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Blue Jays and Rhinos and Czechs Oh
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GAME RECAP |
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BULLDOGS |
RHINOS |
Date/Time |
Rink |
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6 |
9 |
12/10/2007 |
Center
Ice of DuPage |
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December
12th,
2007-
Yup,
I don’t like these Tier 1 league games stated an
undisclosed Bulldog. Just eight games into the
season and the Chicago Bulldogs continue on their losing
ways (4 in a row in to be exact). The Bulldogs
seem to have lost track of how they use to win games in
the past. Starting off slow, poor defensive play,
no back checking -- all of these things combined
contributed to this past Monday night's 9-6 loss
to the Rhinos.
Now
don't get me wrong, that’s only half of what caused the
Bulldogs to lose on that night, the other half
definitely belongs to those guys in the striped
shirts on the ice. Here comes the fun part...
Where
or where to begin with these refs. Let's start with the
many missed calls, many hooks or hits to slow down our
fast players. Then there were the occasions where one
ref calls something only to get overridden by the other
ref. Now the most important call you can make in hockey
has to be calling a goal. These two manage to mess that
up as well as the Bulldogs scored right from the get go
only to again have it called a “no goal”.
With
the Bulldogs celebrating together in front of the net
and the Rhinos players blaming each other for not
covering their man and the Rhinos goalie pausing to get
a drink of water to refresh himself for being out of
position, things were looking good for the Bulldogs.
Now,
what the guys in stripes were watching or doing while
all this was going on is beyond me but one of them said
something like "I did not see it go in”. What? Everyone,
and I mean everyone, on the ice knew it was a
goal. Our team. Their team. The timekeeper. The people
watching upstairs. Their mothers. Their mother's
mothers. Everyone. Well, everyone except for the two
referees.
Now I'm
sure you've seen coaches in the NHL go crazy when their
team gets robbed or the refs miss a blatant call. Well
not the Bulldogs, instead they came right back and
scored another and briefly looked at the refs for their
approval. Upon Mancuso’s goal being approved, the
Bulldogs came again and scored, this time by rookie Ryan
Scanlon. Instead of the Bulldogs being up 3-0 they we up
2-0.
The Rhinos in shock, quickly rebounded and crashed
the net several times and got their first goal of the
night past Alex Martinez. It would not stop there as
both teams would continue to score (Bulldogs Joe Koehler
and John Farias) and end the frame tied up at 4-4.
In
the second period, the Rhinos and Bulldogs took
turns in the offensive zones and looked like a bunch
of heavy weights in a slug fest. The Bulldogs would
again get goals from Koehler and Scanlon While the
Rhinos also netted 2 and again ending the frame tied
up 6-6.
Tired and out of shape and craving a Salami with
cheese sandwich, the Bulldogs needed to
only win one period and I suppose that was too much
to ask. Playing a bit to conservative, the Defense
turned the puck over in the Bulldogs zone and the
Rhinos would score in what would be the game winner.
The
Bulldogs dug themselves again late in the game with
penalties, turnovers and allowing the opposition to
score goal after goal with some bad play in the
Bulldogs zone and by allowing, some 3-on-2 and
2-on-1 breaks. Two periods and the Bulldogs blew
there load, as they would once again fall in the
third.
After the game the Bulldogs had a closed door
meeting of the minds to discuss several options and
the future with HNA.
Game pictures taken by Jeff Krich of
chitownphotography's photos
The
Good:
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Offense- Plenty of goals here as 6
is plenty of goals to win.
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John Farias- It was good
having John back in the lineup after missing some
games due to a knee injury.
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Attitude- The Bulldogs remain
hopeful that practice will make for perfection.
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New Dude- The Bulldogs welcome Jeff
Krich as a new member of the front office. Jeff is
a professional photographer and look for his work
on the Bulldogs website in the weeks to come.
The
Bad:
The
Ugly:
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The
CID Staff member- This kid who
continuously echoed the words “Smells like Nasty
Old Men in here” as he was cleaning the locker
room. Hey Buddy, everyone showered, you probably
smelled the Baklava that was left on your scruffy
looking beard. PS- Hope you like the Holiday
surprise I left you in the toilet?
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Bulldogs
Scorers |
Points |
Goals |
Assists |
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Joe
Koehler |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Ryan Scanlon |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Joe Van Grimbergen |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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John Farias |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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Mike Farias |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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Mike Mancuso |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Darren Diamond |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Frank Lionello |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Penalties |
Minutes |
Notes |
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John Farias |
2:00 |
-- |
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Justin Lucadello |
2:00 |
-- |
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Frank Lionello |
2:00 |
-- |
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Sal Karim |
2:00 |
-- |
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Tony Feeney |
2:00 |
-- |
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Darren Diamond |
2:00 |
-- |
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Sam Karim |
2:00 |
-- |
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Mike Farias |
2:00 |
-- |
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Joe Koehler |
2:00 |
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