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| Thomas Jarman celebrates with Crete and Miller |
Just 20 seconds into the game, Colin Staub found the puck floating free in front of the Roughriders net and got things rolling for the Miners when he snuck the puck past the netminder. A little stunned, the Roughriders needed to regroup. Eight minutes ticked off the clock before the Roughriders could answer, but answer they did. Taking the call was Robert Salvato. Salvato and Crete worked the puck between each other to move the goalie out of position and Salvato threw the puck over the goaltender's left shoulder to get the Roughriders on the board and tie the game at 1-1.
At 15:12 of the first period, Adam Durkee put the Roughriders up 2-1 when he literally sniped the shot into the net over the goalie's shoulder from a terribly low angle. The two teams traded scoring chances throughout the rest of the first period but no more scoring, however the Miners managed to accrued 5 penalties while the Roughriders managed 2 penalties.
The second period picked up pretty much where the first left off with a lot of intensity. The prior weekend saw the Miners lose their opportunity to advance to the District Playoffs in Dallas so finishing well at the NAPHL Playoffs is very important to them and was evident in the way they were playing. A fast and physical game was being delivered on both sides of the ice.
Pikes Peak Miners went on the powerplay at 4:58 of the second period after a slashing call on Michael Buonincontri. Colin Staub converted the powerplay into a goal and tied the game at 2 goals a piece. George Gruber was assessed a hooking call at 11:43 of the second period and Alec Butcher had no trouble converting the powerplay into a goal at 12:11 of the second. Clearly, the Roughriders needed to stay out of the penalty box.
The Roughriders found a little salvation when Michael Buonincontri buried a Yannik Crete pass to tie the game back at 3 goals a piece. As time was ticking away in the third period the Roughriders placed a flurry of shots on goaltender Danny Kowalski who absolutely stood on his head. Kowalski must have had his lucky horseshoe in his breezers and even pucks that were destined for the back of the net somehow were kept out of the net sending the game into an overtime shootout.
The NAPHL rules don't allow for overtime play, instead the teams head straight into a 5-man shootout. None of the first 5 shooters on either team were able to get the puck passed the keeper, however the ice was pretty chewed up and most shooters were unable to get the puck to settle on their stick to get a quality shot off. Thomas Jarman was finally able to get the puck in the back of the net and sew up 2-points for the Roughriders.
The Roughriders gear up to take on the California Titans tomorrow at 12noon.
Official Gamesheet
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| TOTALS: 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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