Sunday, December 24, 2006

The Third Is The Charm

The third period was the charm last night as the Tigers were outplayed and outhustled in the first and only slightly recovering in the second. The third, though...the third was the charm. They got a well deseserved victory over the Monarchs 2 - 1.

The game started off with the Monarchs giving a passing and skating seminar. They moved fluidly and their passes were crisp and clean. The Tigers seemed to find a solution for that in the second and the third was spent with the Monarchs struggling to keep the Tigers at bay. Over time was all Tigers with Nielsen putting in the game winner with a little over 6 seconds left. The Tigers truly deserved this one. They fought hard.

The final stats still showed the Tigers being outshot 30 - 27, but the boys managed to put up some plusses in the plus/minus column. Jeremy Colliton put the other puck in the net for the Tigers.

Justice was done this time, however, as the three stars included Billy Thompson who took the pounding and came out on top. Also, a small tip of the hat goes to Rick "Franken" Berry for managing only two minutes in the penalty box despite some great checking. I also need to give a wink to Drew "God" Fata for clearly besting Tim Jackman in a healthy round of fisticuffs. Lastly, a temporary farewell to Ogorodnikov and he heads down to Pensacola.

It should be noted in the diatribe, that the calls for Marshalls ouster have not died down. This team is clearly able to play as they did in the third period, and overtime, with consistency. A good coach could make that happen.

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