Alex Stalock News - MinnesotaSportsFan https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/tag/alex-stalock/ Minnesota sports, but different Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:22:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=32,height=32,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-cropped-MSF-favicon-1.jpg Alex Stalock News - MinnesotaSportsFan https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/tag/alex-stalock/ 32 32 Markstrom and Canucks Push Wild to Brink with Game 3 Loss https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/minnesota-wild/markstrom-and-canucks-push-wild-to-the-brink-with-game-3-loss/ https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/minnesota-wild/markstrom-and-canucks-push-wild-to-the-brink-with-game-3-loss/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2020 21:46:37 +0000 https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/?p=28411

The Minnesota Wild are now on the brink of being eliminated from their qualifying round series against Vancouver after losing Game 3 by a score of 3-0. Jacob Markstrom silenced the Wild, who took way too many penalties for the second straight game. It all comes down to Game 4, and if the Wild lose their season is over.

The first period saw few shots and no scoring from either team. There was plenty of bad blood on both sides from the opening faceoff. The Wild took three first period penalties but didn’t allow any goals. Vancouver however apparently wanted to get Alex Stalock off the ice any way they could.

The Canucks opened the scoring in the second period as Brock Boeser scored his second goal of the series to give Vancouver a 1-0 lead. Alex Stalock leaves the crease to block an initial shot leaving the net open for the easy tap in.

CANUCKS PULL AWAY

In the third period the Canucks scored again as rat man Antoine Roussel scored his first of the series to make it 2-0. Roussel motored all the way from his own zone to beat Stalock for the second goal.

With time winding down the Canucks added an insurance goal they wouldn’t need, as Elias Petterson beat Stalock to make it 3-0.

The Wild had plenty of chances to score, but were an abysmal 0-7 on the power play. That was after going 0-6 in the Game 2 loss. The Wild now have to fight back from the brink of elimination and will play tomorrow night at 9:45 CT.

PATHETIC POWER PLAY

The Wild continued their hideous power play showing in Game 3, and haven’t been good in that regard at all in the series. Not only did the Wild not take advantage of those opportunities, but they took way too many penalties as well.

SUTER’S STATUS

Ryan Suter left the game in the third period. His status is not known heading into a pivotal Game 4, but if he is unable to go that will put the Wild further behind in a situation where they need to have all hands on deck.

SOMEONE HELP FIALA

It certainly seems like Kevin Fiala is going to have to will the Wild to a win in Game 4. There have been so many key Wild players that have absolutely gone silent in the series . Let’s get somebody else to step up and score a damn goal!

Seth Toupal | Minnesota Sports Fan

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After a dominating Game 1 win The Minnesota Wild fell flat in Game 2 of their qualifying round series against Vancouver. The Canucks evened the series at one game apiece with a 4-3 win. The Wild looked flat, Alex Stalock struggled and an abysmal power play all led to the Wild being overmatched. If not for Kevin Fiala the Wild would have been laughed off the ice. The overall game can be summed up by the performance of Ryan Donato, who looked completely lost.

UGLY EARLY

The Canucks got the scoring started before before anyone was settled in, taking a 1-0 lead 24 seconds into the game. The Wild definitely didn’t appear ready for the game.

The Wild tied the score with time winding down in the second period, getting a shorthanded goal from Luke Kunin to even things at 1-1.

Vancouver dominated the second period, scoring twice to push the lead to 3-1. The first goal came from J.T. Miller.

Vancouver made it 3-1 on a goal from Brock Boeser that snuck by Stalock as he swung left to play the initial shot.

Vancouver wasn’t done there. They increased the lead to 4-1 in the third with a goal from Bo Horvat.

FIALA CATCHES FIRE

The Wild did get another goal late in the third as Kevin Fiala scored his second goal of the series.

Fiala added another goal with seven seconds left to get the Wild within one at 4-3, but that was as close as the Wild would get.

PITIFUL POWER PLAY

The Wild went 0-6 on the Power Play. Any time they had an opportunity with an extra skater they just seemed tentative. It drives me absolutely bonkers with a team spends most of their advantage simply passing the puck. SHOOT IT!

STALOCK STRUGGLES

Alex Stalock was masterful in Game 1 but Vancouver had his number in Game 2. The goalie position was one spot heading into the series that the Canucks had an advantage. The Wild will need Stalock or whoever else starts in Game 3 to be way .

PLEASE WIN SOME FACEOFFS

The Wild won 25 of 68 faceoffs on the night. That became painfully clear as the game wore on, every faceoff win for the Canucks prevented the Wild from sustaining any time in the Canucks zone. The Wild will absolutely have to get that fixed heading into Game 3.

EVASON ADJUSTMENTS?

All eyes will be on Dean Evason to see what sort of adjustments he makes now that the series is tied 1-1. Will Devan Dubnyk get the start? Are the line combinations going to be juggled? Will Evason stay the course and not make any changes? These are all the types of gambles that can put you in a 1-2 hole if not answered correctly.

The Wild will try to regain the lead in the series Thursday at 1:30 pm CT. You read that right, a game that starts in the afternoon!

Report Cards (via Jake Jensen)

Seth Toupal | Minnesota Sports Fan

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There were many key contributors in Minnesota Wild’s huge Game 1 shutout victory last night. You could argue that Jared Spurgeon was the MVP with his huge power play goal in the second period. And don’t forget his empty-netter to seal the win. Others might say Alex Stalock was the MVP for turning away the Canucks’ attempts at the net all night long. However, my pick for MVPs go to Marcus Foligno and Ryan Hartman, who were integral in the game 1 win.

FEISTY FOLIGNO

Marcus Foligno set the tone from the beginning of the game, and also before the game even started. In his daily diary with The Athletic, Foligno told Michael Russo that the Wild needed to be aggressors early on. And he took it upon himself to make it even more known to the Canucks in the early going.

“I watched the games today, especially the Rangers and Carolina. Carolina was the team that came out guns blazing, and they really took advantage. They scored early and had some hits and they also had a fight, and that’s what our mentality has to be. The team that dips their toe in is probably going to be the team that’s going to be heading out the door in a week.”

Marcus Foligno via The Athletic

Foligno’s hit on Ferland clearly lit a spark for the Wild early. Though both players were promptly sent to the penalty box, it led to a Wild powerplay. Kevin Fiala took advantage of that opportunity to give the Wild the early 1-0 lead.

HARTMAN HITS HARD

One of the most remarkable things about last night also was how absent the top two lines for the Canucks were. They are normally very good at creating chances, but only were able to manuafacture five total shots. The Wild deployed their 4th line helped to shut down the Canucks’ attack.

The most impressive effort from that line came from Hartman. Throughout the last two periods in particular, was everywhere on the ice. Hartman was effective in frustrating the Ferland line and made it difficult for Vancouver to create many chances at all. Hartman also managed to draw two power plays for the Wild in the third period, which allowed them to pull away.

It seems like the Wild now have a leg up on the Canucks in this series. If they hope to win more games, it will again require a group effort and some unlikely stars to make that happen.

Ameer Eldomiatti | Minnesota Sports Fan

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The Minnesota Wild started their qualifying round series against the Vancouver Canucks with a 3-0 win. Alex Stalock made sure the entire evening was frustrating for the Canucks with a shutout. The Wild lead the best of 5 qualifying series 1-0.

HOT START

The Wild got the scoring started with a Kevin Fiala goal barely 3 minutes into the first period to take a 1-0 lead.

Jared Spurgeon handled the scoring from there. Spurgeon scored in both the second and third periods to pad the Wild lead.

STALOCK STYMIES CANUCKS

Alex Stalock got the start in net over the other options the Wild have. He blanked the Canucks, recording 28 saves and mostly frustrating Vancouver.

The Wild will take the ice again Tuesday night to try to swing most of the momentum in their favor. And the game starts even later than things did last night, 9:45 is when we’re supposed to tip off!

Report Cards (via Jake Jensen)

Seth Toupal | Minnesota Sports Fan

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First, I’d like to thank the Minnesota Wild for giving me something to do today…

Our favorite hockey team and their backup goalie, Alex Stalock, have agreed to an extension worth 3 years and $2.355 Million that was announced today.

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While Stalock hasn’t been all that impressive when called upon, as pointed out a few weeks ago by Giles Ferrell of Zone Coverage, it looks like he’s done enough to impress the Wild brass… and not even costing $800K per year helps ease concerns too…

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That’s not all this extension does, though. And, while it doesn’t seem like anybody representing the Wild has confirmed this, his 3-year extension does line him up to be exposed in the expansion draft that is coming in 2-years for the new Seattle franchise. That will be something to watch for as time marches on.

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Eric Strack | Minnesota Sports Fan

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