AFTER FISET'S FIZZLE, STORR ASKED TO SIZZLE.Byline: Michael Rosenthal Daily News Staff Writer Stephane Fiset Stephane Fiset (born June 17, 1970 in Montreal, Quebec) is an ice hockey goaltender who is retired. Playing career Fiset was drafted in the 2nd round 24th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques. , the man in goal for the Kings all season, is out after half a playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship . Jamie Storr Jamie Storr (born December 28, 1975 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the DEG Metro Stars of the DEL. Storr is half-Chinese and has Chinese dragons on his mask to honor his mother. , who has exactly 26 minutes, 19 seconds of playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. experience, will be the starting goaltender when the Kings play the St. Louis Blues in Game 2 of their first-round series tonight at Kiel Center, coach Larry Robinson For U.S. basketball player, see Larry Robinson (basketball). Larry Clark Robinson (born June 2 1951, in Winchester, Ontario, Canada) was a star player and a coach in the National Hockey League. He is currently an assistant coach of the New Jersey Devils. said. Fiset, who struggled in the final month of the regular season, allowed five goals in 33:41 as the Blues routed the Kings 8-3 to open the series on Thursday. Storr, 22, came in cold and gave up three goals in 13 shots but none in the final 18:52. Robinson said he made the move because Storr has been more effective than Fiset and he wants to shake up the team after the first-game disaster. ``He is a very intense individual, but he's also a professional,'' Robinson said of Fiset. ``We're all in this together We're All In This Together can refer to:
``I think (Jamie's) been a little bit sharper. (Fiset) puts a lot of pressure on himself to do well. He's been fighting it a little bit.'' Fiset, who had played in only six playoff games and was the No. 1 man in the playoffs for the first time in his career, wasn't happy with Robinson's decision. However, he understands the logic. He also promised that he wouldn't waste the opportunity if he returns to the net. ``Most of the teams go with one goalie and stick with him,'' he said. ``But if (Robinson) wants to go like this, then I have to be OK with it. When he calls me in the next time, it will be the last time because the other guy won't get another chance. ``I understand right now the change is to try to turn things around. Maybe it will wake us up.'' Meanwhile, Storr, the seventh overall pick in the 1994 draft and long tagged as the team's goalie of the future, is thrilled thrill v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills v.tr. 1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly. 2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture. to get a start in the playoffs. He expects to be better prepared than he was on Thursday. ``Coming on in relief wasn't easy and it wasn't fun,'' he said. ``As the shots started to come, it got easier for me. At the end, I felt pretty good.'' Robinson made it clear that the switch isn't a cure-all cure-all n. A remedy that cures all diseases or evils; a panacea. . ``If we think goaltending goal·tend·ing n. 1. Sports The act of protecting a goal, as in hockey and other such sports. 2. Basketball is our only problem, we're in deeper trouble,'' he said. ``There was a lot of mistakes on a lot of people's part (on Thursday) and we have to make those adjustments for those mistakes and then it doesn't matter who's in net, we'll be all right.'' In the regular season, Fiset, whose consistent play kept the team in many games, had a goals-against average of 2.71 in 60 games. Storr was 2.22 in 17, but 1.88 in his last five. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Kings goalie Jamie Storr, down after giving up three of the Blues' eight goals in Thursday's playoff opener, draws the start for tonight's second game. Mary Butkus/Associated Press |
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