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StumbleWranglers score three power-play goals in 5-4 win over Bakersfield
Stephen Sylvanie / Special to the Sun
Wranglers newcomer Tomas Petruska sweeps the puck along the boards behind him as Bakersfield’s Eric Burdoerfer closes in during the second period at the Orleans Arena on Friday night.
Saturday, March 13, 2010 | 1:38 a.m.
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Friday night, the Las Vegas Wranglers picked up where they left off.
Powered by three power-play goals, the Wranglers defeated the Bakersfield Condors, 5-4, for their second straight victory.
“It was a big win,” head coach Ryan Mougenel said. “We found a way tonight.”
Wranglers right-winger Alex Bourret scored the game-winning goal, assisted by Adam Miller and Mike Madill on the power play at the 6:24 mark of the third period.
Facing an early one-goal deficit, defenseman Jason Krischuk set the pace with a power-play goal from the point for the tie.
“Krischuk’s had eyes tonight,” Mougenel said. “He’s done a good job of getting the puck to the net.”
The other power-play goal came courtesy of Mick Lawrence to tie the game at 3 early in the second period. Madill, who collected an assist on the goal, recorded three on the night.
“Our power play is clicking like it was in the beginning of the year,” Mougenel said. “I think when you simplify things and get good net presence, good things happen.”
Jimmy Spratt earned his second straight win, stopping 31 of 35 Bakersfield shots in the win.
“He’s going to keep getting better,” Mougenel said. “The more he plays, the more I like him.”
Coupled with losses from the Stockton Thunder and Ontario Reign, the Wranglers (28-26-7) jump into the sixth spot in the conference with 63 points.
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6th spot in the conference is misleading, i think, because we are a couple points from being in last place or a couple point in being in 3rd place.
I posted this in the last story but many may not read it there so I am reposting it here...
Ok just back from game and yes the coach is still a MORON!!! Madill had such a bad game that our coach decided to play him MORE!!! Also you don't play "shut down hockey" when you are only up by 2 in this day and age! Coach must think it is still the '80s! We only won because we got lucky! Coach you STILL suck!!!!!! And before you say it, yes! My Brother and I could do such a better job! This coach is a joke!!! And yes, my bro is a former ECHL allstar!
Ok now to some new thoughts.
Rushzone, yes it is VERY misleading! The 2 teams directly under us are 1 and 2 points under us yet have 2 games in hand. For you few hockey illiterates, we have played 2 more games than them so if they win just 1 of those games they jump over us no matter what we do. Yes we won, but we are still in no position to be happy with where we are. I still say our coach is to blame not the players. Granted some where assigned to our team, but I think I remember open tryouts to fill the other spots. And who picked the other players? Our coach/GM. Sorry but the buck stops there!
I will still be there cheering our Wranglers on! But we need to get rid of the idiot behind the bench! Let's go Wranglers!
Ganga, let see you try to coach, manage the team, deal with budget cuts(so can't get the players you need or want), deal with management, deal with every little dispute that come up between players and a kid you planned on being there all season up and leave without notice. You may think you are perfect and you may think the coach is not, you do have the right to your opinion. Don't degrade a person for doing the best he can with what he has to work with. After all this is his first season, cut him some slack.
If you think you and you brother can do a better job, why aren't you coaching an ECHL hockey club.
When I became a season ticket holder 7 seasons ago I was a "hockey novice". I learned from watching the Wranglers play, I learned from the hockey "experts" sitting around me, I learned the difference between a clean hit and dirty ones....this just to name a few. I don't consider myself an "expert" by any means, I am still learning.
I too will continue to cheer on the Wranglers, win or lose.
I am glad to see young men most of whom don't know each other come together, learn, grow and play hockey together.
GO WRANGLERS!!!!!!
I remember people saying he same thing about Gulutzen his second year when we didn't make the playoffs. That would have been a big mistake. You can't judge someone by one single year. Is this team as good as some of our other teams? No, but they have improved since the start of the season and the fact that they are still in the playoff picture is because of the coach. He has made a couple of good moves getting Spratt and Bourett with limited resources. Lets remember he doesn't have an assistant coach or the same money that Gully had and yet the team is still playing decent hockey. I say give him some more time.
5:45 a.m., must have just been getting in from partying, no wonder you can't get a coaching job.
Spratt played well last night, he gave up 4 but I don't think they were all his fault. He really got hung out to dry a couple of times. Madill may have had some assists, but defensively he seemed like a liability last night. One goal was directly on him (the third one I think?) because he was so busy whining about not getting a call that he was out of the play and he didn't even try to get back in it.
Overall it was a good game, somewhat fast but scattered. Both teams were constantly out of position defensively and I can't figure out if it's because the offense was randomly all over the place and they were trying to cover or if the offense was all over the place because the defense wasn't set up.
I do agree with ganga in what he is saying about of coach. I dont think he is a very good coach because of the way he acts on and off the bench. He needs to be a leader, maybe a few years and he will be good, but i just think he needs to mature as a coach.
LPN4LIFE: I got a question for u... Do u think moug is the best coach ever? Cause all i ever see u do is suck up to him or the wranglers and you seem to "comment" on anyone else who does say whats on there mind. So if you think the team is "perfect" then let me remind you, we are a couple games from being eliminated when 7/8 teams make the playoffs. So thats not perfect.
Ok, I know a few of you are thinking I am going to bash the Wranglers again. Well, if you insist. We didn't come out to play in the first. That being said nether did Bako! The 2nd and 3rd however, NOW THAT WAS WRANGLERS HOCKEY!!!! I want to see that intensity every game from here on out!
Oh and just to go back to the negative, If the league waits to suspend McCue and he accualy plays tomorrow, well I hear the beds at UMC are kind of comfortable. Not that he will get to know in the coma our team will put him in! He shuld be kicked out of the ECHL for that!
And as for the people who hate me now, GOOD! That shows that you have passion like me! LET'S GO WRANGLERS!!!!!
ganga: trust me, i am on ur side... Its nice to have someone besides myself on here that says the truth or what we think about the team..
I wanna beat the crap out of the McCue... What he did was so wrong, but bouret was laughing about it after, u could see him in the box laughing
I don't see anywhere that LPN4LIFE stated Moug is the "best coach ever." He simply stated, "Don't degrade a person for doing the best he can with what he has to work with."
Which is exactly right. Moug runs a different style than what everyone is used to seeing in the past with Gully. The team is starting to come together and seem to be really clicking right when it's going to be the most important. 7 for 12 on the PP in the last 2 games, 3 wins on a 5 game road trip, and so on. But to say that the guy is a horrible coach without even a complete season under his belt is like Al Davis, except Al Davis actually has a say in who coaches the Raiders.
cul is right I didn't say Coach Mougenel is the best coach ever. And yes I will continue to defend him, though he doesn't need my help in that regard.
I have never said the team is perfect either. There have been time when I have agreed with many of you who have said the team is in need of improvement. A question posed to Chris Frank Friday night after the game was "Do you think the team has peaked at the right time", he said yes.
True the team is playing for that last playoff spot, I totally understand that, still we can't count them out until it is all over, said and done. Does that answer your several questions rush..
Ganga and rush you may have missed also in my comments that Ganga was entitled to his opinion, I am as well. The good thing about this blogging thing is that all of us can voice our opinion whether anyone else likes them or not.
Thats good.. i must have mis read what u said...
Well, I did in one of the past articles give our coach props for coaching the team, because whatever happened (seemed about the time we got bouret) our team seems to be doing good. So for that i do give our coach a round of applause.
The main problems i had with the organization was that we would trade away good talents.