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Knights Knock Off Blue Goons Posted on November 16, 2008
Last week, practices were held for all hockey players in our leagues. For those who attended the practice week, it definitely showed in this week's games. Players were playing in positions, controlling the puck, and making better choices both offensively and defensively. This was most obvious in the first game of the night between the Flyers and the D.O.C. The Flyers came into this week still looking for their first win of the season, but you wouldn't have known it by the way they played. In the first period, the D.O.C. were the first to get on the scoreboard, with Trenton Molczyk netting a goal off an assist from Josh Peirce just :51 seconds into the game. Less than three minutes later, Molczyk would score again, giving the D.O.C. a 2-0 lead early in the game. At 14:30 to play in the first, Zach Brock would take a pass from Logan Richards and find the back of the net for his first goal of the season, and the first of the game for the Flyers. However, that was all they would get in the first period. Meanwhile, the D.O.C. would get two goals from Taylor Hladik, and would skate into intermission up 4-1. In the second period, Brock would find the back of the net again for his second goal of the game, and the Flyers were within two goals. Less than one minute later, Molczyk would pick up his hat trick goal, again assisted by Peirce. Peirce would add another helper four-and-a-half minutes later when Hladik scored his third of the game. Suddenly, it was 6-2 in favor of the D.O.C. After another four minutes of play, the D.O.C. extended their lead to five goals when Noah Duncan found the back of the net, unassisted. The Flyers would answer, however, when Richards took a pass from Austin Klug and put one past the goalie to bring the score to 7-3. Richards added another goal just under four minutes later, unassisted, to pull the Flyers to within three goals and just over four minutes to go in the game. The Flyers found themselves with plenty of scoring opportunities throughout the late parts of this game, but just couldn't connect for any more goals. This included a Tripping penalty against Hladik with just under one minute to goal in the game. Peirce added one more goal for the D.O.C., assisted by Hladik, and the D.O.C. would win the game by a final score of 8-4.
In the second game of the night, the Blue Goons were going for their fourth straight win, attempting to remain the lone undefeated team in the league. Their opponent this week was the Knights, who came into the game with a 1-1-1 record, in a tie for second in the league. Just :32 seconds into the game, the Goons were already on the scoreboard, thanks to an unassisted goal by Jacob Atwood. The Knights would answer minutes later, when Darin Rinkol took a pass from Kayl Richards and found the back of the net for his first goal of the season. Five minutes later, Josy Richards would add another goal for the Knights, unassisted, and they held a small 2-1 lead over the Goons midway through the first period. With 7:19 left on the clock in the first period, the Knights' Brandon Brock was called for a two-minute high sticking penalty, and the Goons went on the power play. They would capitalize when Atwood scored his second goal of the game, a power play goal, and the score was knotted at two goals each. There would be no more goals in the first frame, so the teams skated into intermission tied on the scoreboard. In the second period, the Knights turned on the scoring. Carlos Sotelo would score just under seven minutes into the period, unassisted. Then Josy Richards would score his second and third goals, both unassisted, and the Knights were up 5-2 with 3:35 to go in the game. Just :45 seconds later, Atwood would net a hat trick goal, and the Goons had pulled to within two goals. It wasn't until Josy Richards scored his fourth goal of the game, with just :20 seconds left to go in the game, that the Knights had the game wrapped up. The Knights would go on to win the game by a final score of 6-3, knocking off the previously unbeaten Blue Goons.
Next week, the Knights host the Flyers in the opening game, while the D.O.C. plays host to the Blue Goons in the late game.
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