Winter Hockey - Game 30

On Sunday morning the Renegades played Game 30, the last game of the Winter Season.  This time we faced off against the first place Canadians.  We were missing a couple of guys and had to play the game with only four defence.  I play defense and it was a challenge for an old guy like me to spend half the game on the ice, particularly against a big, fast team like the Canadians.

It was a close hard fought game and we were tied 3-3 after the first period.  The Candians got the jump on us in the second period and went ahead by a score of 6-3, and then 7-4.  But then we dug down and put on a push to close out the game we scored four unanswered goals and were leading 8-7 before the Canadians score one to tie the game in regulation.  The game went into overtime and we ended up losing a close one by a score of 9-8.

The single point that we got for the overtime loss should be enough to secure a playoff berth for the Renegades.  This ties us with the Thunder, though they have fewer penalty minutes than us and one game remaining.  So they will finish in third place.  We should be able to hang on to fourth place as the Bulldogs are the only team that can catch us.  They are four points back with two games remaining.  But even if they manage to tie us in the standings we have fewer penalty minutes and more wins, so we should get the nod.  This will all be confirmed 100% in the coming days.  At this point it appears that our first playoff game will be against the Canadians on April 2.