Shot in the Dark wins in OT, 3-2.

A defensive breakdown by the red team cost them a win in regulation. Luckily Pat Deskin bailed them out win an OT winner.

"We need to work on protecting the lead and our last ten second defense," noted red captain Andy Long.

"This is probably the worst team I've picked in years," he added.

After a scoreless first period, a pair of goals by Steve Thompson had red up 2-0 in the 2nd. Jake Silk scored a late goal in that middle peirod to cut the lead to 2-1, setting up a fantastic choke in the 3rd.

We played nearly the entire third period, and with the puck in the green zone with just about 15 seconds to play, it looked like it was over. But with everyone in a red jersey trying to score into the empty net, they forgot to play defense.

The puck squirted out to center, where Trevor Armand fell down. Nobody knew where the other defenseman was, and this allowed Sean Steigerwald to go in on a clean breakaway from center ice and score the tying goal with 9 seconds left.

A stunned red bench could only point fingers.

"I was on the bench, you can't blame me," said John Gambale.

It OT Armand redeemed himself by setting up Pat Deskin for a quick game winning goal for the 3-2 red win. Andy Long got the write in assist.

"My only saving grace is knowing I'll probably traded again this season," commented Deskin.

Nobody on the red team argued that.

For the losing green team, they know they pulled a point out of the fire.

"What was weird is that we actually played better defense with our goalie on the bench," said Jake Steigerwald. "I know, because I was sitting right next to him."


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