Grinches truly stacked in easy 13-10 win.


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.
 

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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