By R. Inkrat, ESPN Sports Hockey Specialist
FALMOUTH, MAINE, AUGUST 8, 2011 - A dramatic goal by Pete Carlisle enabled the Morning Hockey Club Blue Dogs to beat the Gold Weasels by a score of 6-5 in MHC play this morning.
The see saw contest featured lead changes and tied scores until goals by Gerry Nadeau (2) and Leo Iacopucci gave the Dogs a 5-4 lead with about 6 minutes to play. Then cagey veteran Pete Eremita somehow managed to find the net and knot the tally at 5-5 with less than 5 minutes to play.
The action after that was fast and furious. Gold attacked relentlessly but could not find the back of the net. Walt "The Wall" Leland was superb in goal for Blue as the two teams scrapped aggressively in front of him, coming up with several critical saves. With the play moving up and down the ice at speed, Carlisle, usually a defenseman but today skating up top, found himself with the puck 15 feet out and put it by brilliant Weasel netminder Jim Secunde for the game winner. Like Leland, Secunde turned in an excellent performance in net and had no chance on the game winner.
To their credit, the Weasels did not give up and had a good chance with seconds to play when Eremita sent the puck across ice just out of the reach of Ryan Foresman dashing for the cage.
Both teams lamented the absence due to injury of goalie Glenn Michaels, who undergoes surgery to reattach a quadriceps muscle this morning. "We hate to see a guy like Michaels go down with an injury," said ESPN hockey analyst Barry Melrose, "but that's hockey."
Godspeed, Glenn.
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