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| | Player of the Week: Slim pickings (22nd Dec 23 at 9:18am UTC) |   |
Similar to recently, "Gamer of the Week" is player of the video game for the Boston Bruins, who played simply once. The Bruins didn't look dreadful in their loss versus the Washington Capitals. They were generating offending chances and dealing with some tough officiating, however they also struggled with turn overs and seemed to accept the pass as opposed to the shot. There were a few prospects for gamer of the week today: Taylor Hall looked great again, and Brad Marchand had a bee under his bonnet. Charlie Coyle won numerous puck fights in the offensive area that led to scoring opportunities. Still, there was one gamer that stuck out over all, and that was Connor Clifton. Cliffy Hockey: Unforeseeable yet effectiveIf you viewed Saturday's video game, it was hard not to discover Clifton. At one factor, color analyst Ray Ferraro discussed that Clifton's nickname, "Cliffy Hockey," originated from his uncertain yet reliable play in the AHL. Boston World writer Matt Doorperson went a little deeper back in 2019. "In techniques that preseason, his negligent hurries up the ice and catch-them-off-guard passes aided him separate him from those playing a much more traditional game Andrew Cristall Jersey. He believes Divine superintendence P-Bruins colleague Kenny Agostino offered him the "Cliffy Hockey" tag, as an use freewheeling former Texas A; M quarterback "Johnny Football" Manziel, and wizardly ex-Boston College star "Johnny Hockey" Gaudreau. "That description fit Clifton's game flawlessly on Saturday. He gained an assist on a "catch-them-off-guard" behind-the-back pass from behind the web that led straight to Nick Foligno's second-period goal. Was it implied to go straight to Foligno, or was it even more of a cycle effort to Taylor Hall? It does not matter because the puck wound up on Foligno's stick and in the net. That had not been the only celebration in Saturday's video game where Clifton helped drive infraction. He took a first-period faceoff down the right boards, hit the blog post from a sharp angle, and then tried to charge via 6-foot-5 Anthony Mantha with his 5-foot-11 body for the rebound. The Capitals may not have actually scored their second goal had Clifton not made a quick no-look pass to the boards, yet Jakub Lauko's panicked attempt to clear the area by shooting the puck right to Garnet Hathaway was the bigger problem on that particular play Michael Sgarbossa Jersey. And like it or otherwise, and I make certain numerous Bruins fans did like it, Clifton pasted Hathaway after the Capitals forward launched the shot in his game-winning-goal. Clifton's physicality likewise assisted the Bruins stay within a goal near the end of the game. He tossed his whole weight versus Hathaway on the backcheck and aided Jeremy Swayman by cutting off Hathaway from relocating to Swayman's handwear cover side. If you're the fancy stats kind, Clifton had a 51. 52 Corsi-for percent, second amongst defensemen to Matt Grzelcyk at 5-on-5 and led the team with an anticipated objectives variety of 1. 29. Though he is not the second coming of Tory Krug, in terms of design, he is the closest thing the Bruins need to their old blueliner. He can move the puck and hit in spite of his lower-than-average dimension. He's obtained a good shot and plays an interesting brand of hockey. He seems entering his own this season. Honorable Reference: Charlie McAvoyThe just thing McAvoy didn't do versus the Capitals was find the scoresheet. He produced numerous prime scoring possibilities for the Bruins both off the rush and on the power play. McAvoy might've had numerous helps on Saturday Martin Fehervary Jersey. There were several celebrations when he jumped down from the blue line to obtain open and after that made attractive centering passes to both Marchand and Hall, yet neither can address Darcy Kuemper. | |
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