FHL Gazette

Frustration is understandably setting in, as the Galaxies remain winless after six games. 

Any hopes of getting off to a quick start against the SuperChiefs in the Vincent v Vincent bout were dashed pretty early on.  Nothing went right for us in the first period.  We gave the puck away.  We got outhustled.  My stick spontaneously combusted.  It was 5-0 after one and 6-0 after the 2nd.  7-2 was the final, with Rocco getting both our goals.  

This was undoubtedly the Galaxies' worst showing so far this season.  Time for all of us to do a gutcheck and figure out how to play some hockey together.  

SuperChiefs come out firing and take a commanding 5-0 lead after the first period.  Goals from Walker, myself, Gorski x2, and DiMarco with under a second on the clock.  Tyson adds 2 more and the Chiefs walk away with a big W!  Great game by the fellas, and now on to next week where apparently we are playing at 5am in the morning!

Matchup vs oldest living Rep Kundinger, still playing like a 4.5! The puck luck was in our favor in this one! Rockets by Dan Middleton led us to a victory!(Actually2 of the 3 were sweet, seeing eye floaters!) Great precision shots!(complete luck) I think the radar clocked those at 90 mph!(I probably have a harder shot than those, Dan is just way luckier than me) Well we skated hard and good things happened! Don't look now but the Tbolts are on a roll. Ryan, Gates and Alderman continue racking up the points, great goaltending by Alejandro..the D played solid once again! Thanks to CRISI for subbing while Hinkle recovers from that thing that we can't talk about! Up next the Edsels!

Things seemed to be changing for the Diesels as they get a goal on their first shift and play with a lead for the first time in who knows how long.  Were the hockey gods finally going to bless the Diesels with their first W of the season?  Hell no, they decided they wanted to toy with us with 3 goals that go in off Diesel players including one that was deflected up and over sub goalie, Sale.  Game ends with Diesels scoring 3 and Tbolts 6 (3 of which were gifts from the Diesels), so it's another L for the Diesels who cannot buy a bounce.

Closing out our 6th straight week playing Mondays, due to our own request (Thanks Filar!), we take on the gritty Edsels.  The boys came out buzzing in this one.  It felt like we controlled 80% of the first period right from the rip, only to have Timmy Lyon snipe one past Frenchie with 2 minutes left in the first.  End of 1 and we are losing 1-0.  It left us scratching our heads but credit to Krichiver who was a wall. 2nd period we find the back of the net a few times to take a 3-1 lead into the 3rd.  3rd period we continue to step on the gas and turn it into a lopsided victory 7-2.  

This felt like our most complete game all season.  We improved defensively from week 5 and supported frenchie between the pipes. Chet was Chet as usual with a 6-point night.  The Reas must have had a side bet on who could score the prettier goal.  Phil got us started with a nice backhand over the blocker.  Easton had to one-up Dad later in the game with a between-the-legs goal right over the glove.  The team is cooking right now as Dwight would say we are deep in perfectenschlag right now. 

Onto week 7 and a highly anticipated match with the Mustangs.  

Ugh. This was ugly. We skated fast and hard. We just couldn't get a goal. Great job by the Marauders playing tight D and not allowing many shots. 

Thanks to Dave Mclean for subbing with us. 

This was a tough loss for the Mustangs. Team played well, had some good puck possesion but could not put up enough points to keep up with mariners. Game felt much closer than the 6-2 would indicate. First goal for the mustangs was netted by batts going coast to coast. We have come to expect at least one goal from our defensive core every week. Next goal came from our first power play of the season. Good perimeter work, shot from the middle with traffic and a rebound goal. Batts to Dany to Joe Z for the finisher. Strong post game presence at rink and following establishment.

The mustangs come out strong and pretty much control the first few shifts but Zach stayed steady until our lines could gel with subs Tim Lyons and Matt Margitan filled in for Petro and Jonesy. Once we broke through the offense maintained a nice steady production and ultimately we ended up with the 6-2 victory. Mustangs definitely should have had a late power play in the 3rd when I tripped Joe Z in the corner (on accident, sorry Joe) thanks to Tim and Matt for subbing

The Cobras come into week 6 ready to face off against a strong Fiesta squad. With the zam on, I-94 traffic claims not only our goalie but also Vinny. Fortunately, Cannon makes in on the ice in time for warm-ups and super sub John Crisi is able to fill in for a couple shifts (Thanks John!). Vinny gets on the ice and uses his road rage to our advantage and tallies his 1^st and 2^nd goal of the year, both great shots from the slot.  

The 2^nd period was a consistent battle. A lot of back and forth with good saves coming from both ends. I was able to bury a breakaway with 4 seconds left in the period, giving us a 3-0 lead to take into the 3^rd.

Matty ice keeps his scoring streak alive, collecting a rebound on the side of the net. This guy has that killer instinct and always seems to be in the right place at the right time. He would go on to score again off a great feed from Jason on a 2 on 0. Cobras stay rock solid on defense. We did a great job in front of our net by clearing pucks and taking away passing lanes.  Anything that got through was shut down by Cannon. Very solid game and well-deserved shutout for Derrick.

Huge game from Vinny and Matty with 4 points a piece. Honorable mention to “I’m a defenseman now” Deroche, an absolute shutdown performance from Chris on the back end.

Thanks to Gates for subbing!