UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

Nordiques @ Cardigan

ODDS:	EVEN
OVER/UNDER:	10 Goals

The Nords & Cardigan both sit sub .500 on the young season with identical 3-4-0 records. The similarities between these two teams ends there. Cardigan is an offensive juggernaut, scoring 48 goals in their first 7 games, tops in the UVHL. They've also allowed a whopping 40 goals in that span as well.

The Nordiques have scored just 26, 5th in the UVHL, while only allowing 24. They have shut down the Gamblers offense in their 2 games this season, only allowing 5 goals total. And they kept Tuck to only a trio of goals last week. The Nordiques have clearly embraced a defensive style of play, but at what cost? They have also lost their last two games in the final minute of play..2-1 to the Gamblers with 41 seconds remaining and then 3-2 to Tuck with just 23 seconds left. Both mental lapses that can be corrected, and both should have at least gone to a shootout giving them additional points in the standings.

Cardigan is powered by Owen "The One Man Show" Carpino who's league leading 21 Goals & 24 points in 7 games is ridiculous. He has almost as many goals as the entire Nordiques team combined.

The Nords are led by Jordy "McNasty" McGee who will need to carry his team offensively. McGee's 11 goals lead the team.

The Nordiques have the advantage in net with Johnny "Temper Tantrum" Turner putting his team on his back for most of the season.

In the end, this could go to another shootout. Carpino is the wildcard here, how many goals can he score?

Prediction: Nordiques loose it in the final minute of play again,

Another Slow Start Dooms Cardigan...8-6

The Cardigan Teacher's Union once again put themselves in a giant hole to start a game and despite their best efforts couldn't dig themselves out. Their opponents, The Nordiques, came prepared and jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead.

"Fierce" Pierce Mayhew was a one man wrecking crew, scoring three goals and an assist in the first 4 minutes of play. The first two goals came off of faceoffs to the left of Cardigan's netminder Matty "Tazzy" Albertazzi. Mayhew one the faceoff back to his defenseman who fired the puck on net both times. The first shot found Jordy "McNasty" McGee behind the net who fed Mayhew in front all alone and the second goal Mayhew jammed home the rebound.

Mayhew returned the favor to McGee a minute later before Brian "The Beard" Racicot set up Pierce for his hat trick and a 4-0 lead. Kelly "Defensive Liability" Park made it 5-0 as he broke in all alone and roofed the puck on the backhand...and it looked pretty dismal for Cardigan.

Cardigan broke out of their funk half-way through the first period when Carpino burned Park behind the Nordique's net, walked out in front and roofed his own shot up and over Johnny "Temper Tantrum" Turner.

After Carpino's first of the night his team seemed to wake up, his goaltender seemed to wake up and Cardigan was back in the game. Their first 5 minutes was ugly, lazy hockey.

During the first intermission the Nordique's were reminded that Cardigan went down 6-1 to the Whaler's two weeks earlier only to see Cardigan battle back and eventually loose 8-7. This was deja vu all over again. Cardigan proceeded to dominate the early parts of the second period, scoring 3 unanswered goals to bring the game back to 5-4 and the Nordiques were playing as if they were terrified to give up the lead.

Carpino added another pair of goals on Turner and Sophie LeClerc added the other. Cardigan had the momentum and carried play until Park threw a knucklepuck on net that ricocheted off of of a Cardigan defenseman and past Albertazzi for a 6-4 lead. It was a shitty goal, but a much needed one for the Nordiques to stop the bleeding.

The third period evened out a bit more as the Nords & Cardigan swapped a pair of goals each. Chris Warrington brought cardigan back within a goal early in the third before Roger "The Dentist Drill" Phillips scored a pair of goals to put the game out of reach. Cardigan kept pushing and Carpino had a beautiful goal with 78 seconds to play followed by a crossbar in the last minute of play, but their dismal start was the end of this game.

 

Team:	Time:	Type:	Player:	Details:
1st PERIOD
NDQ	14:00	Goal	Mayhew, Pierce(4)	Assist(s): McGee, Jordan(4) Park, Kelly(6)
NDQ	13:00	Goal	Mayhew, Pierce(5)	Assist(s): Park, Kelly(7)
NDQ	12:00	Goal	McGee, Jordan(12)	Assist(s): Mayhew, Pierce(3)
NDQ	11:00	Goal	Mayhew, Pierce(6)	Assist(s): Racicot, Brian(1)
NDQ	10:00	Goal	Park, Kelly(3)	Assist(s): none
CDG	09:00	Goal	Carpino, Owen(22)	Assist(s): none
CDG	03:47	Penalty	Gauthier, Graham(2)	2 minutes for Hooking
2nd PERIOD
CDG	13:37	Goal	Leclerc, Sophie(5)	Assist(s): Gauthier, Graham(4)
CDG	12:48	Penalty	Heaney, Chris(3)	2 minutes for Too Many Men
CDG	11:17	Penalty	Skelley, Tad(4)	2 minutes for Slashing
CDG	11:04	Goal	Carpino, Owen(23)	Assist(s): none
CDG	10:15	Penalty	Skelley, Tad(5)	2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike
CDG	04:32	Goal	Carpino, Owen(24)	Assist(s): Gauthier, Graham(5)
NDQ	01:03	Goal	Park, Kelly(4)	Assist(s): Krivitzky, Eric(1)
CDG	00:24	Penalty	Fitzgerald, Mike(1)	2 minutes for Tripping
3rd PERIOD
CDG	12:39	Goal	Warrington, Chris(1)	Assist(s): Flaherty , Andrew(4)
NDQ	11:03	Goal	Phillips, Roger(2)	Assist(s): Mayhew, Pierce(4) McGee, Jordan(5)
CDG	05:27	Penalty	Carpino, Owen(3)	2 minutes for High Sticking
NDQ	04:48	Goal	Phillips, Roger(3)	Assist(s): McGee, Jordan(6)
CDG	01:18	Goal	Carpino, Owen(25)	Assist(s): none

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