The Army were coming off an emotional tie a
few minutes earlier, but after an early and rare goal by Pete Norton, lost
all the momentum they had.It was 5-4
Grinches after one as the Army was barely keeping up with the stacked
green team. Farrell briefly tied it at 5-5 before the Grinches reeled off
six straight goals in the 2nd period.
Once again the gritty Army closed the gap,
but the rally ended with the score 11-10. Fitzy would own Fab in the final
11 minutes, and that would allow the Grinches to score the final two goals
in the 13-10 win. "I knew what he was
going to do every time, and shut him down," gloated Fitzy. "Some positives
came out of this game," noted Gardner. "Norton had a goal. His first of
the season I think. Robbie had a good third period after two bad periods.
Mike Mason almost had a point. And we are assured an upgrade. All in all
not a bad loss." For the
Grinches, Dave Niemi continues to improve, he had 4 goals.
"I find some of the goalies are really bad in
this league," said Niemi. "Anyone can score on them."
Rookie Rob VanBuskirk is also showing signs of
being a player. "The guys don't
expect much out of me, so I never disappoint them," said Rob.
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Boxscore
Hockeytown; 25-Oct-2008 11:00 AM; 2008/2009 Regular; Saturday
Grinches (Saturday) 13 vs Salvation Army (Saturday) 10
First Period
1. Salvation Army, Norton, Pete (Farrell, Steve / Gardner, Dave) 02:52
2. Grinches, Lachkey, Geoge (Unassisted) 04:54
3. Grinches, SubGoal, Osama (Nicolaou, Alex) 07:00
4. Grinches, Niemi, Dave (St.Pierre, Bill / Lachkey, Geoge) 08:24
5. Grinches, Niemi, Dave (St.Pierre, Bill) 09:20
6. Salvation Army, Gardner, Dave (Fabiano, Steve / Farrell, Steve) 10:19
7. Salvation Army, Fiore, Mel (Unassisted) 12:53
8. Grinches, St.Pierre, Bill (Lachkey, Geoge) 14:00
9. Salvation Army, Raymond, Jeremy (Gardner, Dave) 14:44
Penalties - None.
Second Period
10. Salvation Army, Farrell, Steve (Norton, Pete / Fabiano, Steve) 02:33
11. Grinches, Niemi, Dave (St.Pierre, Bill) 03:09
12. Grinches, Nicolaou, Alex (Niemi, Dave) 03:40
13. Grinches, Doblinski, Mark (McDonald, Mike) 05:52
14. Grinches, McDonald, Mike (Unassisted) 06:59
15. Grinches, SubGoal, Osama (McDonald, Mike / Doblinski, Mark) 13:20
16. Grinches, SubGoal, Osama (McDonald, Mike / VanBuskirk, Rob) 15:16 (gw)
17. Salvation Army, Raymond, Jeremy (Fabiano, Steve) 16:23
18. Salvation Army, Norton, Pete (Farrell, Steve) 17:52
Penalties - None.
Third Period
19. Salvation Army, Gardner, Dave (Unassisted) 00:44
20. Salvation Army, Farrell, Steve (Norton, Pete / Fabiano, Steve) 05:58
21. Salvation Army, Fabiano, Steve (Norton, Pete) 06:22
22. Grinches, St.Pierre, Bill (Unassisted) 10:20
23. Grinches, Niemi, Dave (St.Pierre, Bill) 16:47 (pp)
Penalties - Norton, Pete - Salvation Army (Tripping) 15:53
Shots On Goal
Salvation Army 11 12 19 - 42
Grinches 11 17 12 - 40
Goal - Grinches: Fitzpatrick, Brian; Salvation Army: McHugh, Rob
Power plays - Grinches: 1-1; Salvation Army: 0-0
Officials: Brad, Ray Binky, Lil rich
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