Globe Santa Auditions Underway. Shaughnessy in Lead:
(shaughnessy wades in on hockey )
"He is Crash Davis with a Freddy Krueger mask."
Maybe he wasn't being literal, but goalies haven't worn "Freddy Kruger masks" in about 15 years.
"Certainly you’ve seen the play by now: Lightning winger Steve Downie skated toward the left post, took a rebound (Dominic Moore slapper) "
It was Brewer who took the slapshot.
"And then we have good ol’ Grady Julien, staying the course, changing nothing, "
Except for the players on the ice (Seguin and switching centers around), the lines and the defense pairings, he's correct.
Or as pointed out elsewhere in today's Glob:
http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2011/05/25/up_to_speed_on_pivotal_play/
(shaughnessy wades in on hockey )
"He is Crash Davis with a Freddy Krueger mask."
Maybe he wasn't being literal, but goalies haven't worn "Freddy Kruger masks" in about 15 years.
"Certainly you’ve seen the play by now: Lightning winger Steve Downie skated toward the left post, took a rebound (Dominic Moore slapper) "
It was Brewer who took the slapshot.
"And then we have good ol’ Grady Julien, staying the course, changing nothing, "
Except for the players on the ice (Seguin and switching centers around), the lines and the defense pairings, he's correct.
Or as pointed out elsewhere in today's Glob:
http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2011/05/25/up_to_speed_on_pivotal_play/
With 1:08 remaining in Game 5 and play halted for a Tampa Bay timeout, Bruins coach Claude Julien had zero doubt about his personnel for the neutral-zone faceoff.
On the back end, Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg were slam dunks. Up front, Julien wanted three centers, including two right shots: Patrice Bergeron, Rich Peverley, and Chris Kelly.
“I didn’t know if there was an icing, which side the faceoff would be on,’’ Julien explained. “We had two right centermen and a left. I thought that was important. But Julien has been quick to tap Peverley for ice time in all situations.
Peverley has been on the power play. He has killed penalties. In the third period of Game 4, Peverley took even-strength shifts on the second line. In Game 5, when Tampa coach Guy Boucher double-shifted Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis on his third line, Julien countered by switching Peverley with Tyler Seguin.
Peverley has been Julien’s ultimate utility player.
“I had to put Peverley out there at the point and make sure we had some experience against some of those guys,’’ Julien said of flip-flopping Peverley and Seguin. “This is where Pevs becomes a real useful player.
“He did a great job on the penalty kill, and he jumped in there on the third power play we had. He was used for faceoffs, and he was very good. You can’t just put a guy like him on the fourth line and just give