UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

Gamblers & Tuck...again

ODDS:	GMB BY 1
OVER/UNDER:	7 GOALS

Tonight will be the 59th time these two teams meet in the UVHL with the Gamblers having the edge at 31-27. The G-Men will have "Wild" Will Meyer back in action after welcoming his newborn daughter last Tuesday. The Gamblers took the first game of this season series 4-2 on November 6th, but Tuck's 5 penalties surely hurt them as the G-Men only took a single penalty.

Tuck is back from a 5 week winter break and looked VERY fresh last week in a big 5-1 win over the 'Jacks while the Gamblers were outplayed by a very good Labatt Blues team in a 3-1 loss. Tuck only has 2 players in the top 20 for scoring; Brodie Stone (9pts) & Nick Hunnewell(6 points), while Gamblers has 6 players in the top 20 and are powered by the dynamic and speedy LaCroix Brothers(Goose 10pts & Topo 8 points), Will Meyer (9 points) and the highly skilled defender Ryan "Boogeyman" Bergeron who leads all defensemen with 7 points.

Both goaltenders are having excellent seasons with Tuck's Lindsay Holdcroft showing that size doesn't matter and Ryan Van Schoick trying to prove that just being big and standing there is enough(jk Ry).

This should be a great game to watch.

In the second game of the night we had a hard fought game between the Gamblers and Tuck. Both teams would get some chances early on but it wasn't until 9:02 that Max Woods would give the Gamblers a 1-0 lead. The score would remain the same until 2:50 when Tuck's Brodie Stone would tie the score at 1-1. The Gamblers would answer back and grab the lead with 53 seconds left in the period on a goal from Luke Webster would put the G-men up 2-1 heading into the second.

In the second the period started out with the Gamblers have a power play but they couldn't convert on their chances and Tuck's Lindsay Holdcroft was making some huge saves all night. With a little less then 5 minutes remaining the Gamblers would take two penalties 14 seconds a part to give Tuck a 5 on 3 power play. Tuck would get some good looks but the Gamblers Ryan Van Schoick just stood their like a brick wall and kept the puck out, the period would end with the score 2-1 Gamblers heading into the final period of play.

In the third Tuck would come out flying looking to tie the game but they would end up taking a penalty. On the PP chance for the Gamblers they were not able to get anything going and less then a minute into the PK Tuck would tie the game at 2 on a goal from Andrew Cox with 13:04 remaining. With the score tied both teams would get some great chances but both goalies were up turning the puck away. Then with 5:33 remaining in the game the Gambler Max Woods would get fed backdoor to put the G-men up 3-2. Tuck wouldn't give up as they kept pushing back and getting some great chances. The Gamblers would take a penalty with 52 seconds left and Tuck would pull their goalie so they could have a 6-4 power play. Tuck was unable to get anything set up as the Gamblers were very aggressive and kept icing the puck. The Gamblers would win the game by the score of 3-2.

 

Team:	Time:	Type:	Player:	Details:
1st PERIOD
GMB	09:02	Goal	Woods, Max(7)	Assist(s): LaCroix, Ryan(7)
TCK	02:50	Goal	Stone, Brodie(7)	Assist(s): Hunnewell, Nick(6)
GMB	00:53	Goal	Webster, Luke (2)	Assist(s): Zaha, Spencer(2) Miller, Troy(1)
2nd PERIOD
TCK	12:14	Penalty	Cox, Andrew(1)	2 minutes for Tripping
GMB	04:34	Penalty	Bergeron, Ryan(4)	2 minutes for Tripping
GMB	04:20	Penalty	Aher, Zach(5)	2 minutes for Hooking
3rd PERIOD
TCK	14:17	Penalty	Park, Jeewoo(1)	2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike (playing
TCK	13:04	Goal	(SH)Cox, Andrew(4)	Assist(s): Apps, Gillian(3)
GMB	05:33	Goal	Woods, Max(8)	Assist(s): Miller, Troy(2) Young, Jason(3)
GMB	00:52	Penalty	Bergeron, Ryan(5)	2 minutes for Cross Check

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