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The Marlies in Scotland: Marlies 0-1 Diet Habs

Editor's Note: Our roving Scottish correspondent article1 was at the Marlies-Bulldogs game in Scotland and gives us a first-hand account of the game.

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Reimer was far and away The Marlies' best player. Good awareness of where the puck was, made a couple of nice kick saves and looked solid in the butterfly. He couldn't do anything about the goal he gave up. I dunno about his ability at the NHL level, but he looked capable of doing a job at the Ricoh.

Star-divide

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Q: Hey Mikhail! How does it feel to be in Scotland?

A: I am little nervous, actually. My father, he major in Red Army. Very important man. In charge of attack codes in event there nuclear war. He say it not good idea to be here Tuesday afternoon. I very much hope plane home not delayed.

(I may have made some of that up.)

Stefanovich looked a bit lost. Didn't impact the game at all. Obviously, there's not much positive to say about the forwards when you lose a game 1-0 where the goalie's your best player and Andre Devaux gets tons of power play time. Dale Mitchell missed an open net in the second on a nice pass, but other  than that there wasn't much in the way of good goal-scoring chances for the Marlies.

I'm pretty sure the squad was just numbered 1-35. There wasn't a number higher than Reimer's 34 out there.

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We have Zambonis in Scotland. They just don't work properly. So hockey players end up milling around with the locals while water gets swept off the ice.

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How do you say 'You should have kept your head up, you idiot' in French?

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The Marlies spent the last 2 minutes on the power play - a full minute of which was 6-on-4 and got absolutely nothing going. They probably could have had this many players on the ice for all the difference it would have made.

I thought they were a bit slow in taking Reimer off, which seemed in keeping with the conservative coaching all night. They kept the same line combinations all night, there wasn't a specialised power play unit and the team as a whole took long shifts. It might be jsut cos it's their first game as a single squad, but it seemed odd to me, considering how difficult they found it to generate offence. Their best shots came from the blue line, they got hammered on faceoffs - which led to us being badly outshot - and there were a few bad turnovers at the Toronto blue line. One of which led to a period of sustained pressure capped with the goal.

Phil Oreskovic didn't play and Ben Ondrus wore the 'C'. 

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This is about as close as we got to an outbreak of truculence. Anytime it looked like something was in danger of threatening to maybe start, the linesmen stepped in and stopped it escalating into being interesting. It got rather tedious.

I have no photos of the Bulldogs because, frankly, who cares? I'm led to believe that they're affiliated to the Canadiens, but the only people that I know have played for them are Mikhail Grabovski and Mike Komisarek. So I choose to believe that they're either a lost part of the Leafs organisation; or they used to be the Phoenix Coyotes.

Also, sorry about the blurry photos. I hope to have better on Saturday.

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by WendelMadeMe on Sep 24, 2009 6:33 PM EDT reply actions  

Great post!

Thanks for posting the pictures!

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by PPP on Sep 24, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions  

I didn’t rove very far. I live less than two miles away from the rink.

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by article1 on Sep 24, 2009 7:31 PM EDT reply actions  

But there was roving involved?

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by PPP on Sep 24, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

If I’m being honest, it was more like sauntering.

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by article1 on Sep 24, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

I assume you can drink at the games. Right?

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by kidkawartha on Sep 24, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

In Scotland they don’t have places where you can drink, they have places where you can’t drink.

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by PPP on Sep 24, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

and most of those are drivers seats

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 24, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

Thanks for the update!

Question though, do you Scots have an issue with light?

I mean, it looked downright cavernous in that arena from the pictures.

How many days of sunshine do you get over there, 5?

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Sep 24, 2009 7:37 PM EDT reply actions  

I borrowed a camera from my mum. It’s not very good and I kept forgetting to turn the flash off which is why the lighting in some shots looks weird.

I’m gonna try and get a better camera before Saturday’s game, so hopefully I’ll get some better ones at that game.

We’re further north than you so our Summer days are pretty long. They’re just cloudy. Because I work nights, during winter I can quite easily go a week without seeing daylight.

Today’s been quite nice. A bit of wind, but no rain.

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by article1 on Sep 24, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

I have been enjoying the unseasonably warm weather around here.

I refuse to wear pants…I wear shorts at work as a compromise… something about ‘laws’ or some such.

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Sep 24, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

Woo! Scottish Marlie invasion plan in full effect. Thanks for the update. Where are the Scottish Ice Lasses?

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by blindfolded tank driver on Sep 24, 2009 8:16 PM EDT reply actions  

They were deficient in providing cheer babes for us :-(

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by article1 on Sep 24, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Foiled! I believe its a difficult gimmick to start up. But once it starts, it’ll be tradition!

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by blindfolded tank driver on Sep 24, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Has there ever been an NHL player from the UK?

by Another Good Kingston Boy on Sep 24, 2009 9:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Welcome

Thanks for joining.

Owen Nolan was from Belfast kind of.

45 NHLers were born in the UK.

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by PPP on Sep 24, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Gardiner_(ice_hockey)

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by article1 on Sep 25, 2009 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Great post.

Is there anything unique about hockey in Scotland that you wouldn’t see in North America? Do they play the national anthems with bagpipes? Are the ushers wearing kilts? Is it mandatory to sing if you’re drunk?

by general borschevsky on Sep 24, 2009 10:06 PM EDT reply actions  

I enjoy the fact we have a Scottish correspondent, whether he roves or not.

Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!

by stucky on Sep 24, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions  

What the local paper made of the game:

EDINBURGH Capitals face Toronto Marlies tomorrow having watched the Canadian side lose 1-0 to Hamilton Bulldogs in the opening game of the Gardiner Cup at Murrayfield last night.

The entire squad was there, including crocked forward and coach Doug Christiansen, who was on crutches following his knee operation in midweek.

Around 2,200 fans, the biggest ice hockey crowd since Tony Hand’s testimonial, turned up to see the American Hockey League sides go head-to-head.

The only goal came from James Wyman when he pounced on a bouncing puck close in to beat Marlies netminder James Reimer, who made some outstanding stops during the entertaining 60 minutes.

Hamilton logged only four penalty minutes and the Marlies eight as Edinburgh whistler Moray Hanson had a relatively easy night.

Even in such a sparse report, he still manages to be factually wrong. It was the Marlies who only took two penalties.

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by article1 on Sep 25, 2009 2:00 PM EDT reply actions  

Wait, Stefanovich wears #17?

That’s fine for the Marlies, but do not try to bring that shit to the NHL, OK kid?

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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 25, 2009 3:09 PM EDT reply actions  

unless he finds the mustachulence talisman and becomes the most scary leaf since you know who, I’m sure that shit wont fly on the leafs

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 25, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah the Leafs don’t “retire” numbers but Im sure someone would pull him aside and set that straight

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by JohnnyG on Sep 25, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

I smell a comic book....

“Mild-mannered Toronto prospect/part-time geneticist Mikhail Stefanovich was working in his lab one April, when an errant golf ball smashed through the window and bounced all over his desk…
‘Bastard Spezza! Can you not hit of the fairway?! I curse you with gypsy spell: the Goat of Shame visits your dreams for 30 months.’
Sadly, when Mikhail returned to his seat, he had failed to notice that a vial of Formula 17 had spilled across his chair. There was a flash of blinding blue fists, and when he awoke, his life would never be the same again. For, from that day forward, whenever Stafanovich got even the slightest bit angry, he became….

…THE INCREDIBLE CLARK!"

by Death_By_Leafs on Sep 26, 2009 4:21 AM EDT up reply actions   2 recs

hahahahha! awesome! This is a comic I would buy!

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by blindfolded tank driver on Sep 26, 2009 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

Get to drawing it!

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by PPP on Sep 26, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions  

Deveaux wore #13

And didn’t get that number with the Leafs. Don’t worrry :)

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by PPP on Sep 25, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

The backup goalie was wearing #1 and Dale Mitchell had 28.

As I said, I’m pretty sure it’s just a camp thing where guys are given numbers from 1-35 or so and then sorted out with their preferred numbers for the season opener.

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by article1 on Sep 25, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

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