RADIO CUTS: St. Louis 3 - Kraken 2 (10/8)

Everett Fitzhugh and Al Kinisky with broadcast calls from the Oct. 8 matchup, on opening day between the Seattle Kraken and St. Louis Blues at Climate Pledge Arena. St. Louis defated the Kraken, 3-2. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Trying to lead his man toward the net. Now Kyru
gets it, he'll fire it off the post. The light
comes on, the punt stays out and Montour clears it
up the near side and back into the offensive zone
the half Wallarson kept it in low. Here's Emily and
from Matt e venire stone cold by Bennington right at
the hash mark. Was Maddy Veneer's and Bennington's standing square

(00:23):
to the shot. He got that bucked off in not.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
A whole lot of room.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Now Schwartz again shooting less circle off the pass from
Chandler Stevenson. This little ramps up and out of play.
Was charging hard. Now Vince done right, sidewalks his shot.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Fince Dne the initial shot.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
He gets his own rebound, bangs it home. The first
goal after kraking season belongs to Vincetn sit out of
Leeds one nothing, nineteen thirty two to play in the second.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
Oh, Fince Doun down the light side, gets a great fiend,
has his head up the whole way because.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
He's got mccanna his left.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
That's an option. He beats this guy down the wall
and gets a great shot on net, finds his own
rebound crack it up one nothing.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
Games a point shot stoop Raker Evans Born from the point,
redirected in by Ellie Tobanan, and the cracking.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Strike once more.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
It's two nothing, seventeen forty to play in a second.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
Well, we've talked a lot about faceoffs in the preseason,
and the Cracking them been doing a good job being
on the plus side of those faceoffs in the fifties.
This time there they win an offensive zone face off.
After that, icing back to Porg and Porgan goes to
Evans Evan with a great shot on net that Ellie
Tovenan tips in two nothing, Cracking.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
Knocks him off his angle. This allows Troupe Shenko to
clear the song.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
It comes out they stood or not, They're gonna wave
it off. If I can tell him up here that
buck came out past the blue line. No, you could,
I could have the eyes of a ten year olds on.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
The right side, walks into the middle, gives it up
down low. Robert Thomas a backdoor pass knocked down by Grubauer.
Rebound neighbors in the high spot puts it back on
and Grubauer knocks it down and holds on the blues
out in front Grubauer stoning on the doorstep pass going
toward the cage. Jilln Holloway got loose and Grubauer challenging

(02:26):
hand and knock the puck down. Hear the crack and
all the offensive attack gunch ten unfront and a big
save by Jordan Bennington. We're coming to Blues up by
Kyru turns a corner on Alexia, cuts in front, nifty
backhand and they score power play goal where the Saint
Louis Blues. Jordan Kyru turns the corner on the right
side against Alexiak and sends the backhand pass Grubauer. Blues

(02:51):
on the board, down one, two to one, six eighteen
to play. In the second you smoke to the far
side shot Broberg scarre so Saint Louis ties the game
left side. Philip Robert gets one to go through traffic.
With four forty two left here in the second period,
we're all even had a pair of beasts. Now the

(03:13):
Blues get it out. Cayrou want to breakaway down the slot.
Pay scores three in a row from the Blues. Jordan
Cayru gets his second. It's now a three to two
Saint Louis Lee he'll throw it down low up York
Strand de Montor shot off the post, end up and
out of play.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
A good pressure pressure there by the cracking, with Montour
getting that last shot on net.