(vol.
6W, no. 6; newsletter by b.n.)
The Coastal Pirates entered last night's contest reeling with an 0-4-1 record;
add to that the fact that no Pirate had scored in six periods, and you could
rightfully say we were in a bit of a slump.
Russ quickly put the scoring drought aspect of our game to rest, however,
when he scored in the opening minute of the 1st (assist to Wildman). We
continued to apply pressure, but the Jags evened the score at 1-1 on a one-timer
dug out from behind our net, with just over 5:00 on the clock. A minute
later, The Jags added another on a give-and-go breakaway by Gucci who deked
Harris for the 2-1 lead. The score remained that way into the 1st break.
The 2nd started off well as Dave, on the opening faceoff, fired a slapshot
off a feed from Allen; the shot deflected shortside off the goalie's stick
and in. The score stayed knotted at 2-2 until the Jags executed a nice pass
play to the openman in front of our net for the easy bang in. We had a bunch
ofopportunities through the 2nd but couldn't seem to bury one, even on a
Jagsgoalie that was looking a bit shaky.
We started the 3rd as we had the othertwo periods — by scoring in the
first 2:00 minutes; we would tie the gameat 3-3 on Russ' second tally of
the night (assist to BB). We had new lifeand played strongly for the next
10:00 minutes. The line of Nukem'/BB/Allenplayed well — hustling to
the loose pucks, and almost converting on severaloccasions. At the 4:30
mark, though, the Jags called a timeout with thefaceoff deep in our zone;
on the ensuing faceoff the puck squirted back to the Jags point man (who
narrowly missed a charging BB) who got the puckacross ice for a slapshot
from the point that banged off Harris' wrist andinto the netting and the
4-3 lead. With 1:30 remaining, we pulled our goaliefor the extra attacker.
Brian won several key faceoffs deep in the Jags zone(including one that
ended up exactly as planned on Russ' stick), but unfortunately the puck
couldn't find the net. During one skirmish the Jags received a cross-checking
penalty giving us a 6-on-4 advantage deep in the offensive zone. After the
faceoff, the Jags were able to get control and send the puck the length
of the ice for the icing call ... but wait, ... it was a powerplay so there
was no icing, and the faceoff went back out to center ice. The Jags easily
won that draw, and threw the puck from the other side of center into the
open net for the score.
Overall a pretty well-played game, but certainly an opportunity lost. We
had a ton of chances, but as has been the case for awhile, we weren't able
to convert on the chances we had, and the defending B division Champs will
enter Week #7 at 0-5-1.
THE
SILVER
SKULLS
1) RUSS
NICOLOSI
For his 2 goals, and almost completing the hat for the tie.
2)
DAVE MATTHEWS
For his 2nd period goal and good all around hustle at breaking-up fast breaks.
3)
GLEN CHAMBERS
He's become a consistently-strong member of the Blueline crew — not afraid
to put his body on the line!
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