Devils’ Development Camp Scrimmage: Sights and Sounds

Scrimmage Recap

P1, 16:40 – Matyas Melovsky (White) denied point blank by Jakub Malek (Red) after Cam Squires made a perfect backhand feed in front of the net to set him up.

P1, 15:10 – Wild scramble in the crease but Mikhail Yegorov (White) stays strong and keeps the puck out.

P1, 13:30 – Chase Cheslock (White) on a 2-on-1 with Squires, who just misses the far post.

P1, 12:30 – Big shot block by Charlie Leddy (White), who flexes his leg a bit in pain. He’s okay though. His teammates tap their sticks on the boards in support.

P1, 10:20 – Riley Fitzgerald (White) in on a partial break, denied by Malek.

Trenten Bennett (Red) in for Jakub Malek in goal.

P1, 8:35 – Melovsky powers his way to the crease but Bennett denies him.

P1, 8:11 – Bennett with a great glove save on Gustav Hillstrom (White).

P1, 4:15 – Chase Cheslock (White) with a nice spring pass to Squires, who goes in 1-on-1 and just misses a snap shot short side.

P1, 2:45 – Jeremy Hanzel (White) finishes a check hard on Artem Barabosha (Red), drawing some “Ooh”s from the crowd.

P1, 1:35 – Kody Dupuis (Red) with a quick shot denied by Yegorov.

P1, 0:58 – Ethan Edwards (Red) dangles his way through a few defenders, sets up Ben Kevan (Red) for a one-timer but he’s denied by Yegorov.

P1, 0:22 – Leddy (White) with a rebound chance denied by Bennett.

Game switches to 4v4 for the second half. Veeti Louhivaara (White) in goal for Yegorov.

P2, 21:33 – Squires denied point blank by Bennett on a 2-on-1, Bennett with an athletic side-to-side to stop the rebound too.

P2, 19:16 – Kevan works his way through, stopped by Louhivaara in tight.

P2, 17:46 – Cheslock denied by Bennett on a backhand in tight.

P2, 16:53 – Shane LaChance (Red) on a partial break for about 100 feet, denied by Louhivaara.

P2, GOAL 16:12 – Luke Reid (White) goes five-hole on Bennett to give Team White a 1-0 lead.

Tyler Brennan (Red) comes in for Bennett.

P2, 13:19 – Barabosha (White) with an impressive job to catch up to Mason Moe (Red) and win a board battle.

P2, 11:28 – Moe tries to go five-hole with a quick shot on Brennan, but is denied.

P2, GOAL 10:12 – Shane LaChance (Red) cleans up a rebound in the crease after a Mikael Diotte shot almost squeaks through, tying it at 1.

P2, 8:13 – Moe with a power move to get to the net but is stopped by Brennan.

P2, 7:30 – Cheslock with a nice job using his stick to take away the puck from Josh Filmon (Red).

P2, 6:45 – Nice glove save by Brennan on Gustav Hillstrom (White).

P2, 5:45 – Mason Moe with a good job getting to the middle of the ice, but his wrister is deflected out of play.

P2, 3:19 – Quick shot by Melovsky and a good stick save by Brennan.

P2, 2:38 – Impressive takeaway by Kasper Pikkarainen (Red) on Melovsky.

P2, 1:09 – Nice toe drag move by Giovanni DiGiulian (Red) to get a quick shot away, and it hits the post.

P2, 0:13 – Viktor Hurtig (Red) gets to the middle with a chance to win it…and wires it off the crossbar.

P2, 0:02 – Impressive net drive by David Rozsival (White), Hillstrom has a golden chance to bang home the rebound at the buzzer but Brennan stones him. Crowd gives Brennan a large ovation.

Game goes to shootout instead of overtime.

Shootout

Goaltenders: Brennan (Red) and Louhivaara (White)

R1, White: Moe denied.

R1, Red: Dupuis stopped.

R2, White: Squires hits the post.

R2, Red: Edwards scores.

R3, White: Jimmy Dowd Jr. scores.

R3, Red: Kevan poke-checked by Louhivaara.

R4, White: Melovsky scores.

R4, Red: Josh Player scores.

R5, White: Hillstrom misses.

R5, Red: Pikkarainen denied.

R6, White: Fitzgerald denied on the backhand.

R6, Red: Filmon denied on the backhand.

R7, White: Rozsival scores

R7, Red: Sigge Holmgren scores.

R8, White: Jackson Van de Leest stopped.

R8, Red: DiGiulian misses.

R9, White: Reid stopped.

R9, Red: Barabosha misses.

R10, White: Leddy tries a one hand tuck and is denied.

R10, Red: LaChance dangle runs out of room.

R11, White: Hanzel thought he might have scored, but Brennan kept it from trickling over the goal line. Crowd cheers.

R11, Red: Diotte denied.

R12, White: Cheslock scores.

R12, Red: Hurtig denied. Team White wins 2-1 and rightfully celebrates.

End of Development Camp

The end of this game marked the end of Development Camp as a whole. The next event on the Devils’ calendar will be when rookies report to Training Camp on September 10th.