WHAT I SAW : COYOTES (2) VS BLUEJACKETS (3) OT 12/3/16

WHAT I SAW : COYOTES (2) VS BLUEJACKETS (3) OT 12/3/16

POST-GAME SONG : MANAFEST - IMPOSSIBLE
https://open.spotify.com/track/473xAny4InLJTlWnUNEwZq

CAPSULES - COYOTES 8-11-4 Now would be a good time to play
Edmonton, but crap..it's Columbus 2 games in a row. BLUEJACKETS 14-5-4
Columbus has the best PP in the league and is the 7th best at making
goalies have to get post-game counseling. 70 goals on the season.

SMITH (41) - Not a fan of his mask. Outside of that SMITH has 
been ridiculous in net with the exception of the LA game. 56 saves tonight. An Arizona franchise record. 

GAUDET (32) - Quietly has a pretty great game. His back-checking is
solid and his passes are super crisp in tight.

STEAKHOUSE - Taco Bell, why do you give and then take away. Just keep 
your freakin' nachos extra extra large and beefed up.

WHITE (25) - Was not effective tonight in his 11+ minutes on the ice.  

DUCLAIR (10) - I think he's been playing better as of late, but
he has got to take a lot more shots than he is. In the 3rd DUCLAIR
was called for one of the strangest penalties I have seen in awhile.
Basically he lost wheel and went sliding into a Columbus player.
Tripping was called on the play, but you typically get that when you
are upright and you purposely trip someone to gain an advantage. 

DELAY OF GAME - Columbus's favorite penalty.

MARTINOOK (48) - Missed a wide-open net midway through the first, 
after McGINN (88) showed the entire team how to totally miss the net
and make it look good. He is amazing on the power play right now. 

TORTS - Is starting to look like he'd be up for the role of "bad-guy
posing as an accountant" in the next DIE HARD movie. 

WHAT WAS SAID IN THE LOCKER ROOM? - "Nothin' good" (TYSON)

VRBATA (17) - If I have to pick a player of the year to this point, it's
got to be VRBATA. All over the ice, making goals happen. I am so
glad we have this dude back. 

RIEDER (8) - Had a nice breakaway in the 2nd with VRBATA but one too many passes foiled that plan and the puck just ended up in a galaxy far far away.

THAT CHICK - Just hugged a unicorn.

DOAN (19) - 399 GOALS. When things start going for DOAN, they can get out of
control quickly. At the start of the season I didn't see him camped out in front
of the net, like we have the past few weeks. He owned overtime. Like if you wanted OT, you would have had to pay him rent or buy it from him.  

CROUSE (67) - Holds the puck for long periods of time wearing the other team
down, but his passes are just a bit too spicy. Spicy passes lead to bad 
breakways and heartburn. He did have a pretty rad shot on net in the 3rd. 

18 - The number of shots on goal in the 2nd by the COYOTES. 
It's also the number of times I have had to tell the cat to stay out 
of Jenn's work stuff. 

OEL - Had a necessary penalty in the 3rd. Otherwise not a bad game, but
not one of his best either. 

GOLIGOSKI (33) - Got called for a slash in the 3rd. It probably was a slash,
but the embellishment was pretty intense on the Bluejackets part. They could
at least make a TV mini-series out of it. 

HANZAL (11) - Destroyed a lot of Columbus players tonight. I know out of 
everyone on the ice he gets more flack than anyone, but the guy makes players
around him better most nights. Late in the game he was tied with 2 other Coyotes for the most shots on net for the team. 

PHOTOBUCKET - Is still around?

60 MINUTES - Is usually not going to be enough if you want to beat the COYOTES. 

Written by : Jess Hurley. Edited by Jenn Chadek.