BY JOHN MASTALIR jmastalir@yahoo.com
SOMEDAYS IT JUST CAN'T GET ANY BETTER...
AFTER SOME DARK DAYS AT THE ORLEANS ARENA FOR THE LAS VEGAS WRANGLERS....THE BRIGHTEST DAY OF ALL SHOWED UP MONDAY AFTERNOON....ECHL HOCKEY AT ITS BEST !
DIFFERENT THINGS PLEASE DIFFERENT PEOPLE...
FOR 4149,...... ON MARTIN LUTHER KINGS BIRTHDAY.....EXQUISITE COMPETITION...BOTH SIDES CHASED THE PUCK...BOTH TEAMS PLAYED THE FULL 65 MINUTES PLUS AND AFTER THE SHOOTOUT THE WRANGLERS PREVAILED IN THE MOST PLEASING SURPRISING FASHION.
FIRST PERIOD.... ALASKA SCORES AND THE WRANGLERS TIE IT ON THE END OF A POWER PLAY WITH 2 SECONDS LEFT IN THE PERIORD...CAPT. MIKE MADILS SHOT OVER THE GOALIE HITS THE INSIDE OF THE CROSS BAR AND DROPS IN....JUST THE REASON YOU GO TO THE GAMES..
SECOND PERIOD ANDREW SARAUER TAKES A PERFECT PASS FROM SCOTT PITT TO SCORE SHORTHANDED....ALASKA TIES IT AT 2-2 ON A WRAP AROUND....
THIRD PERIOD ...WRANGLERS GOALIE JOE FALLON...12-10-4 AND GAA...BETTER THAN 2.31...STOPS EVERYTHING AS ALASKA DOMINATES THE PERIOD AND COMES UP EMPTY...
OVERTIME...FOUR ON FOUR AND NOTHING....
I LOATHE THE SHOOTOUT BUT IT IS DECISIVE AND FALLON AGAIN SHUTS OUT FIVE ACES AND THE WRANGLERS MATT CARTER SCORES IN THE FOURTH ROUND AGAINST HIS COLLEGE TEAMMATE...ALASKA GOALIE MARK GUGGENBERGER 16-5-1...BETTER THAN GAA 2.28.
WHAT A HOOT...
ALASKA ALWAYS BRINGS CLASS AND SPEED TO THE ICE AND PROBABLY WAS THE BETTER TEAM MONDAY BUT THEY DID NOT WIN....ILLUSTRATING THE GREATNESS OF THE GAME AND THE SPORT AND THE CLOSENESS OF THIS COMPETITION....WHEN YOU HAVE THE DOUBT ABOUT THE OUTCOME LAST INTO THE LAST ROUND OF THE SHOOTOUT ./..YOU ANSWER MY QUEST FOR GREAT COMPETITION......THIS IS WHY I GO TO THE GAMES !
THE WRANGLERS RETURN TO THE ORLEANS ARENA WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY 707 AGAINST BAKERSFIELD AFTER A RARE TRIP TO NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLAVANIA FOR 3 GAMES AGAINST TRENTON AND READY ON FRIDAY... SATURDAY... SUNDAY.
JUST LOVED THIS ONE....STILL THE GREATES SPORT IN LAS VEGAS AT THE GREATEST ARENA.
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