Friday April 29

Generals end regular season by thumping first round opponent

(10)Generals vs Sonic(0)

The Generals sure found a good way to cap off their season with a thumping over their first round match up opponent. Both these teams will meet next week in the semi final round. Teams would normally prepare working on some good habits just prior to their payoffs, but the Sonic didn’t seem to have anything going right for them. It didn’t help that O.Valiquette got his way very early riffling off a hat trick in only two minutes and change. Its hard to aspire to any motivation when falling behind that early. The game did settle down in the second period with neither side really motivated to do much. Once the third period started, the Generals decided to get things moving by adding four more goals to end it in a mercy.

Sonic respond well after earlier crash

(1)Armos vs Sonic(2)

If Sonic can take some positives after suffering an earlier thrashing, its their response on how they handled the Armos in their second game of a double header night. You definitely don’t want playing through two poor performances all in one night . To their credit, the Sonic came to play and rebounded with a much more sense of urgency . There defense was doing a very good job at controlling the neutral zone while limiting dangerous chances-from the other side. Jumping ahead is always a key part of the game if you plan on playing methodical. M.St-Laurent provided the first goal, and the Armos were forced to create some opportunities against a disciplined Sonic defense. Every time they got a scoring chance, J.DeStefano was there to  deny them. The Sonic doubled their lead in the third period thanks to the very same M.St-Laurent finding the back of the net. G.Lallis did finally  get the Armos on board shortly after, but that was all the scoring they got done.

The SalumiVino player of the night goes to Martin St-Laurent of Sonic. In a very low scoring tight knitted battle, M.St-Laurent scored his clubs only goals to help edge out the Armos.

The Masters 35+ division came to a close on Friday night. The semi final match ups are as follows:

(1)Generals vs Sonic(4) Its just a very tall order for Sonic in this series. It will require for everything to go right- from all three areas of their game. There goaltender has to play lights out, the defence cant afford to make mistakes and the forwards will have to capitalise almost every time they have a chance. Look for the Generals to advance.

(2)Armos vs Brewers(3) You can make a case for either of these teams to advance. Both will play hard and smart without the ball. In all three areas, they match up pretty close. Look for this one to potentially go three games.