UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

Gamblers @ Tuck - Possible Game of the Year

ODDS:	EVEN
OVER/UNDER:	10.5 Goals

Both the Gamblers and Tuck have only lost a game apiece...and both teams have delivered the other's loss. On November 12th the Gamblers battled to a 5-4 win over Tuck, only to see Tuck blow them out in an 9-3 game two weeks early that got ugly.

These are two talented, hard-nosed teams with great goaltending. Eight of the top Nine scorers this season are rostered on either Tuck or the Gamblers.

Tuck's Mike Devine has a ridiculous 2.22 GAA while the Gambler's Ryan Van Schoik is second with a very respectable 3.86 GAA. Devine already has 2 shutouts this season, but the Gamblers are the only team to score 5 goals on him this season.

This should be a battle and very entertaining to watch. Vegas says it's Even with it ending 5-5 heading to Overtime, but this reporter believes that Tuck will win it 6-5.

Tuck Dominates Gamblers 7-0

The Gamblers hit rock bottom tonight in a 7-0 ass whooping at the hands of the Tuckies. It was an absolute schallacking, something the Gamblers have never experienced since rebranding the Bruins team to the Gamblers back in 2009-2010. One Gambler's defenseman was quoted as saying mid-game "Holy shit, these guys are REALLY good."

The Turduckens were a well-oiled machine tonight, pummeling the Gamblers like one of those sex machines from one of the dirty websites that commissioner Shawn "McLovin" McDermott visits on a daily basis.

The first period wasn't too bad as the game remained scoreless without a penalty but Tuck still carried play and managed to outshoot the Gamblers 11-7. Things turned in the second period as the Tuckerdoodles deposited 6 goals past the Gamblers' Ryan Van Schoik. Harrington scored all 4 of his goals in the 2nd frame and got things started just 43 seconds in.

Harrington's new BFF, Jed "Old" McDonald assisted on all of his goals on the night. The first goal came off of a nice drop pass leavving Harrington in the slot all alone, he beat Van Schoik with a quick snapper. McDonald fed Harrington again at 11:11 and then Mark "Deke-master" Devooght had an epic highlight goal as he brought the puck up center ice, split the defense and roofed a backhander on Van Schoik.

After that 3rd goal things took a distinct turn as Van Schoik seemed to lose focus and let in a trio of weak goals right along the ice from bad angles. It wasn't Van Schoik's best game but there were quite a few things that went wrong in this one for the Gamblers. The G-Men turned the puck over frequently, lost most 1 on 1 battles and didn't seem engaged. They weren't prepared for the relentless hustle that Tuck brought and seemed to be holding onto the puck a little bit too long. John Dawson made it 4-0 at 4:42 followed by two from Harrington to put Tuck up 6-0 closing out the second period. Tuck outshot the Gamblers 14-7 in the period.

The Gamblers made some adjustments in the 3rd and other than a John Curran goal just 1:05 in kept the period scoreless and actually outshot the Tuckies 10-8. Things did turn a bit ugly after Jason "Never-A-Wrister" Young took a bad, dangerous and stupid penalty with a full blown hit on Curran that bordered on boarding at 8:14. Tuck's Devooght retaliating with a body check after the whistle, sending Young to the ice. Young then responded by jumping up and throwing some punches. It was more of a grappling mask with Devooght's helmet coming off and both were sent off for fighting. Astonishingly Young couldn't understand why Devooght had roughed him up as he was ushered off the ice.

Things calmed down a little bit after that incident, but the Gamblers added two more penalty kills to their rough night giving themselves zero chance of terminating Devine's shutout bid.

Devine was good but wasn't really called upon to make any highlight saves but still earned a 3rd star of the night for staying focused and recording a shutout. McDonald was a passing machine and earned the 2nd star for his impressive night and Harrington of course takes home the first star for throwing 4 into the cage.

 

Team:	Time:	Type:	Player:	Details:
1st PERIOD
GMB	08:14	Penalty	Young, Jason(3)	5 minutes for Fighting
TCK	08:14	Penalty	Devooght, Mark(3)	5 minutes for Fighting
2nd PERIOD
TCK	14:17	Goal	Harrington, Brandon (15)	Assist(s): McDonald, Jed(14) Curran, John(3)
TCK	12:03	Penalty	Dawson, John(3)	2 minutes for Roughing
GMB	12:03	Penalty	Young, Jason(4)	2 minutes for Roughing
TCK	11:11	Goal	Harrington, Brandon (16)	Assist(s): McDonald, Jed(15)
TCK	08:54	Goal	Devooght, Mark(3)	Assist(s): Dawson, John(7)
TCK	08:03	Penalty	Dawson, John(4)	2 minutes for Hooking
GMB	05:48	Penalty	LaCroix, Topo(3)	2 minutes for Hooking
TCK	04:42	Goal	(PP)Dawson, John(7)	Assist(s): Nowak, Mike(5) Devooght, Mark(3)
TCK	04:02	Goal	Harrington, Brandon (17)	Assist(s): McDonald, Jed(16)
TCK	03:33	Goal	Harrington, Brandon (18)	Assist(s): McDonald, Jed(17)
3rd PERIOD
TCK	13:55	Goal	Curran, John(2)	Assist(s): McDonald, Jed(18) Lefeber, Peter(3)
GMB	08:14	Penalty	Young, Jason(5)	2 minutes for Body Checking
TCK	08:14	Penalty	Devooght, Mark(4)	2 minutes for Roughing
GMB	08:14	Penalty	Young, Jason(5)	10 minutes for Game Misconduct
TCK	08:14	Penalty	Devooght, Mark(4)	10 minutes for Game Misconduct
GMB	06:26	Penalty	Ammel, Robert(4)	2 minutes for Slashing
GMB	03:56	Penalty	Bergeron, Ryan(1)	2 minutes for Interference

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