![]() The usual suspect led the way in scoring for Ontario – reigning MVP TJ Tynanpaced the team with 81 points in 72 games. Coming into the series with just 74 points earned in the regular season, the Reign have adopted more of the scrappy underdog role to their season. On the flip side, Ontario doesn’t hold the juggernaut status it had last season. Despite the tumultuous turnover in the roster, the Eagles stayed competitive in an extremely challenging Pacific Division to compete in. Charles Hudonled the way in scoring with 54 points in 61 games for a roster thrown upside down all season with injuries and call-ups to the parent club only defenseman Keaton Middletonmanaged to dress for all 72 games for the Eagles. Colorado earned that third spot in the Pacific Division with a 90 points – finishing behind only powerhouses Coachella Valley and Calgary. It’s a flip of the script from last season, however, as this year the Eagles come in as the higher seed and the presumptuous favorite heading into the three-game opening round series. – Second verse, same as the first.įor the second year in a row, the Ontario Reign and Colorado Eagles will faceoff in the Pacific Division playoffs. Maybe, just maybe, he was a little impressed after all.LOVELAND, Co. Some people thought I was quiet the first two rounds, but the best part is I can always get better every game. It always fun to be able to contribute to the team like that. Joly slid the puck home, spread his arms out wide - as is his custom after scoring - and let out a shout. He burst down the left side and stick handled all the way into the low slot, combining a back-and-forth move to leave Fort Wayne goaltender Michael Houser on his belly and at Joly’s mercy. Joly’s most impressive goal was his first, equalizing the contest on the power play shortly after Fort Wayne had seized a one-score lead minutes earlier in the opening period. “(Fort Wayne) has a good hockey team, and if we don’t clean up some areas, it’s going to be real hard for us.” “I know we’re a team that wants to play hard and on the edge, but some of these … we’re putting more work on ourselves than we need to. Eventually it’s going to end up costing us,” Schneekloth said. We can’t afford to keep giving teams five to seven power plays a game. “Our penalty kill needs to be way better and our discipline needs to be way better. Meanwhile, the Eagles struggled to make much of their power-play chances, scoring once in seven opportunities thanks to a terrific individual effort from Joly. Colorado afforded the Komets seven power plays, who entered with the top unit this postseason at a 25-percent clip, which they backed up going 2-for-7. It was a relief for the Eagles, who did not look sharp from the start coming out of a long nine-day break after sweeping Idaho in the second round. It’s good for him and it’s good for the team.” “He’s a goal scorer, and I’m usually the passer, so it’s fun to play with him. He put it in, and I don’t know what way, but we’ll take it,” Beaudin smirked. “I knew Joly was behind me, so I didn’t look. Beaudin, carried the puck through the zone and circled behind the Fort Wayne net before adeptly spilling a no-look pass back in front of the crease. Yet again.Ĭolorado’s leading scorer in the playoffs, J.C. ![]() Little more than three minutes into the overtime, Joly proved his coach right. Luck, Schneekloth is quick to point out, has absolutely nothing to do with it. “It was a lucky bounce from the D, but it happens when you play good hockey. Schneeks saw that I was playing really good, so he tried me on PK,” Joly said. ![]() With 9:20 remaining, Joly had done it again. But the Quebec native backed up the decision when he snagged the puck and held off a defender. Schneekloth had reinserted Joly into the penalty kill after the winger has seen only limited time on the unit, mostly dating back to the early season. ![]() ![]() Trailing 2-1 more than halfway through the final period, and Fort Wayne on the power play – having scored twice a man up already – the Komets fumbled with the puck in the neutral zone where a lurking Joly pounced. ![]()
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