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Face Warping 1.01 crackOctober 06, 2005
Catching up.
This roster summary in the Sun lists Marty at 204 this season, though Marty's bio on the revamped Sens site still lists him at 194. I know who I believe...
Snips regarding Saturday's game against the Habs:
Chris Stevenson: Sens coach Bryan Murray continued to jiggle with his lines a bit last night, giving Antoine Vermette another chance to move up the lineup and play on a line with Daniel Alfredsson and Bryan Smolinski.
Martin Havlat also got another game on right wing with C Mike Fisher and LW Peter Schaefer.
Don Brennan on how they scored: Fisher dishes to Havlat just outside the blue line and Havlat cruises toward the goal before firing a low wrister and beating Danis on the far side.
As he glides through the left wing faceoff circle, Alfredsson's backhand pass is whipped into the open side by Havlat.
And then just an offhand remark: Hasek made the save of the first period, diving to thwart Zednik after Bochenski failed to clear the puck with a soccer-style kick. The rookie might want to take some lessons from Havlat if he's going to try the two-sport thing
Snips from Sunday's game against the Habs:
Chris Stevenson: Sens winger Martin Havlat has that rare ability to gain speed -- when his feet aren't moving.
Last night against the Leafs:
Neil Stevens: The only Senators having impressive games through two periods were Havlat, who was darting all over the ice, and playmaker Jason Spezza.
Allen Panzeri in the Citizen: Havlat came the closest, when he cut in on Belfour about six minutes in. He had the veteran goalie down-and-out, but couldn't lift a backhand.
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Havlat and Smolinski might have been the only two Ottawa players you noticed if you were watching on television. The rest of them [...] were invisible.
Marty did play a solid game last night, and seeing him on the penalty kill and taking faceoffs (he was at 50% for the night, taking 4) will take some getting used to. His near breakaway shorthanded backhand in the first would have been a thing of beauty if he'd gotten it up just a bit more. And killing a penalty with 3 minutes left in a tied game? My, my, how things have changed.
As an aside, there's a great Spezza article over here.
Posted by jz at October 6, 2005 09:59 AM
Comments
I love this site! I don't know how I'd live without it!!!!! I hope you never give up on this site because it's AMAZING!!! (Just like Havlat!)
Posted by: Amanda at October 7, 2005 04:55 PM
Thanks! I do the best I can with my limited time, and things may not get updated as quickly as I'd like these days, but eventually I get to it. Except the pictures, I really need to do the pictures soon...
But I'm glad you enjoy it and find it useful! :)
Posted by: jz at October 11, 2005 02:18 PM