Bombers Tested-Win in Shootout

The Bombers kept their win streak alive at six games, but it wasn't easy. The storied franchise was pushed to a shootout by a hard charging Red Dogs contingent.

Strong goaltending, good defense and goal posts were the fare for most the game. The Bombers needed to use its emergency callup and phoned "Dandy" Don Henshaw-former Bomber goatender from the Chimney Rock Championship seasons to tend the pipes.

After two scoreless, hard fought periods the Red Dogs finally managed to break the seal and scored six minutes into the final stanza. This marked the first time this season the Bombers found themselves behind in a game. But the determined Bomber squad relied on their vast experience and answered quickly on a goal by Neil Van der horn just 2 minutes and 2 seconds later. "I found a spot high blocker side" said Van der horn about the goal shot from the high slot.



Then with 3:17 left in the game the Red Dogs again found the back of the net. The Red Dogs highly touted defensemen, known only as 22, tookadvantage of a broken Bomber play and went end to end scoring on a pretty deke that somehouw beat the solid playing Henshaw.

So was this going to be the first lost of the season for our heroes? Well the fans did not need to wait long to their Bombers come up off the mat for the second time in the contest. The timeout called prior was longer in duration than the 23 seconds it took for Mike Gilbert, Sr to find the back of the net and tie the game at 2. The seeing eye shot from Gilbert sailed over a sliding Red Dog, deflected off another and just like that Sr had his most important point of the season.

The final few minutes provided much excitement but no goals and the "shootout", a new twist for the Bombers, was next.



Henshaw stopped all three of the Red Dogs initial salvos with ease but Tony D'anna, Adam Lapinski and Mike Rosenberg were also denied. Strong goaltending indeed. Sudden death awaited and after the fifth round Dandy Don had not let the biscuit into the basket. John Zimnoch, fighting though a nagging injury had enough left in the tank to beat the Dog keeper with a deke that found him left with an open net to shoot into for the win.

So the streak is 6 but the games are getting tougher. Next up-the Predators on July 28th.


Bomber Box Score:

Goals:

Van der horn (2)
Gilbert Sr (2)

Assists:

B. Auld