After taking the summer off, Tyson Dale and Daniel Pham celebrated a successful return to the team, with Dale scoring two goals, and linemate Pham chipping in with one. Shaun Hollis, who this week joined another team to expand his hockey experience, also scored, while defensemen Rick Zimmat and Tito Pijanowski banged in one apiece.
Pham, left with Dale
After surrendering a goal on his first shot, goalie Al Sterner settled down a little bit, giving up just two more for the rest of the game. He got a solid effort from his defense, along with a terrific backchecking effort from the forwards, who limited quality shots from a really fast Dr. 5 Hole squad. Sterner is nursing an ankle injury that has sidelined him for the past month, and it showed in his early performance.
Sterner- 1st period
5 Hole opened the scoring around four minutes into the contest, and then doubled the lead halfway through the period, when Sterner was beaten on a screen shot from the top of the right circle. It was looking pretty bleak for the good guys, but Hollis was able to cut the lead in half before the end of the frame, so it was just 2-1 heading to the second.
It appeared that the Dawgs flipped a switch during the intermission, because they came out flying in the second. Pijanowski, aka the "Polish Prince", tied the contest early in the period, shocking everybody by leaving his defensive position and cashing in from in front of the opposing net.
Soon after that, Pham and Dale each put in their first of the night, and what was once a deficit was quickly a two goal lead. Meanwhile, the Dawgs defense did a nice job holding Dr. 5 Hole scoreless in the second, which didn't seem possible after their fast start. So the Dawgs went to the third up 4-2, but the lead in no way felt safe considering the quality of the opponent.
But the Dawgs made things a little more comfortable, when Dale got his second of the game with around 10 minutes remaining. But 5 Hole struck back with four minutes left, when Sterner was beaten by a sniper to the top corner of the net.
But 52 year old defenseman Rick Zimmat put the game out of range with two minutes remaining, when he ripped a shot from the circle that deflected off of the 5 Hole goalie's stick and into the corner of the cage.
The Dawgs will now try to add to their good start tonight, when they take on a brand new EAHL team called The Nooks. Game time is set for 9:30.
In other Dawgs news:
The Dawgs welcomed two new players to the squad this week. The first is former Ozone player Michael Slutzky, whose last name is Russian for "dirty whore". The second is Brandon Pham, the younger brother of Dawgs veteran Daniel. This is not the first time that the Pham brothers have played on the same team:
Daniel, right
This week Dawgs forward Brad Stabio introduced his young son Oliver to the family tradition of wearing a really stupid hat. Oliver was just overjoyed at the prospect:
"Does this mean I'm a homo too, dad?"
This week Dawgs forward Shaun Hollis announced that we will now also be playing for the Purple Cobras in the EAHL C-3 league. He scored two goals in his first game against Dawgs II, and because of that success, then announced he would be playing in one additional league where he was certain to excel:
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Dawgs center Josh Adams points to the spot where he really likes having sex:
Don't even have to knock-just go right in the back door
Dawgs captain Marty Richardson announced this week that he has taken over coaching a seven year old girl's soccer team. He may need to rethink his choice of game attire.
1 comment:
found the blog Al.. great stuff.. glad you get to explore your feminine side by writing down your feelings!
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