Yellow picks up an easy win against depleted Navy, 6-3.
The navy team only showed up with 8
skaters, with Jimmy D. and Joe Surette being two of them.
Goalie Steve Lombardi played really well despite the loss. "Without him, this 6-3 loss could have easily been 7-3," said exhausted defenseman Don Fortini. Let's face it, you can't win in this league when 8 players show up against a full squad. Even though Mark Melito was able to play 53 of the 57 minutes, he only had one goal. "Nobody would pass me the puck," said Melito in his defense. It was 1-1 after one as the navy team kept it close but got tired. In the 2nd, after Kevin Flanagan scored to make it 2-1 yellow, JA Ambrosino would tie it at 2-2 getting Joe Surette his first assist of the season here in week 10. "It was a long time coming, but I'm off the schnide and trying to catch Jimmy D.," said Surette. Speaking of Jimmy D., in a twist of fate, he found himself waiting at the blue line waiting for Derek Osbahr to clear the zone. "Being on the other enf of that, I guess it does kinda suck," said Jimmy D. Two goals by Chris Kirby had yellow up 4-2 before a beautiful end to end rush by Derek Osbahr, in which he narrowly avoided passing to anyone in blue, ended in a goal and a 4-3 score headed to the final 19. In that final period navy was just flat out of gas. "And gas is not free here like it's going to be in New York City," noted John Ambrosino. A third period goal by Kirby completed his hat trick. Then a beauty of a steal and roof shot by Zack Armand concluded the scoring in the 6-3 final. The loss clinched last place for the navy team, setting them up for a date with the first place green team in the playoffs with still two games left in the season. Yellow jumps over red into 2nd place, setting up a playoff showdown with the red team. Check out our great new box score here. |
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