Wha Happened?

The Bombers were poised to go 9-4 on the season by bringing home a 3-2 victory on Wednesday night. But the Red Dogs showed true grit pulling their goalie and tieng the game with 16.8 seconds left to play. A jubilant Red Dog squad had managed to force the shootout against a team they lost to by a 9-2 score earlier in the season.

The Bombers were forced to regroup which is easier to do when you have one of the best breakaway goalies in the league. "We are always confident with Josh on a breakaway chance against." said Bomber Rober. "He learned that from the days in Twin Oaks when we would usher the forwards in on breakaways. He probably has nightmares of those days." added left winger Gary Simpson.

But the shootout did not go as planned and the game was lost when Bill Auld's shot beat the keeper but rang off the post and lay uncermoniously on the ice outside of the net's confines.

So the Bombers were only able to notch a point when they thought they had two in what was a well contested match between the two proud clubs.

Bomber Box Score:
Goals:
B.Auld (6)
Hoyer (18)
Simpson (1)

Assists:
R.Auld
Zimnoch
Hoyer
Kostrowski
Rosenberg
Jr.

Bombers beat Spartans 5-1

Sorry boys-I am mailing in this writeup! Short on energy and long on sore throat.

Abridged story:

Josh was sick-no show.
Tony was sick-no show.
Bill and Eric were sick-showed. doh!
Brian and Dave S. played the whole game on D.
They score first. We scored the rest.
Junior scored-twice.
Johnny Z scored-twice.
Jean Eric scored.
Simpson 3 assists and one glorious slide.
Rober' late breakaway foiled.
Mezzacca lowered his GAA to 1.5 putting more pressure on starter.
Bombers dominate and win 5-1 to go 8-4 on season.

Up next: Red Dogs Wed 12/15 at 10:35


State Power performers:
1st Star-the D of course Brian and Dave
2nd Star-Simpson with 3 helpers (and the aforementioned glorious slide)
3rd Star-Junior with 2 and the game winner.

Its no Sham-Rocks Win

The Shamrocks defeated the Bombers on a late goal in third period to win 4-3 on Thursday night. The game proved to be a hard fought back and forth battle. The Shamrocks scored the first two goals of the contest but the Bombers bounced back with goals from Brian Kostrowski and Jean Eric Hoyer' in the last 1:54 of the first to tie the game.

A seeing eye puck found its way in the net for John Zimnoch in the second to give the Bombers the lead. But the luck of the irish was on the Shamrock side and they were able to tie the game and then score the eventual winner with 5:29 left to play in the game.

A late flurry with the Bomber goalie pulled almost worked as Rober'Auld and Gary Simpson both had looks at the net that were stopped by the Shamrock goaltender. Tempers flared at the end of the contest when a Shamrock forward pushed Bomber Neil Van der horn's head to the ice in "an attempt to get up off the ice" during a scramble on the boards. The story lost some credibilty when replays showed the "attempt to get up off the ice" required numerous tries.

The finish marred what otherwise was a fairly well played contest. I know this reporter is looking forward to an intersting game the next time these two clubs meet.

Bomber Box Score:

Goals:

Kostrowski (3)
Hoyer' (16)
Zimnoch (5)

Assists:

Hoyer'
Junior
Simpson
D.Bochner