-Looking for his first win of the season, Alex Auld will start against the Penguins.

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Bruce Garrioch writes about Craig Anderson‘s problems (link), with the goaltender saying, “Obviously, I can be a little better. You hate to get scored on and you hate losing games. At the same time, you need help. You need everyone working together and everyone on the same page. If everyone does a little bit more, everyone gets rewarded. You can’t win one game, lose two and then win one. That’s inconsistent hockey. The good teams, the ones that make the playoffs, string a few wins together. They consistently play the same way regardless of the outcome.”  Paul MacLean said nothing about his goaltending, instead talking about puck-movement, “To me, one of the biggest issues we have at Game 32, that’s affecting our growth, is execution with the puck. We have to move the puck quicker and get going. Our transition game from defence to offence and offence to defence is almost like it has a pause button. That slows us down and causes us to either take penalties or turn over the puck that end up to be fatal. We just need to have a more natural progression (for both areas).”

–The Ottawa Citizen‘s Wayne Scanlan wonders if fighting has any impact on the outcome of games (link).  It’s a difficult argument to make, since whatever the result of the game is proponents can say the fight was a key.

–The Ottawa Citizen‘s Ken Warren talks about the issues Ottawa’s young blueline has (link), with the best quote comes from Jason Spezza, “We’ve played well lately, but we’ve just made too many glaring errors that  have cost us and ended up in the back of the net. I made a couple  of mistakes on the power play in the New Jersey game (a 5-4 shootout loss on  Dec. 8) and in the (Boston) game there (were) a couple of mistakes made by guys.  We’re doing a lot of good things. We just have to make sure we stick to the  system the whole time. The good teams have been real patient and found a way to capitalize against us.”  This is the way to look at it, because despite the recent criticism about “youthful errors” the veterans have been just as guilty, making the problem a team issue.

-Pierre LeBrun Tweets that the Sens have talked to Phoenix about Kyle Turris, but he doesn’t believe they are the front-runners (link).  This isn’t really news except that it dynamites those who bought into the idea that Phoenix would refuse to trade him.

-Joy Lindsay provides Binghamton’s lines for tonight (link): Rob Klinkhammer-Corey Locke-Brandon Svendsen, Mike Hoffman-Stephane Da Costa-Mark Parrish, David Dziurzynski-Pat Cannone-Mike Bartlett, Corey Cowick-Wacey Hamilton-Francis Lessard; Mark Borowiecki-Eric Gryba, Bobby Raymond-Tim Conboy, Mike Ratchuk-Craig Schira.  Lehner gets the start.

December 16, 2011
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–Nick Foligno doesn’t think Adam McQuaid intentionally kneed him nor does he think he warrants a suspension

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Bruce Garrioch looks at last night’s loss (link) and Paul MacLean put the blame on the two turnovers that lead to breakaways, “We made two fatal mistakes with turnovers by not executing with the puck and it ends up with two breakaways that were the difference in the game. That keeps happening continually and we’ve got to continue to work at having it stop.”  I understand what he’s saying, but Craig Anderson was the biggest part of the loss.

-Joy Lindsay Tweets (link) that Binghamton has signed Brandon Svendsen to a PTO; Svendsen has been playing for Kalamazoo in the ECHL (10-7-7-14), but was a full-time player in Binghamton during the 2009-10 season.  Jack Downing was returned to Elmira.

-Joy provides the lines at practice: Klinkhammer-Locke-Svendsen, Hoffman-Da Costa-Parrish/Armstrong, Dziurzynski-Cannone-Bartlett, Cowick-Hamilton-Lessard; Borowiecki-Gryba, Ratchuk-Conboy, Raymond-Schira.

-Besides Mark Stone, Sens prospects Mika Zibanejad and Fredrik Claesson will play for Sweden while Jakub Culek will play for the Czechs.  Shane Prince‘s fate for USA is still up the air.

–SenShot‘s Jared Crozier writes an interesting piece on why Canadians love the World Junior Championship so much (link).  I recommend reading the article as I agree with most of it (TSN, the timing, nationalism, and winning).  I’d add the following point: in addition to the general when of the event, it’s also mid-season in the NHL which is the least interesting point of the regular season.  The one thing the tournament is not is a best-on-best.  The last junior age tournament that features all the best players available to each nation is the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, which is the IIHF’s under-18 tourney (Canada has won 16 out of 21 tournaments overall and 14 of the last 16).  Ivan Hlinka takes place in August however, so has no chance of becoming a popular event for viewers.

December 15, 2011
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The Ottawa Senators enjoyed yet another third period comeback to win 3-2 in overtime, although I suspect for many fans the biggest news was the injury suffered by Milan Michalek in a collision with Erik Karlsson.  I thought Buffalo helped defeat themselves by sitting back on their lead.  In regards to the Sens,  watching tonight I have no idea why Paul MacLean would ever break up the Bingo line (Daugavins-Smith-Condra) or the Michalek-Spezza-Greening line.  For the box score go here link.  Here’s a look at the goals:
1. Michalek (Spezza, Greening)
Ryan Miller over commits to Spezza whose pass gives Michalek a wide open net
2. Buffalo, Szczechura
Foligno strips Karlsson of the puck in front of the net and falls, leaving Buffalo with a 2-on-0 on the doorstep
3. Buffalo, Ennis
Rundblad tries to pass through Derek Roy who picks it off–the puck gets to Ennis whom Greening can’t catch and he dekes Anderson
4. Regin (Lee)
A seeing-eye shot through a crowd
5. Cowen (Karlsson, Spezza)
Great pass into the slot for Cowen to bang in

Top-performers:
Jason Spezza – two assists and no turnovers is a good night
Colin Greening – he had nine shots on goal along with an assist and solid physical play
Peter Regin – he was fantastic defensively and he scored
Jared Cowen – a great night that included the game-winner

Players who struggled: despite some mistakes I don’t think anyone stood out as particularly bad.  Paul MacLean was clearly ticked off by David Rundblad‘s turnover, but his overall play was fine.  Chris Phillips lead the team in turnovers, but by his standards his play was fine.

Binghamton lost their fourth game in a row despite leading twice (both goals, one by Da Costa and the other by Hoffman, were scored 5-on-3).  Robin Lehner took the loss.  For the box score go here link and for Joy Lindsay’s game summary go here link.

December 13, 2011
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-Here’s The Ottawa Sun‘s projected lineup for tonight: Colin Greening-Jason Spezza-Milan Michalek, Peter Regin-Nick Foligno-Daniel Alfredsson, Erik Condra-Zack Smith-Chris Neil, Bobby Butler-Jesse Winchester-Kaspars Daugavins; Chris Phillips-Sergei Gonchar, Jared Cowen-Erik Karlsson, David Rundblad-Brian Lee (Ian Mendes Tweets (link) to update this, saying Konopka will play and Butler is scratched).

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Don Brennan reports that Bryan Murray intends to qualify Nikita Filatov to keep his rights (link), which is a prudent move (it’s worth pointing out that the Sens got Oleg Saprykin for Alexei Kaigorodov in 2007).  Pierre McGuire said this morning that he thought Filatov‘s problems were related to work ethic (link).  The Ottawa Citizen‘s Allen Panzeri writes that Filatov made a point of thanking Murray for how he was treated and for giving him an opportunity (link).  One thing that I hadn’t seen reported until the decision to return Filatov to Russia was made is that he supports his family financially (making playing in the AHL fiscally disastrous).  It’s interesting that his two head coaches had a different perspective on him, with Kurt Kleinendorst saying he thought Filatov worked on what he needed too (link) while Paul MacLean said the opposite (link).

-TSN, ESPN, and The Hockey News have their power rankings out (link and link and link), with Ottawa 25th, 24th, and 21st.

-Joy Lindsay reports that Patrick Wiercioch has been released from hospital (link)

-Joy updates Binghamton’s injuries (link) with only Corey Locke having a chance to be back in the lineup before Christmas.  Also out are Andre Petersson, Jim O’Brien, Josh Godfrey, and Maxime Gratchev.

December 13, 2011
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-TSN’s Bob McKenzie Tweets that Nikita Filatov has been assigned to the KHL (link) after being scratched for five straight games.  The move is no surprise given Paul MacLean’s preference to play an unproductive Bobby Butler.  Was Filatov given a fair shake?  I don’t think so, but if the coach wasn’t going to play him there’s no point in the organisation keeping him around (not even for Binghamton’s sake as their season cannot be salvaged at this point).  When Filatov was acquired everyone expected the Sens to struggle to score goals, but goals haven’t been the problem and I think that worked against him getting more of an opportunity.  I give credit to Murray to keeping his word to Filatov (if things didn’t work out he would be allowed to return to the KHL).

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Don Brennan writes about the Sens latest losing streak (link), with Paul MacLean unwilling to see it as any different than any other time of the year, “It hasn’t been easy the first 30 games. I don’t anticipate the last 52 to be easier. It doesn’t matter who we’re playing. This is a tough league. Real tough league to play in. We’re competing, and we’re going to come here again on Monday and get ourselves ready to play Tuesday in Buffalo. We’re going to come, we’re going to play hard and we’re going to give it our best shot.”

–The Ottawa Citizen‘s Ken Warren believes the latest streak is just part of the expected ups and downs of the season (link), with Warren reporting, “A recent survey of more than 500 respondents revealed that 75 per cent of fans  wanted Murray to stay the course and not start gambling by making trades. It’s  not a scientific poll — I have no idea what the margin of error of plus or minus  is — but three-quarters of anything is a sizable majority.”  I can’t help but recall the CBC’s Elliotte Friedman saying on The Fan 590 that “Ottawa’s fans…they jump off the bandwagon pretty quick” (link).  It’s still early, but it was a dumb thing for Friedman to say.

–The SIlver Seven‘s Mark Parisi looks at the ups and downs of the team over the past week (link) and I disagree with some of his comments.  I like the idea of a weekly review however, so rather than tilt against the Silver Seven windmill here’s my own version (covering December 5th-11th, Monday to Sunday):
Team Record 1-2-1
Forwards
Daniel Alfredssson 4-2-2-4 -1 (a great week for Alfie whose game is rounding into form)
Jason Spezza 4-0-4-4 -4 (he struggled in all four games)
Nick Foligno 4-3-0-3 +2 (a strong week)
Zack Smith 4-2-1-3 +2 (offensive output continues to surprise)
Colin Greening 4-1-2-3 +1 (despite playing throughout the lineup he produced)
Milan Michalek 4-2-0-2 -4 (cooling down and struggled defensively)
Jesse Winchester 4-1-1-2 +1 (a good week for a depth player)
Erik Condra 4-1-0-1 +2
Kaspars Daugavins 4-0-1-1 Even (first line audition crashed and burned)
Bobby Butler 4-0-0-0 -1 (improved when removed from the top line)
Chris Neil 4-0-0-0 -4 (minus four!)
Zenon Konopka 3-0-0-0 -1 SCR 1
Peter Regin 1-0-0-0 Even INJ 3
Nikita Filatov DNP SCR 4
Defence
Jared Cowen 4-0-2-2 +2 (fantastic week for the rookie)
Erik Karlsson 4-0-2-2 -3 (despite the plus/minus he was solid)
Sergei Gonchar 3-0-2-2 -1 INJ 1
Chris Phillips 4-0-2-2 -1 (as usual it was up and down throughout)
Brian Lee 4-0-1-1 +1
David Rundblad 4-0-0-0 -2
Matt Carkner 1-0-0-0 +1 AHL 3
Goalies (GAA/SV% are approximate)
Craig Anderson 1-2-0 GAA 3.33 SV% .903
Alex Auld 0-0-1 GAA 3.00 SV% .871

-Joy Lindsay Tweets (link) that David Dziurzynski is back skating with the team.  Today’s lines from practice: Klinkhammer-Da Costa-Parrish, Dziurzynski-Cannone-Bartlett, Hoffman-Armstrong-Downing, Cowick-Hamilton-Lessard; Borowiecki-Gryba, Ratchuk-Conboy, Raymond-Schira.

-Prospect updates (their position in team scoring is noted in brackets, defence compared to defence; I’ve also indicated if the player’s scoring position has change (with a + for up, – for down, and = for unchanged):
CHL
Mark Stone (Brandon, WHL) 33-27-38-65 (1st=)
Shane Prince (Ottawa 67s, OHL) 25-14-22-36 (3rd=)
Matt Puempel (Peterborough, OHL) 29-17-15-32 (2nd-) (suspended)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Gatineau, QMJHL) 17-18-13-31 (1st=) (injured)
Stefan Noesen (Plymouth, OHL) 27-10-21-31 (3rd=)
Jakub Culek (Rimouski, QMJHL) 30-8-15-23 (5th=)
Darren Kramer (Spokane, WHL) 27-11-7-18 (6th-)
Jordan Fransoo (Brandon, WHL) 33-2-5-7 (4th=)
SEL
Jakob Silfverberg (Brynas) 27-12-12-24 (2nd-) (injured)
Mika Zibanejad (Djurgarden) 13-3-3-6 (14th=)
Fredrik Claesson (Djurgarden) 29-1-4-5 (4th=)
Allsvenskan
Marcus Sorensen (Boras) 14-5-4-9 (6th+)
NCAA
Ryan Dzingel (CCHA-Ohio State) 17-5-10-15 (3rd-)
Ben Blood (WCHA-North Dakota) 18-2-7-9 (t-1st=)
Bryce Aneloski (WCHA-Nebraska-Omaha) 20-1-8-9 (3rd-)
Chris Wideman (CCHA-Miami) 20-1-8-9 (1st=)
Michael Sdao (ECAC-Princeton) 13-4-3-7 (t-1st+)
Jeff Costello (CCHA-Notre Dame) 15-1-6-7 (9th+)
Max McCormick (CCHA-Ohio State) 10-2-4-6 (12th-)
Brad Peltz (ECAC-Yale) 3-0-0-0 (=)

December 12, 2011
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The Senators lost their third game in a row and didn’t look very good in the process.  They started with a physical tone that faded as the game wound on (likely a reaction to the officiating–it was not a great night for Marcus Vinnerborg and Kevin Pollock).  Despite a lack of results Chris Neil and Bobby Butler were still on the powerplay while the first unit spent much of a 5-on-3 passing the puck around on the outside (a simplified powerplay was where they found success earlier in the season).  For the box score go here link.  A look at the goals:
1. Vancouver, Edler (pp)
Phillips screens Anderson who over commits the wrong way
2. Vancouver, Kesler
A 2-on-1 where Spezza gives up on the backcheck allowing Kesler to score easily
3. Vancouver, Kesler (pp)
Smith misses the puck boucing off the backboards and Phillips can’t control Kesler in front who bangs it in
4. Greening (Spezza, Lee)
Luongo over commits to the deke and leaves Greening with a wide open net
5. Vancouver, Weise (sh)
Dekes Neil and then Anderson

Top-performers
Jared Cowen – he wasn’t spectacular, but played a safe, steady game
Daniel Alfredsson – he didn’t pick up a point, but he was strong on the puck and played hard at both ends

Players who struggled
Chris Phillips – was the key figure for two goals against
Jason Spezza – needs to simplify his game, but the main reason he’s here is because is he skaes hard for a few more strides the second Vancouver goal doesn’t happen
Craig Anderson – tonight wasn’t all his fault, but he isn’t paid to be average
Milan Michalek – no shots, no scoring chances, and a minus player

The Binghamton Senators lost their third game in a row (out shot 42-17), with the depleted lineup getting goals from Rob Klinkhammer and Mike Hoffman (Mike McKenna took the loss).  Craig Schira lead the team at -3.  I did not see the game so I’m reliant on reports on it–for the box score go here link and for Joy Lindsay’s summary go here link.

Elmira won last night, with Brian Stewart getting the win and Louie Caporusso adding a goal.

December 11, 2011
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–Peter Regin joins Matt Carkner in returning to the lineup; Zenon Konopka comes out of the lineup.  There’s no sign of Nikita Filatov and the longer this drags on the more I begin to wonder if Paul MacLean wants him on the team.

–The Ottawa Citizen‘s Ken Warren writes about Ottawa’s third period collapses (link), with Paul MacLean stating the obvious, “The guys that turned over (the puck), the mistakes we made weren’t just the  young guys, so we can’t just paint it with that broad brush.”

-Binghamton lost their second game in a row last night.  Playing with just five defenseman, they only scored one goal (Andre Petersson), but the big news out of the game was Patrick Wiercioch getting hit in the throat by a puck and then rushed to hospital.  Joy Lindsay reports that he’s in stable condition (link).  For the box score go here link and for Joy’s game summary go here link.

–Tim Conboy returns to action for Binghamton after missing the last seven games; Jack Downing and Mike Ratchuk are filling out the roster and Mike McKenna gets the start

-In a classic case of skewed priorities, the NHL (and the media that covers it) wasted a great deal of time having a hissy fit over Artem Anisimov‘s goal-scoring celebration.  Player celebrations used to be something the NHL used to differentiate themselves from the non-demonstrative Soviet-style of hockey, but that’s no longer the case.  Given all the rhetoric that’s poured out I wonder if the proper behaviour would have been Anisimov apologising to Mathieu Garon because he embarrassed him by scoring.  If the NHL spent this kind of energy on serious issues the league would be in much better shape.

December 10, 2011
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–The Ottawa Sun‘s Bruce Garrioch writes about last night’s game (link), with Jesse Winchester summing it up, “It’s not a nice feeling here now. We were in control of the game and we were playing pretty well. We had the upper hand early, but they (scored) too much in the third. We were able to push it to overtime, but we’re left feeling pretty empty right now.”  Alex Auld took blame on himself, “I don’t know if I’ve gone this late (without a win). I’ve got to keep battling.”

–The Silver Seven‘s Mark Parisi wants to get onboard the Nick Foligno train (link).  Like Parisi, I had given up on Foligno being more than a third-line winger (link).  Normally when a player breaks out you can point to increased ice time, but Foligno has benefitted from numerous opportunities in the past and simply been unable to produce enough.  The only change that’s apparent is the coaching staff, so either Foligno has evolved on his own or else the approach of Paul MacLean has helped.  Regardless, the good play hasn’t been going on for a full six weeks yet and 17 games is a trend not a career change, but it’s great to see how good Foligno can be.

–Robin Lehner is expected to get the start tonight; Binghamton has only five healthy blueliners, but there’s no word yet on an ECHL call-up.

–Sports Illustrated writes about Carolina prospect Mike Murphy earning a loss without surrendering a goal (link), the first time that’s happened in the NHL

December 9, 2011
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–Bobby Butler remains in the lineup going into tonight’s game; Alex Auld gets a rare start

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Aedan Helmer writes about last night’s game (link), with Chris Neil seemingly pretty forgiving of Ovechkin‘s spear, “I don’t see (Ovechkin) as that type of player and we played each other hard the rest of the night.”  But Don Brennan has a longer quote (link) where Neil implies a suspension should be forthcoming, “It was almost like a pitchfork, right in the gut. It’s frustrating, no call on the play, and I end up getting the penalty. Obviously people have seen the replay on it and they’ve seen that he catches me. We make mistakes out there, and so do the refs. Hopefully the league will review it and make the right call.”

-In the same Brennan article he quotes Erik Condra about the process of becoming a complete player, “You can learn defence. You can learn how to play smart in your own zone. And I think I’ve done that.”

–The Silver Seven‘s Adnan writes about last night’s game (link) and while I mostly agree with his article I take issue with two comments.  He had Erik Karlsson listed as one of his “underwhelming” players who was “victimised several times by Ovechkin“.  Other than one play in particular (where Ovechkin was able to drive wide around Karlsson and get a scoring chance), I thought Karlsson was fine (his partner, Cowen, struggled more with his pivots last night, with both Ovechkin and Semin blowing by him).  The second assertion was about the struggling first line (Greening-Spezza-Butler) and I’d simply qualify that to say when Greening played with anyone else (or when Michalek replaced Butler) he was fine, so I don’t think Greening was as culpable as his linemates.

–SenShot‘s Jared Crozier thinks he’s spotted a technical weakness in Craig Anderson‘s game (link).  For me the primary problem with Anderson is that he allows a soft goal every game.

-Joy Lindsay has her post-game comments posted (link), with Kurt Kleinendorst saying, “You know what, I thought our honest guys were honest. I mean, I can give you a handful of guys. I thought Robin gave us a chance to win. I thought Gratchev was really good. I thought Cowick was really good. Klinkhammer. I mean, I thought we had some guys that played well. Boro always plays well. Carkner was fine. I call those the honest guys. Those are the guys that you can take to the bank every single night. But I don’t think we were all in, for sure.”  On how to get all the players to give an honest effort, “That’s the million-dollar question. I mean, you put their fannies on the bench. But again, it’s a long year. There are going to be nights like tonight where you try to push buttons, but where do you go? How many guys do you sit down? And then when you sit them down, what’s left? So you’ve got to challenge. There’s motivation in sports for sure.”  There entire article is worth reading, so I recommend you check it out.

-The injuries continue to pile up in Binghamton, with Derek Grant on crutches and Josh Godfrey injured (link)

-Elmira’s Brian Stewart was named ECHL Goaltender of the Week last week

–The Hockey News‘ Ryan Kennedy hopes the World Junior rosters are picked based on talent and need instead of politics (link), but there’s no doubt politics will continue to play a role.  While Kennedy talks about the decision by the Czech team last year to leave off some of their better players who were in the CHL, he doesn’t bring up the gold medal winning Russians who did the same thing.  The idea of punishing players for playing junior in Canada seems to be ebbing away from the US side (in large part because so many top players come here now), but some of the European leagues will continue to punish their nationals for leaving home.

December 8, 2011
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Washington continued their mastery over Ottawa in a game the Sens probably deserved to lose.  The Caps dominated the first period, but allowed the Sens to take an early third period lead.  Paul MacLean stuck with combinations that were not working a bit longer than I would have liked (first line and powerplay configuration), although he made a good switch defensively putting the fourth line against Ovechkin.  Speaking of the Great Eight, one wonders if he’ll face any discipline for spearing Chris Neil (I doubt it, but the league has suspended him before).  For the box score go here link.  Here are the goals:
1. Washington, Halpern
Greening loses his man and Brian Lee doesn’t pick him up as Halpern cashes in on a juicy rebound
2. Condra (Karlsson, Smith)
Great play by Condra to cash in on Karlsson‘s deflected shot
3. Foligno (Gonchar)
At the end of a 5-on-3 Foligno walks around the Caps and cashes in with a one-handed back-hand
4. Washington, Backstrom (pp)
Phillips inexplicably goes down as Brooks Laich skates wide, leaving Backstrom open (Smith stopped skating on the back check just as the pass occurred)
5. Washington, Ovechkin
Anderson bites on the faked slapshot and is beat five-hole on a shot he could have had
6. Washington, Brouwer
Rundblad gets caught watching the puck and doesn’t have Brouwer‘s stick tied up as he cashes in on a pass from the corner
7. Michalek (Greening) (pp)
Greening is able to retrieve the puck on a lost faceoff and Michalek cashes in short side
8. Washington, Carlson (en)
Karlsson‘s pass to Alfredsson is deflected and Carlson scores from behind his own blueline

Top-performers:
Erik Karlsson – was strong defensively tonight and assisted on the Sens first goal
Erik Condra – scored and was good in all three zones

Players who struggled:
Bobby Butler – it’s strange, but for the longest time Butler could do nothing to get himself elevated to the top line, but now that he’s there it appears he can do nothing to get removed from it
Jason Spezza – at some point he has to produce and be the team’s dominant offensive player; he was also a team worst -3
Brian Lee – played the fewest minute of any player on the team–clearly the coaching stuff has lost their confidence in him

Binghamton got a fantastic performance from Robin Lehner (35 saves, including 18 in the first period), but couldn’t score and lost to Wilkes-Barre.  I did not see the game so I’m reliant on reports of it.  Eric Gryba did not play, but I haven’t read why.  For the box score go here link and for Joy Lindsay’s game summary go here link.

Elmira won 5-4 tonight, with Brian Stewart earning another win and Jack Downing picking up a goal.  Louie Caporusso did not play.

December 7, 2011
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