The unsung hero of Saturday night’s game was the fourth trio. I was one of many questioning Carbo's choice in morphing Dandenault in to a forward and keeping Chipchura in the press box, but it's hard to argue with the results. Begin, Smolinski and Dandenault were by far the hardest working players of both teams, and as is the usual case for the best grinders, they got rewarded for it.
Momentum is invaluable to a team. When it's on your side the passes are crisp, the bounces and calls seem to go your way, and the oppositions looks like an AHL team. On the other hand, if the opposition has the momentum, it seems impossible to get the puck out of our zone, every pass seems to be intercepted, all the calls seem to be going against us, and we look completely disorganised and at the mercy of our goaltender's agility.
Unfortunately we have heard this song way too many times last year, especially after the holiday break. Hopefully this year our energy line will keep up the momentum building, tempo setting pace through out the year (and god willing the post season) no matter who plays on that line.
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