The 2008
Panthers wrapped up their spring trip down in
The bottom
line in this game was that we were able to generate great looks on offense from
the start of the game and once we started to compete the way we are capable of,
the game turned in our favor.
We were
clicking on all cylinders offensively and ended the game with 60 shots, of
those I can't think of more than a few that weren't
good looks at the cage. Mike Stone and Jim Cabrera both had a great day
combining for 7 goals and 2 assists. It was nice to see Chris Teves also get on the board a few times with our first goal
of the game and then in the second half off of a hard dodge from up
top. Pete Smith had another big day for us and ended up winning the
game ball after finishing with a goal and 4 assists. Pete got us going in
the second half when he stuck one in the upper corner on the run off a
feed from Cabrera. A few minutes later he delivered a crushing hit after
their face off man picked up the ball just outside the box and thought he'd have
a clean look back to the goalie, but Pete was there to drop him.
While we had picked up our intensity after halftime, that play seemed to be the
tipping point and we never looked back.
Defensively
we definitely have some things we need to work through but I still believe we
have the personel to be a good defensive
team. James Guay was excellent on the
wing on face offs and we had good play from a few of our defensive middies in
Frank Granara and Jeff Begin. Pete Britt had
another great day outletting the ball and had some
huge saves but overall we gave them too many good looks at the cage from within
5 yards for him to have a chance.
Dave
Campbell rebounded nicely after a rough one against Bowdoin. We will be
getting Alex Giammarco back on Wednesday for Williams
which will give us a nice boost at the face off x and will allow Dave to rest a
bit.
We're all
set to take on the Mules (5-0) at home tomorrow at noon. They are
much improved from a year ago and have already had some solid wins over
Williams in OT and Trinity. They are playing with a lot of confidence and
will be hungry to keep their winning streak going.
With it
being our first home game of the year and after the 2OT loss a year ago I
don't think it's going to take much to get these guys going tomorrow.
Thanks for
your continued support.
Yeah
Blue....