The fans attending the first game in the inaugural Bomber Challenge Cup-sponsored by Praxinet, marveled at what a great contest they had just seen. A high scoring affair between two uptempo clubs that, when all was said and done, was won by the Agents over Team Valley Sports.
The scoring started early with a Team Valley Sports goal just 3 mins and 19 secs into the a game that saw two evenly matched teams trading goals all night. Eric "Silk Hands" Hoyer netted that first tally and when asked how it felt to score the first goal of this historic tournament he simply stated, "I was in the right place at the right time." That's what the fans in the nearly full to capacity Twin Oaks Ice Rink felt themselves as they watched the teams play-they too were in the right place at the right time.
Unfortunately for Team Valley Sports that was the only lead they would see all night. The Agents had one goal leads on three different occasions only to see Team Valley Sports tie it up.
When the Agents took a penalty with 2:11 left in the game many felt Valley could push the game to overtime. But it was not to be, the Agents promptly scored shorthanded 9 seconds later and wound up winning by a 6-4 score.
Agents captain Marc Mezzacca would say when asked after the game about the honor of winning the tournament's first ever contest, "It was a good game."
That it was.
Next game in the tournament is Friday Jan 2nd @ 9:30- a game between The Bombers and Team Valley Sports.
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