Sheppard has night to remember…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
It’s an off-day for the CHL playoffs, which will give CHL followers just one more day to rant and rave about the night Texas’ Scott Sheppard had last night.
Sheppard scored four goals and had two assists in the Brahmas’ 7-5 win vs. Odessa. Texas now leads 3-2.
Sheppard scored three on the power-play and also added an empty-netter with 1 second left.
G Jeremy Symington gets the loss for giving up the sixth goal after Juha Toivonen allows five. Say wha? That’s something myself and Jim Byers don’t understand.
It should be like baseball. If the G never had a chance to win the game, he shouldn’t get the loss.
Symington entered when it was 5-2 Texas and just shouldn’t be on the hook for it if the game was never tied. Once it’s tied, you wipe the slate clean, but that’s a tough way to get an L. And a strange way for Toivonen to remain 6-0 in the playoffs.
Over in the Northern Conference, the third period issues for Mississippi in Game 1 resulted in a 4-1 thrashing by Colorado in Game 2.
NBA guru Charles Barkley likes to say no series starts until the road team wins a game, but my Mississippi in seven isn’t feeling too hot right now. Not sure if any team can beat Colorado four out of five games.
Something tells me G Andrew Penner has been looking to make a statement in the postseason. He became a forgotten goaltender with the likes of Kevin Beech (Mississippi), Ken Carroll (Bossier-Shreveport), Brett Jaeger (Texas) and Doug Groenestege (Blazers).
Just a reminder to the rest of the CHL, Penner is still here and right now a perfect 6-0. But Jaeger has played extremely well, too, not discrediting him at all.
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Great day in Chicago sports yesterday (and thus, for me as well). From Derrick Rose and the Bulls (OT win at Boston) to Aramis Ramirez and the Cubs (walkoff 2-run HR in the 11th vs. rival Cardinals) and punctuated by Jonathan Toews and a 3-2 win for the Blackhawks. Chicago is up 2-0 on Calgary.
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