Goals: Petravicius(2) Matera(2) Subs(1) Chapman(1)
Assists: Filar(2) Pearson(2) Pearson(1) Subs(1) Kluegel(1) Chapman(1) Harris(1) Barta jr(1)
Last game I included an image of Bear Bryant saying ties are like kissing your sister. Well, we must have a really cute sister because we tied again.
Thanks to Deroche and Pink for subbing in for Brett and Grifka.
The Galaxies' win streak ended at 3 games, but the point streak lives on. We just couldn't shake the pesky Mariners. We had three 1-goal leads and lost them all. A flimsy penalty call against Jonesy gave us a late PP. We had some pressure, but couldn't put one home. Both netminders came up with huge saves throughout the game to keep the score in check.
Next up for the Galaxies is a 25 day holiday layoff, just as the team chemistry is coming together. Oh well. Catch y'all in 2025.
Goals: Subs(4) Lyons(1) Aben(1)
Assists: Subs(2) Subs(1) Batalucco(1) Aben(1) Quattrin(1)
Mustangs highest scoring game yet! Too bad there were EIGHT subs on the ice for this tilt. Only one goal coming from a drafted mustang. We had two highlight reel goals from mccaig. One absurd back hand from margitan and one bang bang goal from bradybough to margitan. The other goal was our backdoor man will knockin another one home in front of the net. Vic did everything he could to stop demars from getting a shutout and was finally successful. Maybe he just got used to passing lyons the pucks since he usually skates with us. The mustang subs were noticed on the ice and in the locker room with a lot of extra beers we don't normally have. Thanks, keg, bradybough, crisi and margitan for the W.
Goals: Chapman(3) Gorski Jr(2) Matera(1)
Assists: Barta jr(2) Vincent(1) Schultz(1) Clark(1) Cecott(1) Matera(1)
Looking to build on our lead in the standings but the Galaxies had other plans. This is the Galaxy team I expected after the draft. Fast, suffocating pressure all game limited our chances. Killer played great when needed. We didn't do any favors for Sale either in this one and will look for improvement next week against the Edsels.
Thanks to Alderman and Bradybaugh for subbing in.
Galaxies came into this one looking for a third straight W. Last time these teams met in the battle for Vincent family holiday bragging rights, the SuperChiefs manhandled the Galaxies. We didn't forget that and wanted to come out and set the tone.
That's exactly what happened when Rocco fed Chapman out front from below the goaline to put us up 1-0 just 30 seconds into the game. Tons of hustle from our forward lines, a couple of big blocks by Schultzy, and some timely saves from Caldwell had us up 4-0 heading into the 3rd. That remained the score, despite a lot of pressure from the Chiefs, until a couple of costly turnovers led to Gorski tallies in the final 2 minutes of the game.
This was a total team effort and win. Hoping to keep the momentum rolling when we face the Mariners this Friday.
Goals: Subs(3) Radomski(2) Alderman(1) Middleton(1) Cowart(1) Robillard(1)
Assists: Gates(3) Jensen(2) Middleton(2) Cowart(2) Radomski(1) Subs(1) Subs(1)
Another high intensity game in the FHL, probably a preview of what the playoffs are going to be like. Alex played well, Chet and Gates reunited to create chaos for the Marauders. Dan Middleton had his best game as a Thunderbolt, had plenty of chances and played great 2-way hockey. Welcome back to the league JC! He played well for not skating a lot. It reminded me of conversation I had with Rob Eastman back in the day. We were at the draft and I asked Rob if he could play Defense, "no". I said ok then. The next year Rob dropped in the draft, we drafted Rob and put him on Defense anyway and he played great for us. So this year Hinkle goes down and I ask JC if he could play Defense and he said not really, so at the first game JC plays with us we tell him he's on Defense, and he played pretty well in the first game. So JC, you may be a defenseman now, Rob wasn't either lol. Up next the Fiesta!
Goals: Subs(1) Upplegger(1) Lyons(1)
Assists: Dancewicz(2) Lyons(1)
edsels go into this week badly needing a win.
and we won.
timmy and jenna threw down 2pts each, upplegger rushed and did upplegger things, and super subs eric "the franchise" peters and brendan "i dont know what his nickname actually is" caldwell scored and stopped goals, respectively.
we played a strong game and were rewarded. looking forward to keeping the momentum for our special friday game this week.
Goals: Sladich(2) McCaig(1) Daehn(1) Pearson(1)
Assists: Sladich(1) McCaig(1) Bazzy(1) Pearson(1) Subs(1) Jones(1) McKenzie(1)
Coming off a 1-1 split with the Bullitts (and getting a week and a half off to recover from chasing them around) the Fiesta were looking to just play some competetive hockey and not let Russ see a lot of shots. From the start of the game you could see the Fiesta really came to party. We started the game moving our feet, moving the puck, and getting consistent shots on net. We find our way on the board first with a great tip by Sladich off a shot pass from Bazzy with just 2 seconds left in the first.
Not too much long after though the Mariners end up capitalizing on a broken play and in the blink of an eye we're tied. Wouldn't our luck have it that the same type of broken play happened a few minutes later with the same result. Mariners up 2-1, but the Fiesta aren't ready to end the party just yet.
The third period was really great to see as we didn't give up and stuck to our gameplan. I manage to squeak one by Zach from the goal line off a great feed from Sladich, 2-2. Who says defenseman can't score 2 in a game? Not Sladich as he scores an on the ice missle, off a faceoff win in the Mariner's zone. Deep into the third, Mariners pull Zach and get some good pressure, but we manage to hold them off for a toughly contested W.
We looked like our old selves last night and it was a great win with a solid team effort. Next up, Thunderbolts
Goals: Pinkowski(3) Bradybaugh(2) Aben(2) Koehler(1) Zalewski(1) Subs(1)
Assists: Deroche(3) Bradybaugh(3) Pinkowski(2) Zalewski(2) Subs(2) Brainard(2) LHeureux(1) Koehler(1) Durst(1)
Mustangs took zero penalties! Unfortunatley that was our only victory of the evening. First goal gets broken out of our zone well with joe z carrying it the length of the ice and he bounces it off of wills stick for a goal. Next up is lyons picking a pass and going all alone. Some good pressure in the zone lead to a joe z shot, rebound landing in front of will and empty net. Joe Z decides to snipe to cap off the scoring. Thanks to both subs for supporting mustangs on and off the ice. Just a bunch of mustangs and deroche (who also had a great game) at the bar.
Coming off a bye week the Cobras come ready for a rematch against a tough Mustangs team! Pink gets things going with pretty tip-in early in the 1st. Shortly after our first tally, Pink adds to the board on a short breakaway with a nice move on Demars. The boys were flying and continued to dominate the 1st period, closing it out 3-0.
The beginning of the 2nd period was back and forth, chances coming at both ends. Dennis opens the leead up to 4-0 getting his 1st of the season! Knowing how this game went last time we were ready for the mustangs to battle back. And they did just that, they quickly make it a 2 goal game and have us on our heels. We re-group and end the period with pink getting his 3rd of the night, the only one that knew it went in was apparently the ref!
With a 5-2 lead going into the third the Mustangs continue to chip away and attempt a comeback as they narrow our lead to 5-4. I iced the game with an empty netter. Big night for Pink and Dennis!
Onto next week where we will see a well-rested Bullitts squad.