First Aspen Season Ends

The Bombers fought late in the season to get into the top half of the Federal League at Aspen Ice in Flemington, finishing in 3rd place.  Finishing third meant they got to face the 6th place Flying Aces in round one of the playoffs, which they won by a 5-3 score.  The Predators, a team the Bombers felt confident against even though they lost both regular season affairs, were the only team between them and a shot at the Federal League finals.  "We outworked them in the last game.  Their goalie came up big" said Bomber forward Tony TD D'anna.

With game time approaching the Bombers were optimistic.  That optimism turned sour early, falling behind by a 4-0 score before they really got rolling.  "We can play with them, but they are too good to give a big lead to.  They don't make enough mistakes for you to crawl back into it usually"  said captain Bill Auld, adding "We had a great season though.  Close games in a new and competitive league.  We had the return of Matt Raulf and the coming out part for his son Matt III.  Josh had highlight of highlights in the Shamrock game.  Jean Eric and JZ put up a bunch of points after a slower than normal start.  Rober' won a million faceoffs, Dave Smith was as solid as Kenny Morrow in his prime.  Lupe' didn't break anyone's arm.  TD and Kyle got off the snide together v the Aces.  Scotty Lundeen fell in love with sublimation.  The legends were there with #3 making a few on ice appearances and Senior delighting fans with lots of Bomber hats.  Junior proved he could take a joke and I finished a distant 3rd to Matt Raulf, Jr in penalty minutes.  We didn't win the title-but that's what I call Bomber Hockey!"