The Super Seven

Once again it was looking grim last Saturday.  We had the Super Seven, yours truly, JP, PA, Ti-ga, Gauvin, Andy, and Brian.  We put in an emergency call to Gaston who plays for the Wild and lives near by. He showed up to make it eight. Backstopping was a blast from the past as Warren filled in between the pipes. Ti-ga and Gauvin had to play up front and away we went.  Gauvin had a about three heart attacks, pulled his groin, but would come up big for us in the end...we'll get to that in a minute.
It was a decent game, they're a good match for us.  It went back and forth and both side were getting chances.  Unfortunately for us, we can't score, and as Gaston said on the bench we were making the other goalie look pretty good.  We found ourselves down 4-2 but we were getting all kinds of chances and never felt we were out of it.  They made if 5-2 about half way through and things started looking bleak.  Then we got a power play with Gaston getting cross checked in the back in front of our net.  As karma would have it, we weren't getting much going on the PP until Gaston made a rush and cranked one top corner to make it 5-3.  I think JP got the next one to make it 5-4 and it was Game On!  
Gauvin got a turn over and walked in and tried to roof it glove side. Their goalie made the stop but Ti-ga followed up the play and banged home the rebound...5-5!! 
Both teams pressed and one of their D got caught deep as the puck came around the boards, Brian chipped it out and Gauvin was away!  Their D slowly gained and Gauvin zipped one around the hash marks, right on the ice, stick side...6-5 !!...with about 4 minutes to go.  
We got hemmed in and I brought down the lumber and got a hooking penalty on one of their shooters getting ready to let one go with just under 3 minutes to go.  Some yakking ensued and by the time I got to the box and the guys lined up for the face off there was about 40 seconds to go.  We killed it off and there ya have it!  Four unanswered goals and it ended 6-5.  
Take that ya Alexandria Mouldy bastards!  6-5 for the good guys!

On a skid

Well we dropped a Turd Saturday night with an 8-0 loss to the Moose Light Caps.  It was just one of those games!  We couldn't get any bounces, and we didn't support poor Wally back there.  We had some chances but never really got any sustained pressure at all.  Let's just bury that game.

Ahhh!! BALLS !

We lost a good game 4-2 to the Elks on Sunday.  This was one of those games were we deserved better.  I might actually say we carried more of the play. Upfront we had yours truly, Gilles, PA, Noe, Rene, JP, and Ti-Boy. On the back end we Joey(new guy), Matt, Ti-ga, and Andy "I'm so hungover I'm green" Vail.
I think they jumped out to a 2-0 lead and it was like, "here we go again".  But, we hung in there and started to get some momentum.  We got one to make it 2-1 but they quickly got it back to make it 3-1.  We started to carry the play and were getting some great shots and finally popped one to make it 3-2. You could feel it coming.....and then....Bam!  We had a terrible turnover in the neutral zone and some dipwad walked in all alone and beat Ronnie to get the two goal lead again, 4-2.  That was the back breaker, and that's the way she stayed.

So there ya have it.  Got two more games before the end of the year.  Going to have to hike up our skirts Ladies, if we want to carry a winning record into the new year.

Salvaged a Tie

We salvaged a tie against Here for Beer.  We had a full crew show up Sunday morning.  They were only 8 so we figured it would be a cake walk.  They came out flying and took a 2-0 lead.  With three lines the momentum started to turn.
At the other end was our old goalie Jim Bob.  We started to pepper him but he wasn't giving up anything cheap.  We eventually tied it 2-2 but couldn't find the winner.  John was solid in net and made a great toe save to keep it tied.  

Two more "W" on the board !

Hey!  That looks like a young Ron Arsenault!

First up we beat the Orange Bastards 4-2 on Friday at UdeM.  Wasn't there, didn't get any details.

Last night we beat the Moose Light Caps 6-5 in another crazy one.  We traded goals back and forth and we never lead until we scored the 6th in the final minutes.

POW !  Two more wins for the Good Guys!

Barn Burner

We had a real Barn Burner with the Red Bastards at the Cage.  It went back and forth with two or three different lead changes.  It was knotted up at 4-4 with about a minute to play. One of their D man took a chance and pinched down in our end, can't remember who was able to chip it out, but JP sprung loose for the Breakaway.  He banged it in with about 45 seconds to go!
Ha! Take that ya Red Bastards.  
5-4 for the Good Guys!

The Sorry Six

We had more Pucks that players !

Yup, that's right we had 6 skaters show up Sunday evening against the Wild. We will be known moving forward as the "Sorry Six", yours truly, Gauvin, Ti-Gars, PA, JP, and Andy.  Backstopped by Ron "I just faced 50 shots the night before" Arsenault!

Before we get to that, let's recap Saturday. We had 3 lines up front and 4 D. On the back end we had Brian, Ti-Gars, Jody, and Matt.  Upfront we had Joey, JP, Karl, Gilles, Noe, Ti-Boy, Scott, Paul, and yours truly.  That's about as good a team we can put out there, but the Leafs were having none of it.  They're by far the best team we've faced. Ronnie was peppered all night and kept us in it.  They got out to a 2-0 lead.  We were getting chances, but mostly from the outside and we weren't seeing or getting to any rebounds.  We made it 2-1 in the second half but that was as close as we got.  They popped another late to seal the deal.  So mark your Calendars the next time we face the Leafs.  We'll need all hands on deck.

Now to Sunday...it was grim to say the least. We were five skaters until PA showed up during the warm up.  They gave us a couple of guys to even things out, thankfully.  That made a total of eight...ouch.  They got on the board first I think, but we tied it up 1-1.  We traded goals again which made it 2-2.  Then they got a weird one and that proved to be the winner!  
On the bright side, the Wild are definitely our caliber.  Should be good games against them moving forward.  So there ya have it, two "L"s in a row.