Thursday, September 20, 2007

Week 2: Sabres 3 - Knights 5

Knights started this game without 5 of their regular star players specifically Gur, Asif, Dipper, Kal, Bindy/Gary. We were outplayed today by the speedy and skilled Sabre team. Knights top line Clayton, Mark and Ryan combined for 10 points scoring all 5 goals. Knights took the lead despite being outplayed. Sabres tied it up minutes later by crashing the net and picking up a loose ball. Mark then deked the goalie to put the Knights up 2-1. Sabres again tied it with a shot from the left side beating Robbie 5 hole. In the second half Clayton got a brutal high stick in the face and was cut deeply, Sabres player Reggie Gill was ejected from the game and Knights had a 10 minute PP. Clayton returned late in the powerplay and scored another beauty top corner. Clayton ended up with 3 goals and 2 assists. Nathan Brown made his debut this game with 3 helpers and moved the ball very well back on D. Ryan Bhala had an excellent game as well, he was a force on the right side controlling the ball and making plays.

On the downside the other 2 lines (mostly spares) were non-existent and were luckily bailed out by the top line. Moving up the spare list was speedy 18 yr old Harvir Sidhu who controlled the ball on the left side single handedly beating Sabres left right and center. He was hard to knock of the ball and played brilliantly with 5 shots on net. He will only get better playing with the big boys.

1st star - Clayton "The Machine" Weston
2nd star - Mark "" Melim
3rd star - Ryan "Look ma i got hands" Bhala

Stats Penalties
Clayton - 3G, 2A Mandy - 4 minutes, Interference and Holding
Nathan - 3A Dave - 4 minutes, Roughing and Interference
Mark - 1G, 2A Kevin - 2 minutes, Unsportsmanlike
Ryan - 1G, 1A
Mandy - 2A

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