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Bobcat’s Post Game Notes, Game 20
Jackets lose, 3-2 to the New York Islanders.
-Today’s notes are gonna be very special to me. On this day, I made the trek to Columbus to watch my first Blue Jackets game in person. Gonna be lit.
-Emil Bemstrom wasn’t doing as well as we had hoped. Back to Cleveland you go so you can continue kicking faces in. In his place comes Carson Meyer, a hometown boy that will probably be playing 4th line minutes.
-The inside of the NWA, for lack of a better term, is magical. I wanna do this more often.
-This has nothing to do with the game, but as I was waiting in line at the concession stands, a lady walked by with not “MERZLIKINS” on the back of her old Reverse Retro jersey, but just “ELVIS”. Apparently she couldn’t spell Merzlikins when she got it custom-made.
-Early power play: Casey Cizikas off for hooking. I finally got to yell “JACKETS ON THE POWER PLAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY” like the PA announcer in person.
-Rosie with a breakaway, but Sorokin slams the door. That was our first (and really only) good chance of the power play, and we don’t do anything with it.
-Boone’s off to the box for holding, but it didn’t look like holding to me. Let’s kill this off, boys.
-We do kill it off. Excellent work by Guddy in particular, making some quick clearances. Good stuff.
-…Oliver Wahlstrom scores on a harmless wrister that blows by Korpi. Ouch.
-As the first period dies…. I can’t really think of anything to say. We played pretty acceptably. Just gotta get back even…
-Oliver Wahlstrom gets sent off for stick-holding, but I really thought Boone was going off for slashing. Either way, we do nothing with it.
-Eric Robinson gets sent off for tripping (although Wahlstrom might have sold that). This is gonna be rough…
-Jean-Gabriel Pageau capitalizes off of an odd bounce to bury it past Korpi. Not much he could do there.
-We have a GOD-SENT opportunity to score, but Ilya makes a prone save. That man is gonna win the goddamn Vezina this year.
-OH SH*T!! ANDERS LEE! MATHIEU OLIVIER! LLLLLLLLLLLET’S GET READY TO RUMBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!!!!
-Both sides got their licks in, but the refs jumped in and ruined the fun before we got to see someone fall. Draw.
-Wait, huh? We’re on a 5-on-3? Adam Pelech goes off for slashing, and Cal Clutterbuck goes off for interference. Capitalize, boys.
-BARTENDER, POUR ME A YEGOR BOMB!!! YEGOR CHINAKHOV SCORES HIS FOURTH GOAL ON THE YEAR! I got a good look at that one. That was BEAUTIFUL.
-33 seconds later: Kenny takes a slapper that blows right by Sorokin. This game is tied, and my voice is hoarse.
-Marcus Bjork and Casey Cizikas start shoving each other, and they both get sent off for roughing. 4-on-4 Hockey Time.
-…Brock Nelson scores on a wrister. It says on the scorer’s sheet that it was unassisted, but the real assist goes to #70, Joonas Korpisalo. Who was that pass even to?
-Literally IMMEDIATELY after Bjork gets out of the box, he takes an interference penalty. Back in the box he goes. You CANNOT play the puck until you completely leave the box. A rookie mistake.
-We had our chances, but didn’t convert because Ilya Sorokin is God himself. A close fought game, but just barely not enough.
-Although we lost, I had a f*cking BLAST. The NWA was rocking all game long, and it helped me forget that I was having to watch it while sitting next to my supportive, if not infuriatingly oblivious stepmother.