Hibbing@Virginia 2/13

[Irishmans Shanty]

Virginia 4 OT
Hibbing 3

Blue Devils will get this statement victory and the #3.

[nikebauer_07]

anyone gonna post updates on here??

[nikebauer_07]

anyone know the final??

[emonation]

the game must of gone into ot or something if its taking people this long to get the final in

[upnorthhockey]

last i heard it was 5-2 hibbing
Hibbing
1-Kapella
2- Marsh
3- Decenzo
4-Kapella
5- Marsh

[emonation]

thats just bad timing

[upnorthhockey]

haha yeah for sure

[nikebauer_07]

is 5-2 a final score or is there still more to play?

[upnorthhockey]

6-2 Final

[nikebauer_07]

bad timing there too ha congrats to the jackets on the big win and on a share of the IRC too! It looks like they showed they aren't a team to take lightly and seems like they played a better game then the last few. boblee, i guess i wasn't wrong about hibbing not losing to rapids and virginia

[hawkfan70]

Virginia 4 OT
Hibbing 3

Blue Devils will get this statement victory and the #3.

[alumni]

Decent game, until the third period. Highlight of the game...........Nico tossin' a Hibbing player into the Virginia players' box. Nice.

[HHS HoCkEy FaN]

I thought the best highlight is when he got put in the box for doin it. He was mad that Hibbing's D beat him one on one and Hibbings guy was half his size!

That a Way BLujackets!

[PASTRAPIDSFAN]

Hibbing on a roll

[formerallstar]

So what are everybodys' thoughts, does Virginia still deserve that 3 spot or will the falls take it?

[nikebauer_07]

give it to the falls.. virginia is overrated.. they have one line and bad goaltending

[NightRider]

give it to falls, Virginia isnt that Impressive, and Sachetti Should have been thrown out, wow Sachetti needs to grow a pair and take being beat like a man, and not take a cheap shot at the kid just because he beat him one on one.

[vppp]

I thought the best highlight is when he got put in the box for doin it. He was mad that Hibbing's D beat him one on one and Hibbings guy was half his size!

That a Way BLujackets!

true... nico checked him cleanly then picked him up and through him in the box. strong kid but come on.. it was 100% unsportsmanlike. he should have been thrown out. if it was anyone else on either teams, he would have been thrown out. i don't see what the virginia student section was cheering about. clearly uncalled for and cheap. if you want to see a clean check, you should have seen king's HUGE hit in the first period right by virginia's bench

[NightRider]

Right now, it would surprise me if Virginia looses in the First Round to Greenway, Virginia has no Goaltending, thats a main foundation for your hockey team is Goaltending, because Virginia wont be able to Depend on Nico and Mcgillvary to win the game for you, ecspecially when if you lose your done.

[PuckRanger]

While it was entertaining to watch (mainly because its just not something you see every day), the Sacchetti incident was rather stupid on his part. His team was already down a man in a 4-2 game. That penalty put his team in a 5 on 3 shorthanded situation. Luckily for him, they killed off the first part and drew a penalty when Kishel came out of the box and nearly had a breakaway. I don't think it warranted being thrown out for, After all, it was a clean check until he picked him up and dumped him over the boards. He didn't belt him from behind or sucker punch him, and there was never a serious threat of injury. It really isn't much different than tackling a guy and getting a holding penalty.

As for the rest of the game, in front of a packed arena, Virginia came out of the gates fast and dominated the first period outshooting Hibbing 9-5 and had a heavy territorial edge in play. All they managed to gain was a 1-0 lead on a tip in by Jared Meittunen off a Mark McGillivray pass.

Hibbing came around after the first break and dominated the second, scoring 3 goals, one on the PP by Kapella and one short-handed by DeCenzo sandwiched around a goal by Marsh. Shots were 15-9 in favor of Hibbing as they bottled up Virginia in their own end several times.

The third period was close for the first 12 minutes as each team scored (Kapella for Hibbing and Sacchetti for Virginia) and the play went back and forth. In the last few minutes, however, it looked as though Virginia gave up and Hibbing smelled blood and scored twice (Marsh and Stompohar) to put it out of reach. Shots ended up 12-10 Hibbing for a game total of 32-28.

Marchuk played well in goal and he was the difference. He kept Hibbing in the game as he withstood a Virginia first period blitz and utimately held Virginia to two goals. -- Something that has only been done one other time this year (Irondale on Dec. 15 when Phillip DeKanick stopped 47 shots).

Virginia's goaltending was not great, but a few of the Hibbing goals were nice shots into the corners and a couple of nice passing plays. The last two were probably a little weaker. If that area doesn't improve, Virginia will not get out of the semi-finals. Hibbing has scored 13 goals in two games against Virginia on a total of 58 shots. That's nearly one of every four shots finding the twine.

Virginia will still probably get the #3 seed although it will be contended much more closely by I Falls because of the final score of this one. That would pit them against Eveleth-Gilbert in the opening round if it does end up that way. We'll find out for sure tomorrow night.

[Jacketfan06]

dont get me wrong nico is a great player but he seemed to have a temper problem. he was letting everyone under his skin.. a couple hibbing guys got some decent hits on him and that seemed to throwoff his game.. he wasnt trying to score he was looking just to hit people and i doint think that is his game.. he is a tough kid though.. that hit on dye was clean until he picked him up and threw him into the bench.. it was a good physical game though.. Anyone agree that the reffing was pretty bad though.. the refs were calling everyting on Hibbing and was letting the VIrginia kids get away with alot of stuff. ANyone agree or was that just me?

[NightRider]

that wasnt you, the Refs were pro virginia, many penalties should have been called on Sachetti but hey we are gonna call the penalty, its Nico Sachetti.

[HockeyFan_11]

I thought the best highlight is when he got put in the box for doin it. He was mad that Hibbing's D beat him one on one and Hibbings guy was half his size!

That a Way BLujackets!

Nico is a piece of trash for doing that, no class on his part.

[Zamboni Guy]

Here's the Box Score from the Duluth News Tribune for this game.

Hibbing 0-3-3—6

Virginia-MIB 1-0-1—2

First period — 1. VMIB, Jared Miettunen (Mark McGillivray, Nico Sacchetti) 14:11.

Second period — 2. H, Brendan Kapella (Greg Sutherland, Anthony DeCenzo) 3:44 (pp). 3. H, Travis Marsh (Kapella, DeCenzo) 10:42. 4. H, DeCenzo (Kapella) 12:34 (sh).

Third period — 5. H, Kapella (Marsh, Travis King) :10. 6. VMIB, Sacchetti (McGillireay, Scott Kishel) 2:20. 7. H, Marsh (DeCenzo, Kapella) 14:50. 8. H, John Stampohar (Aaron Jamnick, Casey Tremberth) 15:12.

Saves — Will Lustig, VMIB, 26. Jascha Marchukm, H, 26.

[boblee]

Congrats to Hibbing on their share of the IRC Title.