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The Irish and the Games They Play

by Kurtis on Oct.19, 2009, under Sport News

The Fighting Irish are 4-1 but aren’t ranked in any major poll. The only winning team they’ve played, Michigan, they were able to beat on a touchdown, while their last three victories have come on the final minute.
Is this team any good, or does it just play to the level of its competition?
If you look at some of the other teams that are playing and look at how their games have gone, you will see that they can go right up to the top ten and work right on down.
What team has never had troubles in their schedule? Almost everybody has.

The Fighting Irish have had one loss by four points on the road with eleven seconds to go in the game. Looking at the flip side of it, only eleven seconds away from being undefeated right now, puts them right with everybody else.

Notre Dame will get its chance at victory in its next game, when USC comes to South Bend on the seventeenth of October. For now, they would be healing injuries, followed by a long weekend break so players can go home. All things considered, a lot of improvement has to be done before the Irish can even hope to knock off the Trojans, which should tackling in the list of items they need to develop.

Honestly, did anyone have doubts that Clausen would lead a touchdown drive on Saturday against Washington when Notre Dame got the ball back with a little under three minutes left?

While you could argue that games against Michigan State, Purdue and Washington didn’t need to go down to the final play, the team found a way to win those in the end. That’s the biggest difference between this year and last year, when Notre Dame also started 4-1. Nothing defined the season more than Saturday’s three goal-line stands, in which the defense allowed just three total points.

If they keep playing games like these, however, the Irish may cause a lot of heart attacks. After all, with coaches who are a bit older, these several blood-pumping final moments may be more distressing.

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Canadiens close third period at 4-3 over Leafs

by Kurtis on Oct.19, 2009, under Sport News

The Montreal Canadiens won over the Toronto Maple Leafs during their opening game with a score of 4-3 at the third period on Thursday night.
The victory of the Canadiens during the opener was defined to be because of the standout performance of their goalie Carey Price who blocked 43 shots of the Leafs.
Montreal was off the play during the start but was able to recover towards the end of the game. They were even outranked in the first period. They found out a way out of the trouble with the help of former teammate Mike Komisarek who was on the penalty box.
Josh Gorges, Canadiens defenseman, was overwhelmed with the performance of Price. He even said that the goalie’s action for the game was unbelievable. He also added that it was Price that saved them when the ball got out of their control. Gorges scored a goal for Montreal at 12.8 seconds during the overtime.
Forward Mike Cammalleri also commended Price for the performance that he did. He even told the goalie that the rest of the team did better in the game because of and for him. He further said that it was Price that made them won the game.
Travis Moen and Brian Gionta each scored a point for Montreal during the play. The forward for the fourth-line of Montreal, Glen Metropolit, scored a goal during the end part of the third period which brought the score into a tie. He charged the ball from Gorges’ pass right through the defense Vesa Toskala at 15:50 during the third period.
Gorges found his score a good start for the season since- according to him, he does not usually score many goals. The recent goal of Gorges was his sixth in his 247 career games in the NHL.
Matt Stajan and Alexei Panikarovsky scored the three goals for Toronto.
Komisarek mentioned that Leafs are the better team during the game but fell short in the middle. He even added that they missed two points during that time but they will find a way to get those two points back some other time.

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