Beercans tied up by 'suckas.

Schlitz (18) vs. Windsuckers

Wednesday January 30th

UMAlcatraz 9:20pm

5-5 Tie

All kinds of stories coming in from last night at the Prison by the Bay. A rousing matchup with the Windsuckers at our less that favorite (but about to be eliminated) venue. Here are a group of guest bloggers to tell us the tale.

First up is Goalie Mad Matt Kilroy:

"Right away they score twice. Wrister on my right, he made me move first. Then a wrister on my left, I over compensated from the first goal. Didn't look good, I wasn't at all focused. BUT from then on out it was mostly in their end and I focused. Kenny gets us on the board with the first goal, being where he is suppose to be in front of the net. Neslon and Larry scrapped it out to Kenny who punches it home. Then Kenny ties it up the same way, being where he is suppose to be.
They go up 1, then Daley tied it up.
They go up 1, then someone else from our team ties it up.
We go up 1 with Nelsons goal to make it 5-4. This goal was great because Ken broke out of our end with the puck deeked by a defender and took it all the way to the net but missed wide. Nelson was right there and scooped in the slop.
Kenny gets first star easy, with maybe second and third star too. He played great. Jasse also was all about the place playing well. Some great passes and a great move to the net a couple of times. His assist on Ken's second goal was much the same as Ken's assist on Nelsons. Jasse broke out of the neutral zone with the puck made a couple of good moves and got a good shot off.
After their first two goals, we were in their end most of the night with a ton of shots. We got unlucky. All three of their last 3 goals were deflections that went in. Oh and their last goal to tie it up was with like 20 seconds left in the game."

Oof. Sounds like a tough one... but a hard fought match. Here are some more comments.

This one from TSW Larry Bell:

"No 1 star: Ken "don't call me Mitch" Goldenberg. This was without a doubt Ken's finest performance in Beer League hockey. He was only a "net-dislodged" whistle away from a natural hat trick in the first period as the first of his three goals was disallowed when the net came off its mooring. He followed that up by knocking in a rebound from one of my drives to the net. Next, Jasse took the puck to the net, was denied, but Ken was there to follow it up with his 2nd allowed goal of the game. In the third period, he set up our go-ahead (at the time) goal by racing for the puck down the right wing, getting off a shot that left a juicy rebound for Nelson to find the twine with.
Scoring was:
Ken from LB
Ken from Jasse
Daley maybe unassisted
LB from Elliot
Nelson from Ken"

Lastly this in from Dr. M. Jasse:

"Ken 2 goals and assist (first star)Larry had a nice break-a-way goal on a sweet feed from Elliot (I think)I had a helper on Ken's 1st.Nelson scored our last goal after Ken took a loose puck from center ice and had a nice bid for the trick. Took the shot and the rebound went sky high. When it finally landed Nelson buried it home. Should have been the game winner but we couldn't hold it.Good skate, good game. We should have had a big X in the W column, though. Sigh."

The one theme running through here is the play of longtime vet Ken "Mitch" Goldenberg, who has been overdue for a night like this for ... a couple years. Great to see him break through... shame he couldn't land the 'trick.

Too bad also that the Beercans couldn't lock this one away... but it sounds like there was no lack of effort.

So... we don't usually do this but I'm giving game stars for this one...if only 2 since it was a tie.

2nd Star: TSW Larry Bell... goal and an assist and good hard play...as always.

1st Star: Who else... the man of the hour... Ken Goldenberg. Ken has been with the club... hell Ken RAN the club (Cads) for many years before the current administration. Its great to see him have a break out night. Great work Ken!