Thursday September 22
(5)River Rats vs Thunderballs(4)
Late push propels River Rats over Thunderballs
The River Rats were able to avoid overtime with only 31 seconds left in the game. Deadlocked at four, P.Lavoie snapped the dreaded tie giving the River Rats three clean points to the standings. At no point during the match did the River Rats trail, but the Thunderballs refused to go away by tying the game on three occasions. Each side spread out their offence with no one scoring more than once. P.Lavoie, apart from the winner helped set up F.Dominianni and M.Testolina to finish with three points.
(2)Left Wings vs Northstars(1)
Left Wings find a way, take tight hockey game
The Left Wings weren’t sure how this game was going to turn out knowing that most of their regulars were out of action. But with the few players they had, they made the most of it resulting in a close 2-1 win. J.Adamou, no matter the circumstance can heavily be relied on as the d-man scored first to get the Left Wings on board. The Northstars did level when J.Bourgiaze finally beat P.Assadi , but that was all the veteran net minder would concede. After being awarded a second power play, the Left Wings made sure to capitalize. J-P McCann broke the tie late in the second period and the Left Wings never looked back. P.Assadi faced 23 shots to earn the win in net over his counterpart Y.Dupere, who also had a solid night allowing only two goals on 21 shots.
The SalumiVino player of the night goes to Patrice Lavoie of the River Rats. The forward made an immediate impact scoring a late go ahead goal to finish with three points.
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