Game 2: Calgary Chinook 3 Parry Sound Orrsmen 2
Chinook spoil Orrsmen’ home opener
(PARRY SOUND, ON)- Gaudreau put the finishing touches and spoiled the Orrsmen homecoming party. At 11:11 of the second period, Right after the shot by David Pastrnak hit the post, Gaudreau picked up the rebound, went wide, and instead of passing over to Aleksander Barkov, who was parked on the opposite side of Jacob Markstrom’s net, he picked a corner.
“You just have to make sure you know when to shoot the puck and when to not shoot the puck,” said Gaudreau who finished the night with the game-winning goal “I thought the (Parry Sound) D played that two-on-one pretty well there and gave me the lane. “Thankfully I got the shot off. ”
“Every time I see he wants the puck on his stick, we have a chance to win,” said Chinook head coach Eugene Yip. “That’s who he is and that’s how he plays.”
However, the outcome didn’t always look like a sure bet.
And, at one point in the second period when the Orrsmen stormed back to tie the game at 2 a piece, it looked like the Chinook were going to lose momentum and lose the lead. “We got into turnover problems (in the second) and we were reeling back,” Yip said. “The guys were sharp in the third periods, manage to hold on to the lead.”
Game 3:
Calgary Chinook 5 Portland Owls 2
Calgary Use Strong First Period to Defeat Owls 5-2
(PORTLAND, OR) - The Calgary Chinook scored three first period goals and defeated
the Portland Owls on Monday night, 5-2.
The Calgary Chinook carried a two-game winning streak into tonight and you had the
feeling the Portland Owls could be walking into a buzzsaw. Sure enough, that is exactly how it played out.
They started filling the net early when Jakob Silfverberg, put a rebound by Portland goaltender Jaroslav Halak to give the visitor an early 1-0 lead. Five minutes later, Markus Granlund scored his first goal of the season. A nice move on the Portland goaltender after a great saucer pass by James Neal to make it 2-0.
Nope, they weren’t done yet. Matthew Tkachuk scored his second of the season with almost a minute left in the first period. A wrist shot pass Halak give the Chinook a commanding 3-0 lead.
The back-breaker was delivered by red hot Jakob Silfverberg, who scored his 4th goal in 3 games. Silfverberg came flying down the wing a ripped a shot over the shoulder of Halak to make it 4-0.
The Chinook are winners of three straight with the Seattle Reign coming into town on Wednesday.
Game 4:
Seattle Reign 4 Calgary Chinook 3
Chinook comeback attempt falls short, lose to Seattle Reign 4-3
(CALGARY, AB) - The Calgary Chinook took the loss in their first game of the season
Wednesday night, losing in regulation to the Seattle Reign, 4-3. Calgary trailed 4-2 in
the third period before David Pastrnak scored his second of the season – one short
unfortunately of tying the game.
Seattle went on to score three unanswered goals in the second period from Calle
Jarnkrok, Jordan Oesterle and Jordan Staal – It set the tone for the rest of the game.
Calgary captain Mark Giordano assisted on all three Chinook goals.
Seattle goaltender Jimmy Howard made 41 saves to hold off the Chinook from coming
back.
“The second period isn’t how we’re going to be successful this year, to say it nicely,”
said Pastrnak. “We got completely out-played in the second. And then Chucky steps up
with a big fight, and we start to turn the tide a bit.” The Chinook have the day off Thursday but they will be back in action Friday night to take on the Portland Owls.
Game 5:
Portland Owls 1 Calgary Chinook 4
Two early goals propel Chinook past Owls
(CALGARY, AB) - The Calgary Chinook scored two goals in the first 2 minutes of the game, and as it turned out, that's all they needed in order to defeat the Portland Owls, 4-1.
Artemi Panarin and Johnny Gaudreau scored a minute and eight seconds apart to give the Chinook an early lead that they held onto for the balance of the game, and Carey Price made 21 saves on 22 shots.
Just 25 seconds into the game, Letang curled a pass at the blue line to Panarin, who split the defense and beat Jaroslav Halak five-hole on the first shot of the game to give the Chinook a 1-0 lead.
On the very next minutes, John Carlson fed Johnny for the one-timer, and Gaudreau buried his 2nd goal of the season.
"That's the game," head coach Eugene Yip said. "They had their two worst shifts of the game to start the game, and it benefitted us."
Those two tallies were the fastest two goals to open a game in franchise history. Two away games during Canada Thanksgiving weekend, Sunday vs. the red-hot Capeside Loons and Monday vs. Dartmouth Lakers.
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