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UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

November 4th, 2008 - 6:30PM
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Game ID: 511

The Whale is ALIVE!!!!....... With a Solid 4-2 Win Over Undefeated Brewers

The undefeated Burpin' Brewers of Bridgewater(3-0-0) looked to stay perfect against the Wicked Wobbly Whalers(1-2-0). The Brewers had made quick work of their first 3 opponents, outscoring them 25-14. The Smurfy Blue Whalers took two beatings and a solid shootout win to start the season.

This game ended up being a battle from the get-go. The Brewers were missing some integral cogs to their scoring machine, but still had some dynamite up front with Brock "Lesnar" Barton, Billy "The Kid" Fletcher & Chris "The Teenage Mutant Ninja TURTLE" Johnson wreaking havoc with his speed. Unfortunately the Whale walked into Union Arena with a chip on their shoulders and a game plan. Granted the game plan was "Skate fast and forecheck like a MOTHA!!!!" Regardless of the Mite B gameplan, the Whalers scored on 2 of their first 3 shots on the Brewer's goalie Petey "The Net Condom" Bartline, but apparently there was a huge hole in that dirty condom, birthing two little smurf goals. (Note from the editor, I just pissed myself writing that). The Whaler's goals came just 71 seconds apart from Ryan McHugo & Gary "The Pearl" Laperle. The remainder of the period was back and forth as the Whalers put into effect the Wobbly Whaler Trap, limiting the number of quality scoring chances for Brewers.

END OF THE FIRST: Brewers 0, Whalers 2
SAVES: Bartline(BRE) 10, Lallier(WHL) 11

The second period started out slow, with little happening. The only high point was that Dave Fitts "Domino" ate 3 pucks in the first minute of play. Jimmy "Zdeno" LeClair made it 3-0 with 5:58 to go after picking a Brewers pocket at center ice and then making a nice move on the defenseman before firing a perfect wrister past Bartleby. Billy Fletcher ended the shutout bid with 3:05 to go with a shorthanded goal. Fletch picked off a SLOPPY cross ice pass from Fitzy, walked in all alone did a little Shake 'N Bake and threw it top corner over Le Lallier.

END OF THE SECOND: Brewers 1, Whalers 3
SAVES: Bartline(BRE) 21, Lallier(WHL) 22

The Brewers brought it back within one goal just 88 seconds into the 3rd, when Garren "TEE" Poirier beat Lallier with some sort of a shot from somewhere on the ice. I'm pretty sure it was one of those crescent moon wind-up slap shots that Garren likes to take, where he actually winds up so far that his stick hits the ground on the other side of his body, unleashing a furious slapshot from that 83 lb frame of his. The Whalers took 2 penalties late in the 3rd priming the Brewers for their comeback, but with Joey "The Mute" Hayes in the box for a bad tripping call on Barton in the offensive zone, the Brew Crew couldn't even manage a shot while up a man. The Whalers were focused and tenacious, mostly because their resident captain, Sean "Puffy" Casavant hasn't played yet this season. The successful kill was more than enough to both kill the drive of the Brewers and spark the intensity of the Whale, as they popped in another one off of a Chris "Googly" Gogan goal with just 90 seconds to go in the game. That officially took the wind out of the sails for the Long Trail Brewers and ruining their run to perfection this season.

END OF REGULATION: Brewers 2, Whalers 4
SAVES: Bartline(BRE) 26, Lallier(WHL) 31
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Ken Lallier

GA: 2
SAVES: 32
SAVE%: 0.941

chris gogan

GOALS: 1
POINTS: 2

Jim LeClair

GOALS: 1
POINTS: 2

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