Wednesday April 27(Finals)
(2)Punishers vs Venom(4) Game 1
Venom used four different goal scorers to down Punishers
Four different Venom players scored in game one to come away with a 4-2 double up win over the Punishers. M.Dalpe beat the buzzer late in the first period to put Venom up 2-1, and J.Parisella along with B.Deslauriers notched the second period’s only goals to widen the margin by three. That kind of lead proved to be very sufficient for M.Trivisonno, who stopped 23 of 25 shots. The Punishers, despite dropping the game, finished stronger bagging a late power play goal by K.Tsoukalas in hopes of carrying some positive energy for game two.
(7)Venom vs Punishers(5) Game 2
Venom withstand tons of penalty minutes to capture E Wednesday title
If there was a time to be disciplined, this was it for Venom who somehow pulled it off. The Punishers had plenty of power play chances and made sure to bury most of them notching all five goals with their five man unit. But that still wasn’t good enough. Venom fell behind 3-1 after one period and slowly crawled back into the game on a resilient effort from everyone. Just like in their previous match, no one played the hero as six different players scored that included two straight tallies from J.Courteau. The Punishers needed a regulation win which forced them to pull out J.Meynard for an extra attacker. Considering the way their power play was rolling on all cylinders that last act of desperation didn’t transpire into a goal, instead Venom closed it off with an empty net marker. P.Karvouriaris, game in and game out gives his club numerous chances to win hockey games posting three more goals that still wasn’t enough in this most needed contest. It wasn’t the kind of game plan Venom were preaching but that didn’t bother them as they pulled off an incredible feat. M.Trivissono may have allowed five power play goals but never gave up on his players who stormed back to take the series. On behalf of Hockeyballe.com, congratulations go out to the net minder and the rest of Venom for winning it all.
The SalumiVino player of the night goes to Mike Trivissono of Venom. The captain did more than just make saves by showing great leadership and keeping the guys positive in what was a hard fought battle.
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