Ever since that penalty this season I have been given no more penalties and am still stuck at 2. But I can see that it is paying off. Onto game #4
Game 4 was the game of the year.
Period 1:
We started with no goalie and looked around at each other in shock for the entire first period. Luckily, we were only down by 4 (4-0) at the end of the 1st period.
Scoring summary for our team: 0 Their team: 4 Points for me: 0
Period 2 comes around and we tell one of our best players to suit up for goalie. He came in half of the way through the second period (about 20 minutes left in the game). By then it seemed to be a lost cause. The score was 7-1 and one of the coaches was ready to quit (I won't mention names). But thankfully, our team was not . I assisted the first goal which gave me 1 point on the night. I quickly assisted another one which made it 7-3 after one of the other players on our team scored. At the end of the second period the score was 7-3. We were down by 4 again.
Scoring summary for our team: 3 Their team: 3 Points for me: 2 assists
Honestly, I wasn't ready to quit, but I didn't think we had a chance. I was sitting there goalless headed into the 3rd period. One of our players scored a big goal quickly which made it 7-4. I came right back at them with a goal of my own. 7-5!!! I still thought it was a lost cause. With about 5 minutes to go in the game we put ourselves within 1. The score was no 7-6. Oh boy, it's time for my line to go out!!! I was placed on early as we were doing a line change on the go. I cruised in hoping they wouldn't see me as they were making a play in their zone. They made the pass to the guy on the point. I was able to intercept it, but it tipped off of my stick and into their player's skates. He looks down kind of spinning around and I was able to snag the puck. I skated through the slot and I knew 2 important things at the moment.
1. The player who messed up on the pass was going to cut into the middle to cover so I could not come straight down the slot, which would give me my best shot at a goal.
2. The player I took the puck from finished 3rd in scoring last season and he is a fairly decent player.
He may have beat me in scoring, but he wouldn't beat me on this play. I will now switch over to play by play courtesy of AJ.
AJ steals the puck. He enters in the zone. cuts toward the left side of the net. Backhand and ring...off of the crossbar. J\K. He beats the goalie with his backhand!!!
The score was now 7-7. We had tied the game and I had scored my second goal of the game! I raised both of my hands (which I don't really do anymore) and screamed YEAHHHHH. We quickly sent the play back into their zone and scored again to make it 8-7!! I screamed even louder for that one. I would be put back on with about 2 minutes to go in the game which was going to end 3-3 due to separate penalties. They pulled their goalie as it was a 1 goal game. Our guys cleared it and I won the race to the puck and to my surprise I was alone with the empty net. Easy Goal and thank you for the free insurance marker. The score was now 9-7. Another one of our players was able to hit the empty net with about 10 seconds to go. This made the score 10-7. The time ran off the clock and we had completed the greatest comeback of my life.
Drain Bamage: 10 Other team: 7
Points for me: Goals: 3 Assists: 2
What a great game. Game #5 has also been played and also has been final The score of that game was 9-3. I will write more details on that one soon as well. Including game 5 we are 5-0 and undefeated. I only had one goal in game 5 and I blew many chances. Sorry I didn't write more on game 5, it wasn't too exciting. But we did clinch a spot in the championship game because of our record. So we don't have to play in the playoffs this year and we have clinched 1st place!
My totals for the season: GP: 5 Goals: 9 Assists: 6 Points: 15 Points per game average: 3 PIM: 2
That's it for now
-AJ
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