Nov 24, 2013 | arau | 272 views
Meteors Dominate Sailors...in the Third
On Sunday, November 17, the Sailors AE team travelled to Mitchell to face-off against the first place Mitchell Meteors. Although the final score indicates that the Meteors dominated the game from start to finish, the game was much closer than the final score indicates.
The first period witnessed some end to end rushes by both teams and the Meteors struck gold when they beat Eric just 2 1/2 minutes into the game. The Sailors then began to focus on team defense and weathered the Meteor storm and when the Meteors were able to slip by the defense Eric was there to shut the door. Such was the case when with only 2:13 left in the first period, Eric went down on his belly to make a save and the puck squirted out to his left and with a flick of his glove hand he snared a sure goal away from the Meteor's forward to keep the game a 1-0 for Mitchell.
The second period saw more of the same as the high powered Mitchell offense out shot the Sailors 6-4. Fortunately for the Sailors they were able to keep the puck out of their net completing two periods of play down just 1-0. Eric stopped 12 of 13 shots.
In the third period, exhaustion set in and the Sailors team defence began to break down leaving Ben on his own at times to keep the puck out of the net. Although the Sailors were able to manage 4 shots in the period the Mitchell Meteors fired 15 at Ben. Mitchell was able to find the back of the net 7 times in the period and although the Sailors made a last minute charge of their own the game could not be salvaged. The Sailors left Mitchell realizing more work needs to be done in order to topple the number one team in the league.
Stats Pack
Goals: Eli (2) and Aidan (1)
Assists: Jacob (1)
Plus players: Kaleb (1)
Even Players: Jack, Jacob, and Keegan