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It's Official, Bulldogs
are in the Playoffs
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GAME
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BULLDOGS |
Panthers |
Date/Time |
Rink |
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04/26/2005 |
John Rink |
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April
27th, 2005-
In a word, it
was ugly. The Panthers took their subliminal play and
gave the Bulldogs all they could handle Tuesday night at
The Edge Ice Arena. I use the word subliminal because
the Panthers are a rather deceiving team. At first
glance, a majority of the players seem as though they
can barely skate...in fact at second and third glance,
they still seem that way. But they somehow get the job
done. They connect on their passes, move the puck up
ice, get back on defense, and mark their opponents in
the slot and at the points. It's not pretty but it's
effective; rather reminiscent of our scrappier,
primitive days of not so long ago.
The first period was quick
paced, end to end action which both teams scoring one
goal a piece. Jason Darfler would do the honors.
In the 2nd, the Panthers put the screws to
the Bulldogs with a couple of their grease monkey,
hacksaw wielding, motor heads, as they managed to get
under the skin of some of the Bulldog's. Discipline
fell to the wayside as the Bulldogs forgot all they
learned in their anger management classes and
continuously retaliated against their antagonizers.
With so many penalties, the Bulldogs found it hard to
get some flow to their game. Lines were mixed,
changes were confused, and nothing seemed to gel. The
second would end ugly with both teams still tied now
2-2.
With the game tied, it still didn't seem safe and
with more than enough time left, Bulldogs Jason
Darfler scored to cut it to a 1 goal lead. More
importantly though, it seemed to spark a blow torch
within the team. With a couple of minutes left, the
Panthers would score once again on a rebound shot that
would tie the game and send the game to overtime.
Overtime was all fast paced with both goalies
making key saves. No one would score and the game was
now in the hands of five shooters for each team in a
shoot-out.
This would be the Bulldogs first ever overtime and
shoot-out in their short ice Hockey History and they
would come through with flying colors. Martinez would
stop 4-5 shots while Kurt Swanson would score and
Frank Lionello would score the game winner.
The win would lock up second place and Officially
mark the regular season at 8-6 with the Bulldogs
having their first ever winning season.
The
Good:
Very little complaints if any from
Panther’ coach Rich Runoio.
The
Bad:
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-Penalties: Not much you can do here. Both teams
played extremely physical and aggressive so penalties
were to be expected.
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The Bulldogs
took a serious blow when Mike Mancuso, their third
leading scorer went crashing awkwardly into the end
boards last week. Hopefully, it's just a sore knee and
he will be back to play next season. The Bulldogs
will sorely miss his consistent and steady presence on
the ice.
The
Ugly:
The Edge Staff for once again failing to fax over a
score sheet. If there are errors then please call them
to complain and read our site disclaimer.
Player(s) of the Game:
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Frank
Lionello- like a story book ending when an All Star
picks a fan from the stands to win the game, well that
is how Frank felt when Jason called his name out to be
the 5th shooter to win the game in a tensed shoot-out.
Next for
the Bulldogs is on Friday April 29th at 7:50pm against
the TBD
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Scoring |
1 |
2 |
3 |
OT |
SO |
F |
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Bulldogs |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
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Panthers |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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Bulldogs
Scorers |
Points |
Goals |
Assists |
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James Senne |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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Jason Darfler |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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Kurt Swanson |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Ross LesMesurier |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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