Bulldogs’ Embarrassed by
Lowly ‘Centurions
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GAME RECAP |
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BULLDOGS |
Centurions |
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08/05/2006 @ 4:30pm |
Johnny's Ice House |
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August
8th,
2006-
One
week after ensuring themselves a guaranteed fourth seed
in the playoffs with a loss, the once streaking
‘Bulldogs’ lost another game. This time they lost to the
winless ‘Centurions’, who outplayed, out-hustled and
out-classed our beloved ‘Dogs’. The final score was 3-2.
It was the most humiliating defeat in ‘Bulldogs’
history.
“I
guess everything evens out in the end” said Maher Karim.
“We put the only blemish [One shutout victory & one tie
on the record of ‘ROH”, who steamrolled over the entire
league. In the balance of life, we were probably
destined to lose to the only team without a victory.”
The
‘Dogs’ couldn’t get anything going on for 2 ½ periods.
They were being shutdown by a team that looked like an
all star squad and a goalie, who looked like Patrick
Roy. This couldn’t possibly have been the team that came
in at 0-18 and had given the most goals in the league.
Trailing 3-0, with less than five minutes to go, the
‘Dogs’ finally scored. Or so they thought. Sam
Karim’s shot went in and out of the net, but was
declared a no goal by the referee. Despite the
players protest, the officials ruling held up. Mike
Montague did score moments later putting the ‘Dogs’
within reach.
With just under two minutes left in the game, the
‘Dogs’ pulled their goalie, Alex Martinez, to give
themselves the extra man advantage. It worked as
Montague scored again as his shot snuck past the
goalie at the 1:12 mark.
After winning the face-off, they again pulled
Martinez for the extra skater. Unfortunately, they
came up empty this time around. The ‘Centurions’
celebrated the first win in their franchise history
like they had just won the Stanley Cup.
“I
am not going to rant about the loss. All we can do
is try and win our playoff game. If we win we move
on and if we lose well then we are done” said
Martinez. “I was afraid that with fourth place
already clinched, that there would be a letdown by
some players for this game. My worst fears came
true. Some players didn’t show up and several showed
up physically, but didn’t put forth the effort. In
the end, it didn’t mean a thing to us since a win or
loss would not have effected our playoff status.”
The
‘Bulldogs’ 21 points (10-8-1) limp into the playoffs
with two straight losses. This team looked unstoppable
just a week ago as they reeled off five consecutive
victories. That’s the team that needs to show up in two
weeks when the playoffs begin
The Good:
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Goaltending: The only aspect of the game that the
‘Dogs’ didn’t underachieve.
The Bad:
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Player shortage: The ‘Bulldogs’ had their worst
turnout this season as only eight skaters and one
defenseman showed. .
The Ugly:
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The Darfler/Senne Welcome Home Party: More details
to come.
