THE

UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

Gamblers
Nordiques
1st
3
1
2rd
4
1
3rd
4
1
FINAL
11
3
Shots
38
21
January 3rd, 2012 - 8:00PM
Union Arena - Woodstock, VT
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Game ID: 804

Gamblers Rout Nordiques: 11-3

Once again the Gamblers have walked into Union Arena in Woodstock, VT and once again the Gamblers have exited with a dominant win. This time the unlucky opponents were the hapless Nordiques.

In seven of their eleven games this season the Gamblers have scored in the double digits and in total they have outscored their opposition 106 to 23 this season. Domination is clearly not a strong enough word.

Tonight they had a big night from both lines which saw all six forwards compiling at least a goal and 3 points. Dan "The Danimal" Ammel led the way with a hat trick and pair of assists and Martin "Tomahawk" Tomanik had a pair of goals and assists.

The Nordiques were exceptionally bad at every single position. John "Temper Tantrum" Turner was less than good, letting in 11 goals on 38 shots, defenseman Kelly "Minus" Park was a God-Awful -10, their wingers didn't back check and turned over the puck on every square inch of the ice and their centerman looked lost in their own zone.

With that being said, the Gamblers have a tendency to make opposing players look bad. Their hockey sense is top notch, and they force turnovers and turn them into scoring chances in a blink of an eye.

The first goal came just 2:34 into the game when a Nordique turnover at the blue line saw the Nordiques outnumbered down low and a point shot/pass from Marc "The Narc" Gattie, redirected to the side of the net by "Minus" Park, landed right on the stick of Allison "The Hook" Malcolm who easily scored her tenth goal of the season for the 1-0 lead.

Meyer made it 2-0 on the next shift as he walked in 1 on 2 against Shawn "McEclipse" McDermott and used him as a screen, beating Turner off the post and in for his league leading 26th goal of the season. Matty "The Mailman" Marrazzo finished an Ammel pass for a 3-0 at 6:34. The Gamblers were clearly in control of this period.

"Fierce" Pierce Mayhew scored for the Nords with 3:04 to play in the first, but that was about as good as it was going to get for his team.

END OF THE FIRST: Gamblers 3, Nordiques 1 (Park -2)

Ammel scored the next two goals for the Gamblers on snipes, then Nordiques defenseman Ryan "McNasty" McGovern had one of the prettiest goals of the year as he cut through center ice on a couple of moves, then split the Gamblers defense and beating the Gamblers Seidling with a nifty move to his backhand for his 7th of the season.

LaCroix made it 6-2 with 5:06 remaining in the second as he curled out high and used "Minus" Park as a screen beating Turner high glove side. Tomanik then finished the periods scoring with his 4th of the season on a backdoor pass from Meyer.

END OF THE SECOND: Gamblers 7, Nordiques 2 (Park -6)

The Gamblers added 4 goals in the third from Ammel, LaCroix, Tomanik & Meyer, while the Nords added one of their own from Douglas "Heavy" Heavisides. The third was total domination by the Gamblers. There was a small tussle between commissioner Shawn McDermott & "The Milkman" Marrazzo which put the Nords on the powerplay, which was pretty ugly anyways. The only other notable was that the Nordiques were visibly upset by a particular Gambler who screamed as if he had just scored the game winning goal in game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals on every goal that his team mates scored in an 11-3 blowout. "It was just a classless fucking thing to do," said one Nordique. "I mean they are blowing us out and this guy is just rubbing it in after every goal. What a deusch!"

FINAL: Gamblers 11, Nordiques 3 (Park -10)
LEAGUE PICK 'EM
 73%
Gamblers
27% 
Nordiques
11 PICKS
THREE STARS

Robert Ammel

GOALS: 3
POINTS: 5

Martin Tomanik

GOALS: 2
POINTS: 4

Topo LaCroix

GOALS: 2
POINTS: 3

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