Backlund Continues Dominance
by jealous broadcaster on Apr 28, 2009 10:25 AM PDT
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PrintFlames top prospect Mikael Backlund posted another impressive performance on the night the team that drafted him was eliminated.
Backlund had 3 goals last night including the OT winner of Game 6 of that advances the Rockets on to the WHL Championship Series. Backlund was named the games 1st star with 3 goals a plus - 3 rating and 2 penalty minutes.
http://whl.ca/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1006132
The Rockets now move on to face the Calgary Hitmen who haven't lost a game this post season. Expect some Flames fans to surface in the dome to check out the top offensive prospect the team has had in ages.
Games 1 & 2 are in Cowtown on the 1st and 2nd of May.
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Long as the drunken douches from the 300s stay the hell away from my Hitmen games (I swear, the last time I sat up there for a Flames game, there was a steady stream of people walking across the play for the first period and a half — why isn’t security telling them to wait?), the rest of you are welcome to join us.
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I also can’t really bear to go to games in the nosebleeds anymore. Watching the action on the ice is secondary for most of the patrons up there.
I saw game 2 live and I was wholly unimpressed with Backlund’s play. He scored two goals, but the first was the result of an impressive drive to the net by #10 (I think that was the guy) with Backlund, the trailer, picking up the rebound, and the second was off an unforced turnover and a horrible save attempt by Jones that he ended up putting in himself.
Other than that, Backlund looked like a non-factor. His skating was effortless – unless you’re Lidstrom that’s not a good thing – and his forecheck failed to impress. He did seem to make efforts to backcheck (in that he was not usually the last guy back in the defensive zone). I’m hoping that game was an anomaly.
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