March
16, 2007
Biohazards
edge Hermits in cliffhanger, 3-2
By Don
Ganem
In
a seesaw battle that had both spectators
on the edge of their seats, the
Biohazards edged Herman’s Hermits 3-2
in the waning seconds of the game.
The
Hermits, as is their wont, came out hard
and fast. This well-coached club had
earlier in the week been detected
actually practicing as a team, and it
showed. (“I’m told they were
doing something called ‘drills’,”
said Biohazards captain Don Ganem, who
vowed to familiarize himself with this
concept after the game). Their superior
élan was rewarded at 10:26 of the first
period with a goal by Captain Herman Yee
that followed a scramble for a loose puck
in front of the Biohazards’ net.
Undaunted,
the Biohazards regrouped and the game
soon settled into its pattern of
excellent positional play on both sides,
with many determined individual efforts
and spectacular goaltending at both ends.
Three individual breakaways by Victor Hui
of the Hermits were turned aside by
Biohazards goalie Michael Roeder; at the
other end, goalie Tony Ricommini robbed
the Biohazards’ Austin Herman and
Doug Gould on similar breakaways. At 10:24
of the second period, Simon “le
Magicien” Turcotte evened the score
with an unassisted tally, and in the
third period put the Biohazards ahead 2-1
on an assist from Doug Gould.
Asked
about what prompted his scoring outburst,
the soft-spoken organic chemist from
Quebec said he was offended by the poor
fashion sense of the Hermits’ Jack
Ryan, who chose to combine orange
stockings with the team’s Kelly
green jerseys. “Sacre bleu!”,
Turcotte exclaimed. “Are we going to
have to send him to Queer Eye for the
Straight Guy?”
The
game’s intensity level, already high,
continued to rise from there. Escalating
pressure from Hermits Bert Gatchelian,
Ben Lee and Greg Lum was met with
determined defense by the
Biohazards’ Pat Escaron and John
Lewis; Escaron and Curtis Chen also
contributed several fine offensive rushes.
Even Ganem, the force of whose slap shot
has been compared to that of the urinary
stream of an 80 year old man with
prostatic enlargement, managed several
decent shots from the point, all of which
were gloved smartly by Ricommini.
The
Hermits attacked relentlessly, and with 1:21
remaining on the clock, Ben Lee poked in
a loose puck from the crease - and the
game seemed headed for overtime. But the
Biohazards responded by putting 4
forwards on the ice, including the
fearsome Doug Gould, launching a furious
offensive that resulted in a flurry of
shots. With 21 seconds left, Craig
Wallace took a feed from Gould and
pounded home the winning goal.
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1 |
2 |
3 |
Final |
Hermits
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1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Biohazards
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0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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Scoring
Summary |
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1st period |
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Hermits |
Herman Yee 4 |
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2nd period |
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Biohazards |
Simon Turcotte 1 |
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3rd period |
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Biohazards |
Simon Turcotte 2
(D.Gould) |
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Hermits |
Ben Lee 5 |
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Biohazards |
Sub Player (D.Gould) |
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Goalies |
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Hermits |
Tony Ricommini (2-1) |
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Biohazards |
Sub Goalie |
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