The Blueshirts had all the time in the world once they set up in the offensive zone. Orange was back on their heels a little bit, waiting for the inevitable one time set up pass from Joe Snook who registered 2 goals and 2 Assists. He could have had a few more as he set up a few spectacular attempts for Erick "Shrek" Borek.
Borek had a pretty good night of his own putting up 4 assists for the Blueshirts. The London Hussars Captain has started this season off with quite the little run here. He has strung a couple good games together and is quietly sitting tied for second place in points with 10 in 4 games.
Hockey-Life.ca Rookie Nathan Moniz kept up his great form as he was involved in all the goals for Orange. Nathan was in a giving mood with 4 assists and one Geno. Look out for this kid, at this rate he may challenge Bobby D and Shawn "Boom Boom" Herman for the Set up man title this season.
Herman also put up 4 assists leaving him one behind Borek for the lead. Shawn couldn't buy a goal on Thursday night, his vision control was slightly off. His frustration was evident on the bench, Shawn yelled "Two breakaways and I couldn't do S***!!" as he slammed the gate shut behind him.
Cris Cervoni brought his work boots to the arena but wasn't rewarded for his hard work. Cervoni was kept of thee score sheet, it looks like his stellar form from last season has worn off. The nicest play Cris made was when he battled down low behind then net, beat two Blue jerseys for the puck and tossed out a sweet little dish into the slot. Ryan Urquhart pounced on it with a quick snap shot only to be turned away by Matt Lunnen.
On a night where not much went right for Orange, Rob "Bobby D" Devries had a beauty of a goal. Rob took a sand wedge like swing at a loose puck and stuffed it right under the crossbar for his only tally of the night.
The Blueshirts wouldn't be out done on the nice goal count though. They looked like the Harlem globetrotters out there with crisp passing and sweet dangles. Zyad "you don't mess with the Zohan" Osman decided to go for one of his trademark skates. Sweat pants blowing in the wind as he passed through everyone on Team Orange. Zyad went coast to coast and ripped one shelf for his only goal of the game. It was like Deja Vu all over again.
Andrew Graham was seen speeding around the entire ice surface chasing down pucks and getting into open shooting lanes. If Hockey-Life.ca has a fastest skater competition he would be in contention for sure. Andrew had two goals, one of which was a panty dropper for sure. Graham stepped up to the hash marks and pounded one top shelf glove side on a helpless tender.
This game could have been a lot worse. Team Orange left their goalie to deal with a lot of one timers (some connected and some didn't) and odd man opportunities. On the bright side of things, team Blue was a little stacked due to the amount of spares they needed. This week the teams should be a little more even.
Game Two goes Thursday at 10 Pm at The Western fair.
