Friday February 10
Sonic buried by an avalanche of goals in loss to Dirty Scrubs
(3)Sonic vs Dirty Scrubs(10)
From-start to finish, Sonic were looking for answers on what went wrong on Friday night. Losing is one thing, but not in this fashion. The club wasn’t good in any aspect of the game and they hung goaltender B.Madonis to dry. The Dirty Scrubs on the other hand had a lot to feel good about. They had plenty of fire power throughout the line up with T.Langiano leading the charge on a hat trick along with M.Chenier and R.Marshall notching a pair. Falling behind the way Sonic did made them unable to recover and bounce back into the game. It took the ten minute mark of the second period for M.Pace to finally get his side on board. Even though M.Cristiano cut the deficit in half with his first of two, R.Marshall replied shortly after to put the Dirty Scrubs ahead 5-2 heading into the final stanza. The Dirty Scrubs were playing fine hockey till that point, but managed to bring it up a notch as they rolled through the final frame with ease en route to a convincing win. For Sonic, they’ll need to have a short memory for this loss and focus on what’s ahead.
Third period short handed goals sinks Dirty Scrubs
(4)United Masters vs Dirty Scrubs(3)
When reflecting and looking back at the entire night, the Dirty Scrubs have to feel pretty good about their overall play. They just came off a lopsided win over Sonic, and found themselves playing ahead in their sixth straight period of hockey having to deal with no breaks between the two games. Adding to all that, they had a golden opportunity to put the United Masters away when awarded a four minute power play opportunity only to see it bite them in the end. You can argue fatigue to a certain point if your are the Dirty Scrubs, but not when you are playing with a man up. The Dirty Scrubs somehow gave up two short handed goals which turned a slight lead into a slight deficit. First, D.Charbonneau used a wicked slap shot to even things up, then A.Minassian was there to pick up a rebound and feed an empty cage for the lead. Despite still plenty of time left over, the Dirty Scrubs knew they were in a world of trouble having to battle as hard as they could into their sixth straight period. It showed that the United Masters made it a point to remove any threats by getting to the loose balls first while making sure they defended well without the ball. Slowly but surely, they killed off the clock to capture their first win of the season.
The SalumiVino player of the night goes to Rino Ranieri of the Dirty Scrubs. In back to back games with no breaks, the net minder delivered earning a win in the first encounter while giving his side a serious opportunity to take two in a row if it wasn’t by some slight miss haps.
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