, and heading back to home for game 2.

The Icehawks struck first in the game when shorthanded specialist and NHL toughened forward Kris Vernarsky scored shorthanded (how ironic) at the 4:48 mark of the first period. The Icehawks would strike again, this time on the powerplay when rookie forward Kerry Bowman scored his first goal of the year at the 7:13 mark of the first period, giving them a 2 goal lead. The Icehawks would regain some hope when rookie forward Justin Hodgman would score a controversial goal, the Icehawks arguing it was kicked in, at the 14:05 mark of the first period. In period 2 the Icehawks would be first to strike again when veteran forward Jeff Zehr would score at the 14:20 mark. In the third the Icehawks would seal the deal with a powerplay goal from leading scorer Tab Lardner at 12:28.

Tomorrow the Icehawks come home to McMorran Arena for game 2 of the Turner Cup Finals.