UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

Whalers Start to Defend

ODDS:	Whalers by 1 goal
OVER/UNDER:	9 Goals

The reigning Whalen Cup Champion Whalers look to start the defense of their title with a win over Ryan Sinclair and his Merry Cardigan Boys. Cardigan is the newest addition to the UVHL, and should be competitive with Sinclair at the helm and a decent collection of hockey bodies behind him.

My money is on the champs, they should take it 5-4.

Cardigan Scores 2 Shorties in the Third, Win 8-5

The reigning UVHL Champion Whalers walked into the rink on cloud 9. They had proven to the world that David can beat Goliath, and they were ready for the next chapter in their franchise's bedazzled notebook.

Cardigan is the new kid on the block. Nobody knew who they really were or what they were capable of, but they stepped up to the champs and shoved their collective faces in the dirt. Cardigan showed skill, endurance and patience in their 8-5 win, not to mention that there was a bit of clutch in their game as they turned a shorthanded 1-goal lead late in the game into a three goal lead.

This game looked like it was going to be a lopsided victory when Cardigan stormed out to a 3-0 lead in the first 10 minutes. Player of the Week nomination Owen Carpino netted 4 goals, scoring two f the first three goals. The first came at 9:23 when Carpino roofed one over Lallier's glove from the near side, followed by a Ryan Sinclair blistering wrister along the ice just 22 seconds later. Carpino tipped in an Andrew Flaherty shot with 4:50 to put the Whalers in a deep 3-0 hole.

Cardigan continued their dominance, ringing two posts in 7 seconds shortly after, followed by Jay "The Zamboni" Zanleoni falling on his ass for the 3rd time in the period.

"Jumbo" Joe Gaudet brought his shovel and single-handedly dug the whalers out of the hole and back into the game, scoring a pair of goals before the buzzer ended the first frame. For the first goal, Gaudet made a great pass to Scotty "Sugar" Shaw who broke in all alone, fired one of the weakest shots in the history of the UVHL which was easily kicked out by Matty "Tazzy" Albertazzi. Gaudet stormed in, fought off a Cardigan defenseman and deposited the puck in the net. Gaudet's second came off a snapshot with just 18 seconds to play in the first.

END OF THE FIRST: Cardigan 3, Whalers 2

Graham Gauthier gave Cardigan a two goal lead again from defenseman Bryant Harris, only to see the Whalers storm back with the next three goals, from three different players. Gary "The Pearl Necklace" Laperle took a Chucky "Sticks" Gaede slapshot in the ass, only to see the puck drop onto the blade of his stick for the goal and then Shaw scored his second of the night on a quality drop pass from Woody Redpath to end the period in a 4-4 tie.

END OF THE SECOND: Cardigan 4, Whalers 4

The Whalers came out flying in the third period, carrying the play for the first five minutes. That dominance was encapsulated by a goal from Chucky Gaede as he let a wrister from the high slot rip through Albertazzi's 5-hole.

Despite the elation the Whalers felt about digging out of a 3-0 hole to finally lead in the game, things went down hill....and fast. A power play goal by none other than Carpino tied the game with 7:28 to play and Ryan "Sink" Sinclair took the lead after curling off the far boards and burning Kenny "LaOldTimer" Lallier like an Irishman on the equator with a snapper from the tops of the circles.

Down a goal, with under two minutes to play and Cardigan's captain, Ryan Sinclair, took a penalty...a well timed penalty that allowed his team to score two shorthanded goals in the last 1:15 to blow the hinges of the door and put the game out of reach for the Whalers. Those goals came from Timmy LeRoy & Carpino.

END OF REGULATION: Cardigan 8, Whalers 5

 

Team:	Time:	Type:	Player:	Details:
	00:00	Penalty	(11)	0 minutes for
	00:00	Penalty	(11)	0 minutes for
1st PERIOD
CDG	09:23	Goal	Carpino, Owen(1)	Assist(s): Warrington, Chris(1)
CDG	09:01	Goal	Sinclair, Ryan(1)	Assist(s): Warrington, Chris(2) LeRoy, Tim(1)
CDG	04:50	Goal	Carpino, Owen(2)	Assist(s): Flaherty , Andrew(1)
WHL	03:51	Goal	Gaudet, Joseph(1)	Assist(s): Redpath, Woody(1) Shaw, Scott(1)
WHL	00:18	Goal	Gaudet, Joseph(2)	Assist(s): Gaede, Chuck(1) Stallsmith, Jonathan(1)
WHL	00:00	Penalty	rouillard, jason(1)	2 minutes for Too Many Men
2nd PERIOD
CDG	13:50	Goal	Gauthier, Graham(1)	Assist(s): Harris, Bryant(1)
WHL	11:04	Goal	Laperle, Gary(1)	Assist(s): Zanleoni, Jay(1) Gaede, Chuck(2)
WHL	00:52	Goal	Shaw, Scott(1)	Assist(s): Redpath, Woody(2)
3rd PERIOD
WHL	11:48	Goal	Gaede, Chuck(1)	Assist(s): Shaw, Scott(2) Gaede, Chuck(3)
CDG	07:28	Goal	(PP)Carpino, Owen(3)	Assist(s): Sinclair, Ryan(1)
CDG	05:14	Goal	Sinclair, Ryan(2)	Assist(s): Harris, Bryant(2)
CDG	01:15	Goal	(SH)LeRoy, Tim(1)	Assist(s): none
CDG	00:57	Goal	(SH)Carpino, Owen(4)	Assist(s): none

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JTStally Hanover, NH Registered: Posts: 159	Welcome Oct 10th, 2012 12:20 PM I'm excited to be the team that welcomes Cardigan to the league. I'm expecting big things, especially because all anyone talks about in the Upper Valley is how good Ryan Sinclair is...considering he's the only guy currently rostered on their team page, he better be REALLY good, haha!
hkydoc WRJ, VT Registered: Jan 2004 Posts: 517	Welcome, Cardigan! Oct 16th, 2012 09:47 PM Nice to have many of you guys back in the league! It's about fuckin' time, eh. I hope you have a fun first night playing the Whalen Cup Champs. McD
JTStally Hanover, NH Registered: Posts: 159	Great League This Year! Oct 19th, 2012 11:25 AM It was definitely a solid game. We caved a little there late, but it was two even teams and I'm very excited about how competitive the league is going to be this year! Each week looks like it's shaping up to be anybody's game.