January 11, 2009
Up to Norwich Friday night to face a very good team with a big crowd to boot (1052) -
first period we held our own and were pleased to come out of it with a 0-0 game in
the works - half way through the second period we get on the board first Zach Diaco
from Mike Vitale and Doug Wilson on our PP advantage - we come back 4 minutes later
to make it 2-0 Wilson from Tom Derosa and Eric Davis - by the end of the period we
maintain that margin and start to get the feeling that we might beat Norwich for
the first time in modern times - in the third Norwich really turns it on peppering
Scott Barchard in goal, but up until 17:18 he is up to the task when they break the
ice to close it to a one goal game - now the clock watching is for real - I will
get the agony over with, we hold on for the win - the players and coaches are
mentally and physically drained - to beat this team in their barn is quite
extraordinary - a great all around effort but the goalie has to be singled
out, came up big
The next day it is on to St. Mikes - as one might expect this proved to be a real
challenge for us - the roles are switched, we outshoot them but end up losing 4-1
- Davis scored our goal from Matt Amico and Lindsay Walker - we end up with a split
on the away weekend, not as we had envisioned it but we need to grab points any way
we can get them every weekend
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