Blue and Gold Battle to Draw 7-7

By R. Inkrat, Illustrated Hockey News Correspondent


FALMOUTH, MAINE, OCTOBER 24, 2011 - Proving that no lead is ever safe in Morning Hockey play, the MHC Blue Dogs coughed up a 5-0 lead this morning but still managed to eke out a 7-7 draw with the Gold Weasels, who overcame the 5-0 deficit despite not scoring until there were only 20 minutes left in the game.


For much of the game the Dogs dominated and looked to be cruising to a rare Morning Hockey Club shutout.  Walt "the Wall" Leland was stellar as usual.  But as is so common in MHC play, the momentum shifted when Matt "Dipsey Doodle Dandy" Noone pocketed on with just over 20 minutes to play.  The rodents chipped away and then took a 6-5 lead before Blue came back to tie it and then take the lead as Tim "the Man" Boardman's third goal made the score 7-6. 


With moments remaining canny veteran Eric Lagios and Noone combined for a picture perfect strike.  Lagios's long pass through center ice went tape to tape onto Noone's stick, sending him in all alone as ace Dog defender Pete Carlisle sprawled on the ice just short of knocking the puck away. 


Leland had no chance on the score, which at the time was erroneously recorded as giving the Weasels an 8-7 win.  However, Dog protests were validated as league Ombudsman Don Simms ruled that the sly Weasels had posted their sixth tally twice!  Leave it to a bunch of weasels to try a stunt like that!


The goal of the match was Matt Fitgerald's amazing tally following a looping flip pass from Travis Phillips.  Phillips was behind the Weasel cage and somehow saw Fitzy at the far post, lofted the puck over the defense and Weasel netminder Jim "Red Light" Secunde and on to his linemate, who knocked home the disk as Secunde had zero chance on the play.  Secunde saw a lot of rubber and was brilliant as usual in the come from behind effort, but after the game remarked, "I have no idea how he did that," referring to the miracle pass from Travis Terrific to Matt F.


Friday Night Lights


The MHC Gold and Blue clubs played a vigorous match Friday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center before a spirited throng of fans.  Gold popped to the early lead in this one but Blue came back and, at least according to scorekeeper JJ Mokarzel, though some doubted it, won the match 8-6. 


Unfortunately, the Pirates were not as good as the MHC and were shutout 3-0 by Adirondak.  Clearly the home squad was jinxed by Ronnie Eubanks and his family who all wore Philadelphia Flyers jerseys.  The Pirate players were clearly rattled by this display of hooliganism and, surprisingly, the Eubanks family got out of the rink without incident.


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