We've got ourselves a hockey game here, folks.
Class 2A: After two, Apple Valley leads Blaine 1-0
The Eagles, who have just 10 shots on goal, scored a late second-period goal to break a scoreless tie
March 11, 2010 at 9:12PM
Just when it looked like we were going to head into the third period tied 0-0, Apple Valley finally lit the lamp with a buck fifteen left in the second.
Ryan Geary blasted a shot in on net from the right point. It was deflected to the corner, scooped up and thrown on net by Kris Goodman and somehow poked across the goal line by Adam Robson. Three (!!!) Blaine defenders were around the mouth of the goal crease at the time of the goal, but couldn't get the puck away from Danny Harper.
Blaine is dominating in shots on goal, leading 22-10. But a lot of the Bengals' shots are coming from well out in the zone. The Eagles, meanwhile, are getting great scoring chances.
Should be one H-E-double hockey sticks of a third period.
The “sticky” ball that coach Chris Finch so deplores showed up for the first game, after a preseason when offense happened smoothly. On defense, “resistance” was missing, the coach said.
