By R. Inkrat, Special Correspondent to The
(Montreal) Gazette
FALMOUTH, MAINE, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 - Last minute heroics
are nothing new to Morning Hockey Blue Dog Gerry Nadeau, and he delivered again
today, tipping in a shot from the point by Pete Carlisle to give Les Bleus a dramatic
8-7 win in Game 2 of the Cardinal Richelieu Cup playoffs here this morning.
Nadeau's dramatic game winner came with just 20 seconds
left to play and nullified Matt Fitzgerald's game tying strike for the Gold
Honey Badgers. Fitzgerald fired a long
shot that dipped and eluded Dog net minder Walt "The Wall" Leland,
whose brilliant goaltending had enabled the blue squad to hold a powerful Gold
attack in check for much of the contest.
Fitzgerald got the puck near the blue line and let go a shot that seemed
almost like a knuckle ball as it dropped and skittered through Leland's five
hole with a little over three minutes on the clock.
Les Bleus then mounted a furious attack on Gold that the
flashing glove and pads of Jim Secunde repelled time and again. Like his Blue counterpart, Secunde was
brilliant in the Badger cage, as both goal keepers amazed with tough save after
tough save. The game looked to be ending
in a draw until Nadeau slashed through a seam in the slot to get his stick on
Carlisle's point blast and tip it deftly into the net.
Fitzgerald was philosophical after the game and even
congratulated Nadeau, calling out, "Nice tip in, !$%@&W%," in a
great display of the noble spirit of the Richelieu Cup and Morning Hockey.
The Blue Dog win gives them a 1-0-1 series lead, as Game
1 ended in an 8-8 tie, which is still under protest.
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