It’s Round 2 of the Calder Cup playoffs and we’ve got news for you all! It’s good news (well, mostly). The Phantoms picked up a late game winning goal to wrap up a Game 1 win in regulation, and we’ve got a 1-0 series. Let’s talk about it.
1.Hemming and hawing
Or, how the Phantoms somehow orchestrated the weirdest of first period starts.
Let’s break it down. It wasn’t an altogether awful start for the Phantoms, but it was at least certainly less than ideal. It saw them spending much of the first few minutes of the period stuck in their own zone, struggling to hold onto the puck long enough to make a clean exit.