Thursday October 7
M.Maggiore scores hat trick to lead surging Brew Crew past Horsemen
(5)Brew Crew vs Horsemen(4)
M.Maggiore was full of praise for his teammates after notching a hat trick to kick off the Brew Crew’s season. His third goal came with only 17 seconds left in the game as part of a comeback effort. The Horsemen were the ones buzzing throughout the first half of the contest getting goals-from V.Pandza, D.Sarno and M.Chartrand for what seemed like a good trend towards victory. Eventually, the Brew Crew would regroup and slowly tilt the court their way. D.Verta had scored in the first period and was behind setting up D.Catalano and M.Maggiore’s first of three on the night. Maggiore used a power play marker to put the Brew Crew in front, but that was short lived when M.Kardum evened the score with only two minutes remaining in the game. Unfortunately for the Horsemen, a late sequence just prior to overtime saw the very same M.Maggiore come to hurt them in the end.
Left Wings down Armadillos in thrilling shootout win
(5)Left Wings vs Armadillos(4)
V.Ladouceur and D.Provost-Jarry each scored in the shootout, and the Left Wings won their season opener with a 5-4 victory over the Armadillos on Thursday night. In a wild game, the Left Wings led 2-0, but the Armadillos scored three in a row on goals by K.Koutsogiannopoulos, D.Andrade and P.Lapointe only to see D.Provost-Jarry respond with a power play marker that would eventually lead this game into a shootout. The Armadillos perhaps felt they should have put the game away due to their comeback effort. The problem was that they couldn’t kill off an important penalty that involved J.Adamou controlling the point for the Left Wings, who set up his club’s third goal of the night. Overall, both teams played each other hard which was no surprise that this game went the distance.
The SalumiVino player of the night goes to Mike Maggiore of the Brew Crew. His three goals were all part of a comeback effort that included a huge closer with only 17 seconds left in the game.
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