(vol.
5S, no. 3; newsletter by h.s.)
After a 2-week layoff (which felt more like two months due to the stifling
heat inside the rink), we were hoping to defend our perfect season. We were
doing this with a shortened bench (we were without Dan Pomphrey, Dan DiPierro,
and Jimmy). On the opening rush, Tim dug a puck off the boards and fed Roger
at the point for a perfect one-timer to give us the quick 1-0 lead at the
14:40 mark (pretty damn fast!). The Blizzard kept digging though, and worked
the boards late in 1st and centered a pass for a goal that evened things
up 1-1.
During the 2nd, the Blizzard took advantage of a turnover deep in our zone
and blasted one high, stickside for the 2-1 lead. We had a close call when
Ralz pulled their goalie out of position but we narrowly missed an open
net (by this time their goalie was looking a little wiped and he took off
his jersey and spent much of his “down time”actually down on the
ground on his knees catching his breath). Russ did his coast-to-coast move
to tie things up at 2-2 again, but after a controversial face-off (there
guy pulled our net off intentionally, but no penalty was
called and the faceoff was just outside our zone instead of down at their
end), the Blizzard got the puck to an open man for the goal and the 3-2
lead which closed out the 2nd.
During the 3rd it stayed gridlocked (although Wildman, Scott, Scooby and
Chris supplied great pressure up front), until Russ worked some more magic
to get us a goal with just over a minute left. With1:00 remaining we had
a faceoff deep in our zone and the Blizzard called a timeout to regroup.
The Blizzard won the faceoff and fed their point and — yes, this is
the painful part — they blasted a shot high for what would be the gamewinner.
We put the extra skater on, but they added an emptynetter to take the game.
Kudos: Dave, who made a great clear on a rebound when I was down (and he
had a couple of blocked shots too); thumbs up: to our penalty kill, but
thumbs down to our powerplay
THE
SILVER
SKULLS
1) ROGER
WEISS
For his first goal of the season off of a hell of a one-timer!
2)
TIM HAND
For setting Roger up w/ a laser-like pass for the first goal.
3)
CHRIS GOIONE
(from a teammate's email) “For hard work in the corners.”
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