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Rivals go Down, Bulldogs win 2-1 |
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GAME
RECAP |
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BULLDOGS |
45'S |
Date/Time |
Rink |
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10/12/2004 @
10:50PM |
WEST |
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Bensenville, IL-(October 13, 2004) Knowledgeable
fans of the game of hockey would have really enjoyed
the Bulldogs game against their rivals, the 45's. It was
one of their best performances in a long time. They
looked like a real hockey team. They worked hard
defensively. Their goaltending was superb. They scored
a goal that was the result of a picture perfect pass and
another one on sheer hustle. They held off a late rally
to preserve a very hard fought 2-1 victory, their first
of the season.
Yes, a true
hockey fan would have really appreciated this game. Of
course, a true hockey fan wouldn't be caught dead at one
of our games so the performance was pretty much wasted
on empty bleachers. And to make matters worse, by
playing such a good game the team gave no good material
from which to write a semi-humorous game recap. YOU
INSENSITIVE BASTARDS!!! How could you do this to me?
Especially so early in the season when I'm not yet in
the swing of things. I suppose you guys are going to
REALLY pick up the pace near the end of the season when
I'm burned out and have writer's block. Thousands (OK,
maybe tens) of people depend on this page every week to
inject a little laughter into their stressed out,
humorless lives (and to cure their insomnia). How can I
be expected to make fun of a team that plays so well. I
ought to just line up the whole team and bitch slap
every last one of you. Oh well, here comes what I'm sure
will be a real rib-tickling recap.
The lone goal
of the of the second period came when Jason Darfler sent
an absolutely perfect pass over to Sam Karim near the
top of the face-off circle. Sam Karim got off a
one-timer that blasted pass the 45's goaltender. On the
other end of the ice goaltender Alex Martinez faced and
incredible 27 shots and stopped them all. Near the end
of the second period the Bulldogs made it 2-0. Mike
Mancuso intercepted the puck, he skated it up past his
own blueline and launched a powerful dump shot. Kurt
Swanson, not looking at all like a member of a Jurassic
line out hustled the opponent's to flip the puck in the
open net. The 45's did score with just over a minute to
go on a hard fought goal.
Early in the
third I thought there was hope of actually writing
something off the wall. Immediately after skating around
the net in the Bulldogs zone, one of the 45's high
sticked Jason Darfler, putting himself in perfect
position to receive at least 10 stitches. So what did Darfler
do? He laid still, got the other guy to visit the Sin
Bin, stood back up, smiled and calmly skated away.
The 45's called a time out with minutes to go in the
game perhaps they wanted to pull their goalie to give
them a 6 on 5 advantage. However the Bulldogs worked
their butts off and managed to keep them from
scoring. Bulldogs preserve the well deserved first
victory the season.
The Good-
Very Minimal Penalties... Only one all
game.
The Bad-
Only 11 players showed.. Several were no
calls no shows.. they owe the team some booz.
The Ugly-
Once again the Sam Karim Thong is still
the Bulldogs best team gear seller. Wonder if we will
ever see the person who buys them, just hope the person
is a she and not a he.... uhh...
Player(s) of the Game:
Kurt Swanson picks up his first
Ice Hockey goal ever. The goal ended up being the game
winner..
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Scoring |
1 |
2 |
3 |
OT |
F |
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Bulldogs |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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45's |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Shots
on Goal |
1 |
2 |
3 |
OT |
F |
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Bulldogs |
8 |
15 |
9 |
0 |
32 |
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45's |
3 |
9 |
14 |
0 |
26 |
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Bulldogs
Scorers |
Points |
Goals |
Assists |
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Kurt Swanson |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Sam Karim |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Jason Darfler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Mike Mancuso |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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