| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | ||
| UpperDeckers « | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Icemen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Play-By-Play | Boxscore | ||||||
Goal Scorers: Scott Chason (03:44 in 2nd)
Goaltender: Bob Casero (L)
| Coming Up |
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| Wed May 30th 2012 9:45pm Game vs Fighting Blue Crabs at Iceworld |
| Tue Jun 05th 2012 9:00pm Game at Stingers at Iceworld |
| Tue Jun 19th 2012 8:15pm Game vs Fighting Blue Crabs at Iceworld |
| Points | 3 Players Tied | 1 |
| Goals | Chad Perkins & Scott Chason | 1 |
| Assists | Tyler Spires | 1 |
| PIM | Heath Wilson | 2 |
| SO | Bob Casero & Steve Trostle | 0 |
| Wins | Bob Casero & Steve Trostle | 0 |
| GAA | Bob Casero & Steve Trostle | 0.00 |
| SV% | Bob Casero | 0.800 |
Brian Hayes was responsible for 10 goals for the 2nd time in three games. New to the Ice World Men’s league, the Upperdeckers played a solid game, handing the Icemen a convincing 10-1 defeat. The game was fairly close for the first half, but then the Upperdeckers capitalized on a wounded Dr. Bob, having tweaked his glove arm diving for a loose puck which left the upper blocker side vulnerable. Our lone goal came from a nice steal along the boards by Scott Chason who ripped a wrister 5-hole. We had more offensive zone time and more chances than last game, but just could not close out some good scoring chances. A much better game than the score showed. Heath Wilson became the first Iceman to take a penalty this season, doing a good impersonation of a John Bright checking penalty simply by being stronger on his skates than the other guy during an inadvertent collision. 90 minutes of play and only 2 pim sets an new team record.
When told of the final score, Brian said “at least we have a better GAA than when I do show up.” In full twisted Icemen logic, his blog has this new entry: “ I will give the FAA an opposition ID next time I fly into restricted airspace so I can get his jersey and then take full credit for a win.” Dr. Bob posted in reply, “you egotistical bastard! I, and I alone, was the reason we reduced our goals against by 10%!”
Despite feeling a lot of pre-game confidence from having remembered to wear his cup, goaltender Steve Trostle had his bubble burst - forgetting that he was playing for the Icemen. He was left to hang out to dry by so many odd man rushes and juicy rebounds and had to call a time out with 30 seconds left in the second period to get up off the ice and catch his breath from laughing so hard after goal #8 got past him. Dr. Bob twittered between periods “watch out for the blocker side shots!”, but to no avail. Despite the score, good morale never faltered on the bench and after the game as all got to play a game we enjoy.
The rebuilding process got off to a good start, welcoming a lot of fresh blood. Newcomer Chad Perkins notched his first Icemen goal off a nice centering pass from Tyler Spires from the half wall. Adam Zilberbaum, centering for and John Weiss and Paul Sampson came close to scoring on several occasions as the line chemistry is quickly coming together. John Cassidy and Heath Wilson played well for their first ever league game. Returning Icemen Ray Markowski showed little rust after a year off, playing a very solid D. It was also good to have Dr. Orange Crush Nelson back in the lineup after a 2 years hiatus. Other newcomers that made their Icemen debut are Kevin Miklavcic, Joe Ross, John Delaney, and Doug Blakeslee. Chris Black had overcome his second guessing about whether to come back for more humiliation to create a big presence on D….and Rob Heil not only did not take a penalty, he actually drew one! Defense partner Chris handed him a game tape of the play afterwards and told him to watch it over and over. With some fine tuning and a practice or two, the team will begin to mesh together.
"Hayes should have been covering all of those guys", said Dr. Bob, "Not only that, but he didn't even score his own goal!"
After taking a lead by Pat Morin, fed by a nice back hand pass by Rich Meyers across the slot, the Icemen suffered a 2nd period defensive lapse, allowing the Stripers to score 3 goals in less than 2 minutes. Less than a minute later Tim Polanowski struck back with a beatiful unassisted play. Blocking a point shot , the puck bounced out out of our zone where Tim scoopped it up for a breakaway score. Going into the 3rd period down a goal, a close battle was fought. Undeterred by late Striper goal, the Icemen continued to battle. With under a half minute to go and the goalie pulled, Pat Morin notched his 2nd of the game assisted by Tim. A last second flurry in front of the Striper goal almost bore fruit but we just could not jam it in.
Next up are the Blue Crabs...hoping Santa brings victories in the new year!
The Icemen earned a moral victory by keeping the Bombers potent Lower C attack to under 10 goals. Additionally, a third period rally was responsible for causing the Bombers netminder to show a slight hint of perspiration on his brow. "If he thought he was going to come in here make a save or two and pack up his dry equipment until next game, He was SORELY mistaken", said Captain Paul Sampson. "After those handful of shots near the end of the game he may even have to shower tonight. Hope you brought your loofa bi@tch!"