Friday October 29

Even with short bench, the National manage to overpower the Brewers

Usually when your opponent comes to play with a stacked bench and you only have 1 change up, it means you’re in for a very long and frustrating night, but that wasn’t the case for the National. Yes they had a very short bench, but they dictated the pace of play throughout the game and employed a defensive and tight checking system keeping the Brewers to the perimeter. The National remained steady, calm & focused and never trailed in the game, and the Brewers offense couldn’t capitalize on their scoring chances as goalie D. Massa made some key saves and the defense took care of the rest. Like they usually manage to do on a weekly basis, Captain Marc Pinheiro & S.Laplante took care of the offense with a combined seven points between them, including a hat trick for Pinheiro. It’s still early in the season, but the Brewers need to tighten their defense and provide better support for goalie Psaroudis or the season will go off the rails very quickly as he keeps getting peppered with shots.

(6) National vs Brewers (3)

Morante solid between the pipes as Chiefs rout the Sonic

The Chiefs knew they were in for a tough test when they saw that the Sonic team had a loaded bench and compared to their 3 changeups. They had to keep things simple defensively and rely on their counterattack to produce their goals. Despite their short bench, this didn’t deter them as they stormed out to a 6-1 lead after 2 periods and never looked back. Goaltender S.Morante was simply stellar as he was making save after save and stifling the Sonic offense and giving them no second chances. Impressively enough, the Chiefs managed to get contributions from 6 different goal scorers en route to routing Sonic, with D.Galloro accumulating 5 points to lead the way. Perhaps F.Pace and his troops took the Chiefs too lightly given their short bench, but I’m sure they’ll make the necessary adjustments and be ready for their next encounter.

(7) Chiefs vs Sonic (2)

SalumiVino player of the night: S.Morante, the veteran goaltender was as solid as it gets pushing aside wave after wave of scoring chances earning an important win for his team.