CANADIAN PRESS (Rejkjavik, Iceland)
The Reykjavik Puffin are on a roll heading into the new year.
Braden Holtby made 32 saves to record his sixth shutout of the season on Monday as the Puffin blanked the visiting Sudbury Miners, 5-0 for their second straight win.
"Our defencemen have been so good all year," Holtby said. "They keep it to the outside and they let me see shots, they're not getting too many deflections against me. Those things are small details, but they're huge and I think that makes the biggest difference."
Mikko Koivu had a goal and two assists for the Puffin (40-24-3), who have now won two straight after losing three in a row. With the victory, they have now moved into fifth place in the CCHL's Canosa Conference and are sitting securely in a playoff spot. Vladimir Tarasenko, Artem Anisimov and Nikita Kucherov also chipped in with goals for the Puffin.
"There were very few times where we were caught on the wrong side of the puck," Koivu said. "We were trying not to let their top guys get top speed going, trying not to let them play with a lot of time and space."
Ryan Miller turned aside 37 of 42 shots for Sudbury (17-47-4), which have now dropped five straight. The Miners were only down 1-0 after two periods, but gave up four goals in the third period.
"We were outworked, simple as that," said Miners coach Derek Sutton. "When you're out-worked, out-hustled, out-skated, out-grinded and out-committed, the rest isn't going to be in place. That's the biggest disappointment for me.”
“They smelled blood, let's be honest," said Miners forward Ben Smith. "We didn't do anything right in those 10, 12 minutes in the third. We were just whacking pucks away, stick checking. It's what good teams do when they smell blood. We got it handed to us."
MINERS NUGGETS
- Defenseman Darnell Nurse was put through a vigourous skate on Monday morning back in Sudbury. Word is that he is progressing nicely but there is no timetable for his return to the lineup.
- The next game for the Miners is Wednesday night, when they play host to the Long Island Express. Game time at the Vale Centre is 7:30pm.
The Reykjavik Puffin are on a roll heading into the new year.
Braden Holtby made 32 saves to record his sixth shutout of the season on Monday as the Puffin blanked the visiting Sudbury Miners, 5-0 for their second straight win.
"Our defencemen have been so good all year," Holtby said. "They keep it to the outside and they let me see shots, they're not getting too many deflections against me. Those things are small details, but they're huge and I think that makes the biggest difference."
Mikko Koivu had a goal and two assists for the Puffin (40-24-3), who have now won two straight after losing three in a row. With the victory, they have now moved into fifth place in the CCHL's Canosa Conference and are sitting securely in a playoff spot. Vladimir Tarasenko, Artem Anisimov and Nikita Kucherov also chipped in with goals for the Puffin.
"There were very few times where we were caught on the wrong side of the puck," Koivu said. "We were trying not to let their top guys get top speed going, trying not to let them play with a lot of time and space."
Ryan Miller turned aside 37 of 42 shots for Sudbury (17-47-4), which have now dropped five straight. The Miners were only down 1-0 after two periods, but gave up four goals in the third period.
"We were outworked, simple as that," said Miners coach Derek Sutton. "When you're out-worked, out-hustled, out-skated, out-grinded and out-committed, the rest isn't going to be in place. That's the biggest disappointment for me.”
“They smelled blood, let's be honest," said Miners forward Ben Smith. "We didn't do anything right in those 10, 12 minutes in the third. We were just whacking pucks away, stick checking. It's what good teams do when they smell blood. We got it handed to us."
MINERS NUGGETS
- Defenseman Darnell Nurse was put through a vigourous skate on Monday morning back in Sudbury. Word is that he is progressing nicely but there is no timetable for his return to the lineup.
- The next game for the Miners is Wednesday night, when they play host to the Long Island Express. Game time at the Vale Centre is 7:30pm.
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