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UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

Gamblers
Whalers
1st
2
0
2rd
2
0
3rd
1
1
FINAL
5
1
Shots
54
16
February 7th, 2023 - 8:20PM
Union Arena - Woodstock, VT
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Game ID: 1437

Gamblers Throttle Lowly Whalers, 5-1

What can you say about the Whalers that hasn't been said before?  They suck, they're easy to play against, they're slow, turnover central, they shoot like U10 players, they probably smell, they're terrible, etc, etc, etc.  Well...all if it was true tonight as not only did they only put up 1 goal yet again, they also got absolutely throttled by the Gamblers in shots 54-16.  

The G-Men came out flying and outshooting the Whale 19-3 in the first frame.  It was like a clinic out there as their speed and tenacity was too much for the meek Whalers.  The only highlight of the night for the Whalers was their goaltender Tucker Garrity-Hanchett.  TGH wasn't required to make any highlight saves, but instead had outstanding positioning, which is more than you can say for his team.

The Gamblers started early, on the first damn shift as "Mad" Max Woods burned Nate "The Great" Robinson to the outside and fed Topo LaCroix back foor just 28 seconds in.  Rookie Casey Graham closed out the scoring with 2:09 in the frame, knocking in a rebound from a "Uncle" Ben Perron pointshot.  

The second period got a little contentious as some tempers flared and some bad penalties were taken.  Zach "The Tinder Tickler" Aher went to the box first after treating a Whaler like one of his tinder dates and hitting him with his stick, followed by three more penalties in the period.

The Gambler's Alex "No Diggity" Dodds was the bright point of the middle stanza, scoring a pair of goals after the Whaler's Scotty "Too Hotty" Christian turned the puck over at the blueline(nothing new) and Dodd's walked in all alone on TGH, going Bar-Diggity with a quick snappah.  Dodd's got his second of the night(6th of the season) late in the period on a Max Woods backdoor pass to put the Gamblers up 4-0 heading into the locker room, outshooting the Whalers 32-9.

The third period was more of the same with the Gamblers scoring first and dominating play.  Topo LaCroix tipped in a Sean "Copland" Collins pointshot for the 5-0 lead before Mr. Irrelevant, Kelly "Molasses" Park, did what he does and scored a meaningless goal at the end of the game when everyone has slowed down to his speed.

The bottom line is that the Gamblers are 5 times better than the Whalers.  Proof is in the pudding...and on the scoreboard.  

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THREE STARS

Luke McCormick

GA: 1
SAVES: 15
SAVE%: 0.938

Alex Dodds

GOALS: 2
POINTS: 2

Tucker Garrity-Hanchett

GA: 5
SAVES: 49
SAVE%: 0.907

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