Falcons Weekday GDT Review #2

I missed most of the game but caught the Rob Schremp show from the tail end of the 2nd to the end of the game. Looking for shots, making more superb passes and making the Norfolk Admirals broadcast team sit up and take notice of his play.

"I asked you if there was anyone on Springfield to keep an eye on, but you didn't mention anyone"

"Schremp has great positioning and is a great passer, said that anyone could've scored that goal off of such a great pass" - on Colin McDonald's goal

"if I were a scout I'd have Schremp signed tomorrow"

Talk about rave reviews from the others teams PBP guy.

Schremp had a pair of assists, but also fired 6 shots on net. Schremp was actively looking for his shot, and in the timeframe that I saw, he nearly scored a couple including just missing a goal on a rebound by shooting it wide or the goalie got a whisker on it.

For all of his "attitude issues" he sure as hell wasn't sulking after being passed up again as a callup. For that matter, neither was Gilbert Brule. Brule dished out a BIG hit behind the Norfolk net, scored a goal, and got an assist by winning the draw back to Rob Bina who then passed the puck to Mathieu Roy who scored his first of the year late in the game.

The Falcons dropped this one 6-4, but it was an entertaining game, too bad that these 2 teams don't play eachother more often.

A First For the Falcons in Their Time as the Oilers AHL Affiliate

Devan Dubnyk didn't want to be the forgotten man after Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers has shown the Oilers that they may be able to develop their own goaltending prospects for the first time in a long time. Dubnyk stopped all FORTY SIX shots against the Worcester Sharks to lead the Falcons to a 2-0 win that was sealed by a Gilbert Brule empty net goal. It took the new look Falcons 92 regular season games before they got a shutout by a goaltender under Edmonton's watch.

Perhaps this is what Dubnyk needed, some inspiration that Deslauriers is paving the way, and the fact that he can flat out dominate games when he's on his game. The trio of Gilbert Brule, Ryan Potulny, and Rob Schremp had a grand total of 3 shots and no points (prior to Brule's empty net goal) between them tonight as the Falcons had a power failure offensively with all of 16 shots on net and only 15 on Worcester's netminder.

The Falcons need to get their lines in order because this weekened they will play the dreaded 3 games in 3 nights AHL weekend schedule. An influx of skill wouldn't hurt as Bryan Lerg and Cody Wild were once again a healthy scratch.