(vol.
7S, no. 6; newsletter by h.s.)
For the first time in franchise history, the Pirates had to skate in a color
other than "Pirate Black" (don't worry guys, we're protesting!).
In any case, with our multi-colored wardrobes we looked like a pick-up team,
but fortunately we didn't play that way. Our offense dominated almost all
the action in the Entropy zone in the opening period. What few pucks got
through were quickly jumped on by some ironclad defense featuring Dan Pomphrey
and Roger "Elmer Fudd" Weiss. Still, one good bounce found an
Entropy (is that even a noun?) on the wing and he managed to crank a slapper
that went off the butt-end of my stick and beneath the crossbar. That 1-0
lead would close-out the 1st period scoring.
We dominated again in the 2nd, but Entropy had a nice one-timer in front
to gain a 2-0 lead. Finally, all our hustle paid off when the Entropy were
caught flat-footed on a delayed offsides and Scott LeMatty fired a pass
up ice to a breaking Wildman for the 5-hole put-away against John Arena.
Russ neatly tied it up when he had a quick break with time expiring and
fired through a screen, but Arena kick-saved the puck to keep it a 2-1 score.
The 3rd period was again mostly played in the Entropy zone: Dan DiPierro
was winning faceoffs and skating one of his strongest games to date; Glenn
Farkas was blasting shots from all sorts of angles; and Scott was doing
his usual job of banging guys on the offensive boards. But as has been the
case recently, we couldn't put the puck in and finally we dropped back 3-1
when another Entropy scored with 5:00 minutes remaining in the 3rd. We put
on the extra skater with 2:00 remaining and again had possession, but the
Entropy managed to headman the puck and add the emptynetter with :12 seconds
remaining.
THE
SILVER
SKULLS
1) DAN
DiPIERRO
For a great game on both sides of the blueline.
2)
JOHN CASSENS
Our lone goal-scorer (and for spoiling Arena's shutout) -- he only needs a
hattrick in the final regular-season game to tie our goal-scoring record!
3)
GLENN FARKAS
For
all his slapshots (of course, from those weird angles!) on net and strong
work on the boards.
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