mini vans - playoffS

Tonight was a BIIIIIIGGG game in the playoffs. Second game of a 2 game series, we got smoked the first game and needed to win the second by atleast 2 goals, and then win in the OT period after the game to decide who would go onto the next round. The first game was good for us, we had the other team on their asses for a while and kept up the high pressure throughout the first and second periods. We went into the third clinging to a 1-0 lead, but that quickly evaporated when they tied the game with 12 minutes left in the third. We didn't let it faze us though, and we put on the pressure again and scored another goal to go up 2-1. After that we could tell the other team was dying, several of the players were lying on the ground and toasted. That's when we knew we had to turn it up so we kept the ball in their end with some good passing and wasted time on the clock. The other team finally got their goalie pulled and brawlette got a chance to race it up the floor and he was gone. He put the ball in the open net to guarantee the win and then we started to think about the OT period coming up next that we had to win.

The OT was fast paced and exciting from the beginning and we kept the pressure on the knighthawks and kept it out of our end. Baskie played like the MVP he's been all season and made some beauty saves to keep our season alive and we just tried to get off as many shots as we could. All of our lines got some really good chances but we couldn't end the game. I got off from a shift and was sitting on the bench pissed off because I hadn't shot on a chance and tried to feed it to brawley and mucked the play up. I came out the next shift with a vengeance and kotchie's brother made a nice play to catch a clearing attempt and run it up the floor and I yelled at him that I was with him. It was a 2 on 1 and he made a nice play to draw the defenceman over and fed me a juicy pass and I rifled the ball into top cheese corner. OT, series clinching goal, feels nice knowing that we can play in high pressure situations and come out on top. Good hustle tonite team.

b-kells showed up tonite to play, he was hustling his ass off, same with johnson, both brawleys, both kotchs, stabs, and everyone else. special shoutout to BEVAN!! played his first game of the year on forward and he was doing really well tonite, now we know what position hes playin from now on. only thing he needs is some SHORTS!! he'll be wheelin and dealin as soon as he gets rid of the baggy sweats he rocks. overall we played really well tonite and im proud to be a part of the Mini Vans

Now we need to concentrate on the next series. There's no fucking way it'll be this stressfull again.

Cheers