THE

UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

Whalers
Nordiques
1st
1
1
2rd
1
1
3rd
2
1
FINAL
4
3
Shots
34
35
February 2nd, 2010 - 9:20PM
Union Arena - Woodstock, VT
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Game ID: 630

Whalers roll......upset Nordiques 4-3

This game had huge stakes for both teams. The Whalers wanted to show the rest of the league that they weren't going to continue to be the whipping boys of the UVHL anymore, and the Nordiques needed to shake an offensive slump that had them questioning everything about hockey in general. The Nords were coming off back-to-back losses to to the Brewers & Tuck where they were outscored 12-5. The Whalers were coming off of a tough 4-1 loss to the Brewers by preceded that with a solid 3-2 come from behind win against Dead River 2 weeks ago.

This one started out with the two teams feeling each out, as neither team wanted to be the first to make a mistake. The first 5 minutes went back and forth before the Nord's Mikey "Foursome" O'Neil took a tripping call, but the Whalers couldn't get much going on the power play as the Nordique's "big box" gave the Whalers some big blue balls because they just couldn't score. It's true!!! The Nord's were energized after a solid kill, powering up "Super" Jordy McGee as he took a pass from Kevin "Washer &" Dwyer, cut to the net and jammed one past the Whaler's Kenny "Grandpa" Lallier. Things were looking up for the "Hapless" Nordiques until an ugly play from O'Neil resulted in an even uglier play by their goaltender resulting in a 1-1 game. The play came when O'Neil made a drop pass to his defensemen in the neutral zone not realizing that he was the last man back. The puck went deep in the Nordiques corner where Johnny "Temper Tantrum" Turner went to play it. In a brief moment of insanity Turner thought he was Martin Brodeur and thought he knew how to handle the puck, faking back up the boards before confusing himself and half ass throwing it into the corner where the Whaler's Scotty "Poise & Confidence" Leger casually picked off Turner's "dump" and found Zach "Ace" Aher all alone in front for the empty netter.

END OF THE FIRST: Whalers 1, Nordiques 1

The Whaler's jumped out to a 2-1 lead just 2:03 on a Scotty "Hee Haw" Shaw goal assisted by Joey "The Mute" Hayes & Stevie "Wonder" Bernier. The Whaler's continued to play a hard game, keeping the Nordiques forwards in check for most of the period until a quick breakout from the Nordiques end caught the Whaler's off guard as Greg "The Butcher of Guelph" Marsh broke in 2 on 1 with "Washer &" Dwyer. Marshy gave a quick shoulder drop, freezing everyone in the rink before burying one of his classic 100 MPH touch passes to Dwyer waiting on the back door to tie the game at 2 apiece. The Whalers bounced right back just under 2 minutes later when Gary "The Pearl Necklace" Laperle moved the puck to his point man Kirty "The Dirty" Johnson. Johnson fired a quick shot from the point that wast beautifully tipped in by "The Mute" Hayes for the Whalers to regain the lead. The Nordiques fought back on the next shift as a neutral zone turnover ended up on Nord's defenseman Kelly Park's stick who quickly hit Jordy "Sporty Spice" McGee cutting at the Whaler's blue line. McGee split the defensemen and beat Lallier with snap shot and 1:46 to play in the frame. Oh, I almost forgot, the nastiest play of the period came from the glove of Lallier who made Park his bitch once again as he dove across the crease with Park all alone on his back hand and robbed Park of an easy goal.

END OF THE SECOND: Whalers 3, Nordiques 3

The third period tightened up a bit but saw some big saves from Lallier & Turner. The Whalers continued to forecheck like chickens with their heads cut off, and the Nordiques continued to struggle offensively. The Nordiques took the only two penalties of the period with Captain Tao Smith getting an interference call at 13:19 and then Park taking the game changing penalty with 2:12 to play. Park's penalty came when his defensive partner, Shawn "McBlueCheese" McDermott failed to keep an easy dump out in at the point where Jay "Zamboni" Zanleoni had speed and picked up the puck breaking in all alone. Park, whose mentality is "If I move my arms really fast, people might think I'm skating quicker than I am", was pumping his arms like a retarded Rock 'em Sock 'em robot and managed to catch Zanleoni and put a good hook on him, disrupting his shot and sending him to the sin bin. On the ensuing power play Zanleoni stormed into the zone on the near boards, headed behind the net and found Shaw in the high slot, the puck was rolling so the shot off of Shaw's stick was heading high and wide until it hit one of Drew "Moobs" Crapser right in one of his man-boobs and redirected into the net for the 4-3 lead and eventual win.

END OF REGULATION: Whalers 4, Nordiques 3
LEAGUE PICK 'EM
 33%
Whalers
67% 
Nordiques
9 PICKS
THREE STARS

Scott Shaw

GOALS: 2
POINTS: 2

Jordan McGee

GOALS: 2
POINTS: 2

Ken Lallier

GA: 3
SAVES: 32
SAVE%: 0.914

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