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With week 4 in the books
now, there are only 2 teams that are perfect, and
now down to only winless teams, and for a third week
in a row the league saw a game go to OT.
On the Red
Rink, where the 7pm game was home to one of the best
battles of the night, maybe even the season as
Huard’s Team went head to head with Team Canada.
Coming into the game, both teams had perfect 3-0
records and were hoping to improve to 4-0, but
obviously only one could do that. The first period
got underway, and both teams came out hard with both
teams taking shots whenever possible, at 11:20 into
the first, it was Chris Jolly who would pick up a
loose ball, and what look to be a weak shot, was
able to score his league leading 5th of
the season, unassisted to give Huard’s team the 1-0
lead. Later on, Huard’s Team would give Team Canada
a chance to tie, as they would be given a bench
minor for too many men, but Huard’s Team would kill
this penalty off and keep their 1-0 lead after 1. As
far as the shot clock, both teams had 8 shots each
and Team Canada was 0-1 on the PP.
In the 2nd
the action picked up a little as Team Canada was
looking to tie the game, and once again Huard’s team
got into some penalty trouble, as Mark Allen would
get called for high sticking the ball. Team Canada
would send out their powerplay unit for the second
time hoping for better results, they applied
pressure but were unable to score, especially due to
the shot blocking from Huard’s penalty killers. The
best chance Canada had on that powerplay, the shot
was blocked fearlessly by Alan Rogers. However Team
Canada would get a 2 man advantage and would finally
make good on it just after the 1st
penalty expired, as Nick Pashalinos would bang home
the ball unassisted, at the 5:50 mark of the second,
tying the game and putting his team 1-3 on the PP.
Exactly one minute later Mark Allen would hit Chad
Jolly with a pass, and the ball would find itself in
the back of the net, putting Huard’s Team back in
the lead, 2-1. A little later, Mark Allen had a
beautiful chance, as he just danced around the D and
thought he had Vandenheuven at his mercy, but the
Team Canada goalie would turn him a way with the all
mighty poke checked to keep his team within one.
Team Canada despite dominating on the shot clock 9-3
in the 2nd, were still down by a goal
heading into the 3 rd, but would start
the 3rd on a PP as Chris Barton had been
called for a trip, late in the 2nd.
Starting in
the 3rd on the powerplay helped Canada
get back in this one, as just 1:24 in Michael Shaw
puts one by Dave Mitchell, to put his team back in
it and bring them to life. They would not be able to
enjoy it for too long as, Mark Allen gets one
unassisted, as he went 5 hole just under a min later
again, so 2:16 into the 3rd and Huard’s
Team is back in the lead 3-2. From there Team Canada
continued to press, taking shot after shot most of
which were either blocked or missed the net, then
for the first time in the SBHL, a penalty shot was
awarded to Team Canada, as Nick Pashalinos was
tripped up as he went in alone on Mitchell.
Pashalinos was come in on the penalty shot with a
chance to tie it, but after trying to deke Mitchell,
would shoot the ball wide of the net, and the score
would remain 3-2 in favour of Huard’s Team. Team
Canada would eventually tie this one up though, as
his team franticly tried for the tie, they kept
missing the net, but Flemming would finally bury one
by Mitchell with the assists going to Cook, and
Fraser. So with just over 3 minutes left, it is a
3-3 game. The buzzer would sound, and overtime would
be needed for the 3rd straight week, this
time though, to decide who continues their winning
streak.
It wouldn’t
take long to find an overtime winner, as Clayton
Williams would put it back to the point to Davidson,
who would put it over to the other point man Mark
Allen, who already had a 2 point game going, he
would wind up and blast it, and that was the game,
just 2:30 into OT, Allen has his 2nd of
the night and Huard’s Team moves to 4-0, and see’s
there winning streak continue, while Team Canada
would drop to 3-0-1 but still remain undefeated in
regulation.
Over
on the Blue Rink, it was the 3-0 Steamers against
the 2-0-1 Fajitas. Dach Hiller would start the
scoring for the Steamer’s, putting one by Cody
Lajoie to put his team up 1-0 in the 1st,
Willems and Brown would get the assists. Then Zach
MacQueen would take a pass from Faulkner, making it
2-0 in favour of the Steamer’s quickly. The Fajita’s
though, would come right back from that goal and get
one of their own as John Dunn would get one by Ray
Donkers to keep his team within one goal. This would
be all the excitement the 1st had to
offer, as both teams were even on the shot clock at
5 a piece, and both teams went penalty free.
In the
second it would seem as both teams played a tight
defensive again, as only one goal would be scored in
the period, it would come late as well as Adam
Marshall would light the lamp with 2:43 left,
Abercrombie and Burt would pick up the assists. Once
again it was close on the shot clock, with a slight
edge goin to the Steamers as they led 5-4 in shots
and 3-1 on the scoreboard. The Fajitas did have one
powerplay chance, but could not get it by Donkers
and were 0-1 on the PP.
As the 3rd
period began, the Steamers were just looking to hold
on to their 2 goal lead and remain undefeated, so we
saw another period with not very many shots, as the
Steamer’s led the shot clock 8-7, but this was
certainly the most action the game had seen. Both
teams would get a chance on the PP in the 3rd,
but neither team could convert as between the
defense and goaltending, no one could buy a goal.
Then with a minute left, Steamer’s captain D’Arcy
Brown would put the nail in the coffin, as he put it
by Lajoie for the 4-1 lead, Faulkner would pick up
his 2 nd assist on the night. Adam
Desotti would try to spark some sort of a comeback
as he scored with 49 seconds left, but it was
certainly too late, as the Steamer’s would hold on
and win the game, keeping their streak alive and
moving to 4-0 on the season, while the Fajitas drop
to 2-1-1.
As the 8pm
game on the Red Rink would start, you could tell it
was the same night that game 7 of the Stanley Cup
Finals was on, as both benches looked a little
short, with many healthy scratches. In this game it
was the Crazy Canuck’s Vs the Jeff Calvank's Team in
a battle of the 0-3 teams. Calvank's Team would come
out strong in the first period at times looking like
a completely different team then we had seen in the
past weeks, including scoring the first goal of the
game, as Dave MacLachlan would score just 4:21 into
the game, giving Calvank's Team their first lead of
the year. Moments after Mark Parker would be robbed
on a breakaway by Canuck’s back up tender Mike Lotz,
only to be denied minutes later again by Lotz,
Parker had the wide open side, but Lotz managed to
get there in time and keep the ball out of the net.
At the other end Teasell was making some big saves
as well, as he robbed Ryan Holmes who got by
everyone except the goalie. But Jordan Pennessi
would tie it for the Canuck’s 11:54, Ryan Holmes and
Joel Workman would pick up assists on the play.
After the 1st period, Calvank's Team not
only led the first period shot clock for the first
time 13-7, but had more shots in that period than in
any other game and were tied with the Canucks 1-1
after 1.
Not a lot
happened in the second, as it was the Canuck’s turn
to dominate the shot clock, but Joel Workman would
score 2:27 into the 2nd, as Nic Pennessi
would give it over to Jordan Pennessi, only to pass
it out front to Workman and see it go by Teasell for
the 2-1 lead. From there The Canucks would get their
only chance on the PP, but would come up empty as
Teasell proves the old adage, your best penalty
killer is your goaltender, making stop after stop to
keep his team in it. Ryan Holmes though would get
one late in the 2nd, with just 27 seconds
left, from Workman and Jordan Pennessi, giving
Workman and J Pennessi 3 pts each on the night.
After 2, the score was 3-1 for the Canuck’s and they
dominated the shots 14-4 for a 2 period total of
21-17.
The 3rd
period was all Canuck’s, and for the most part, all
Jordan Pennessi, Joel Workman and Ryan Holmes as
they were all over the score sheet. The Canuck’s
would explode with 5, 3rd period goals
and take this one easily 8-2, as it would appear
that Calvank's Team may have worn themselves down
after the first 2 periods. In the end Jordan
Pennessi would set the record for most points, and
assists in a game, scoring the hat trick and added 6
helpers for an amazing 9 point game. Workman would
score 2 and assist 5, while Holmes would have a hat
trick and 5 assists.
Over on the
Blue Rink, it was the Yellow Buckets (1-1-1) Vs The
Ale-er’s (0-3). The Ale-er’s come into this game
still searching for their first win of the season,
while the Yellow Buckets were looking to get above
.500. The first period was all Yellow Buckets, as
they out shot the Ale-er’s 6-2 and scored twice,
Craig Wise started the scoring a little over 10
minutes in, Eric Thorne picked up the lone assist on
that goal as the Buckets jump out 1-0. Then just 3
minutes later Grant Goosens gets one by Jake Dubois,
and the Buckets lead 2-0 at this point, Thorne got
another assist on that goal as well.
In the 2nd,
the Bucket’s defense would continue to limit the
Ale-er’s shots, only allowing 3 in the 2nd,
making Ben Johnson’s night in net very easy, Dubois
on the other hand would face another 5 shots
stopping all of them for a scoreless 2nd
period. After 2 it was still 2-0 Yellow Bucket’s and
they continued to lead on the shot clock 11-5.
The Ale-er’s would make
a push for it in the 3rd, taking more
shots in this period than the previous 2, but to no
avail as Johnson would turn away all 7 shots from
the Ale-er’s to preserve his first shut out of the
season, and Kyle Williams would add another goal for
the Bucket’s, assisted by Scott DeGroot and Eric
Thorne once again. In the end The Yellow Bucket’s
take this one 3-0, and led the shots 20-12 to move
to 2-1-1 on the season, while the Ale-er’s drop to
0-4.
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