Muskieman Hall of Fame Moment and Other Musings
Muskieman Hall of Fame Moment and Other Musings
You had to be there........
Coming up to the end of the first period at last nights Brown game.
Scenario, we are getting outplayed and I am sitting with Brandon in a row with Spaceman and Muskieman right in front of us.
To set the scene......Meehan has a nice scoreboard with a little bit of animation capability but it does not keep track of shots on goal.
Muskieman offers up an observation....... "Gee, I can't believe we are outshooting Brown 24 to 7.....it sure doesn't feel like that!"
Tayt's reply........ Brian.....that's the time of day, it's 7:24 PM!!!
Insert uproarious laughter and numerous references to the time/shot clock for the rest of the night.......Look, the SOG went down, they are only 8 to 14 now!!!!
All joking aside it was not a very fun evening. The boys were lackluster at best and Brown had way more energy and enthusiasm, was faster than us and beat us to most every puck. Starting out the game with a penalty shot goal 26 seconds in was not the way to start the game (an absolute correct call by the official). After that there were too many penalties against us (some very dubious and borderline and all called by one official) although Brown's captain (Z insert the rest of alphabet here) tried his best to even it up giving us 3 PP chances himself.
The difference to me was Brown's transition game. They transitioned easily with clean, crisp passes that let them get out of their end and into ours with lot's of premium scoring chances. Our transition was not present and we often in desperation (from Brown's pressure and forecheck) dumped the puck out along the boards to give up posession and just relieve the pressure. Our highlights????
-The Hughes goal that deflected at least once and maybe twice on the way into the net.
-A couple of posts one by Carey and the other which we all thought was a goal and we stood and started cheering.
-A hit by Wick that took out not only the Brown player but also a linesman with the same hit.
Bottom line when you only give up two goals you should win a hockey game but Brown played better and wanted it more. We were very disappointed with our effort and at this point in our developent if we come out and are not the hungrier and more energetic, hustling team then the outcome is not going to be good.
Tonights game is kind of scary in that I think our style of play fits right into Ylae's wheelhouse......I think it could be a very high scoring game.
Godspeed to Joe Marsh and we wish him a quick recovery.
