BB's and FF's tie at 5-5.
Game 1:
The first and last place team met in game one of the opening round, and the game ended in a 5-5 tie. "Now is not the time for this team to start playing like Rick Bobrycki," said red captain Andy Long. "We're a first place team, but we didn't play like it." "We had a 2 game winning streak, then Grasso shows up and we tie." said Mark Melito. "You do the math." Red took a 2-1 lead into the 2nd, and was clinging to a 4-3 lead after two. Ben Kirby scored to put red up 5-3 with 14 to play, and it looked good for the best team. But Steve Iannetti had other plans. After Tom Conway scored his 3rd of the game to cut the lead to 5-4, Iannetti jammed the tying goal home with 4 minutes to play. "How does Iannetti score in the playoffs?' quipped Rick Murphy. "If I was out there I would have had him covered." Nobody scored in the final few minutes, as Fuji and the last place Fore Fathers would pick up a 5-5 tie, setting up next week as a winner take all in game two. "We were missing some of our enforcers today," said Joe Surette. "We lacked toughness today." |
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