Thursday April 28
Fatal Demons picking up good habits to finish their regular season
(6)Fatal Demons vs Brew Crew(3)
A solid all around effort helped the Fatal Demons end their regular season on a strong note. Both sides kept trading chances and goals in what appeared to be slugfest up until the Fatal Demons took command as of the mid way point of the game. G.DeMarinis riffled a beauty for a 4-3 lead, and the Fatal Demons never looked back adding two more tallies to double up the Brew Crew. If not for A.Belanger’s strong plays that led to a pair of goals and an assist, the Brew Crew would have suffered a potential embarrassing defeat. Prior to tonight’s game, the Brew Crew had only one loss after nine games hoping that they would finish strong heading into the playoffs. Maybe its just a slight hic up, but you always want to end with good habits. As for the Fatal Demons, nearly everything went right in all three areas of their game. R.Ranieri made the timely saves, the defense tightened up as the game went on, and the forwards spread the wealth that saw only T.Langiano score twice.
Captain V.Pandza leads by example bagging hat trick for Horsemen
(10)Horsemen vs RCGT Knights(3)
Teammates always look to their captain to deliver and shoulder the load. The Horsemen were glad to see V.Pandza deliver scoring once in every period to down the RCGT Knights in a convincing fashion. You always want things to go well when prepping for playoff hockey. The Horsemen made sure to treat this contest like a game that mattered in preparation of what is to come. No doubt the offense wasn’t an issue, and neither was M.Vinciguerra, who has been a rock for his club between the pipes. Playing without the ball may perhaps be the toughest challenge for any team to master. Overall, the Horsemen faired well in that department, but would like to tweak some little areas of their game if they plan on going all the way. While their game wasn’t really the issue, the same cant be said for the RCGT Knights, who have had some ups this season but to many downs. S.Sauk has the artillery to floor a solid lineup, but needs to put the pieces together to try and compete throughout three straight periods. The beauty about hockey and sports in general is that anything can happen on a given night. With that notion, the RCGT Knights need to look ahead and focus on what’s to come in hopes of playing the role of underdogs and or spoilers.
The SalumiVino player of the night goes to Vinko Pandza of the Horsemen. In most of his shifts, the captain made plenty happen bagging three goals and two assists.
With the regular season ending, the semi finals will begin next week. The match ups are as follows:
(1)Brew Crew vs RCGT Knights(4) The RCGT Knights need to keep the contest as close as possible for as long as possible. If they can do that, the Brew Crew may start to play with pressure while the RCGT Knights will only get more confident.
(2)Fatal Demons vs Horsemen(3) Expect a tight checking series between two sides that play very well defensively along with the fact that they know each others tendencies. It will come down to who wants it more. Both sides need to work and battle through every shift in order to win as many small battles as possible. Vegas has no favorites for this one.
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