The Renegades faced off against the Wolf Pack tonight in the winter hockey semi final playoff game. We played these guys three times during the regular season and the beat us all three times. Despite that, we still managed to finish the regular season in first place. I think they may have taken us a little for granted tonight.
We came out ready to play and desperately wanting to win. We kept our shifts short and pressured them hard in their own end. We jumped out to an early lead and by the end of the first period we were already ahead by a score of 6-1. Early in the second period their best player, already very frustrated, took a penalty for cross checking one of our players to the head. I was really impressed to see our player just keep his cool and skate away. But, their player lost it and started arguing with the officials. He ended up with 6:00 minutes in penalties and a game ejection. That really took the wind out of their sails.
We didn't let up and just kept shovelling goals into their net. By the end of the second period the Wolf Pack were asking the officials to play run time for the final period. Late in the game, ahead by a score of 9-1, we finally let up a little and they got a couple goals. We came to our senses and got our heads back into the game, scoring one more goal in the dying minutes. The final score ended up 10-3.
This game felt really good. All the hard work I have put in managing the team all season has finally paid off. We took it to the only team that really had our number all year and earned a spot in the best of three final round. We now have to play Game 1 on Sunday, Game 2 on Tuesday evening, and Game 3, if necessary, sometime later next week.
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