Cannon rallies behind Fortini's defense with 7-4 win.

The red team put Dandy Don back on defense, and it paid off with a 7-4 win, even with Jim Kirby in for the missing Tom Fuji.

For the green team team, Rick Murphy and Dan McCarthy backboned the defense. Dubbed the Old Testament Line, they held the top guys in check most of the day. In fact, Murph was throwing Andy Long around with one hand like he was a rag doll.

"I really was trying to take it easy on him," noted Murphy.

A pair of goals by Thompson and one by Nichol had green up 3-1 after one period.

"Do we really have a chance to give them their first loss?" asked Eric Grasso.

Well, the answer was no. Three straight goals by the red team put them in the lead. Thompson needed to score his third of the game late in that middle peirod to tie it at 4-4.

In the third, General Kirby shut the door. He stopped both green shots. Meanwhile Sean Steigerwald, Mike Cormican, and Jason Kellog all scored for the 7-4 win. For Kellogg, he scored 3 times. Only one of the goals, was a normal goal. HIs first one led to a penalty for crashing into the goalie after he scored. And the third goal was an empty netter set up by Cormican.

"Hey, a hat trick is a hat trick," said Kellogg at the breakfast table.

The red Cannon team is now 5-0. Andy Long guaranteed a loss next week, to presumably avoid a trade.


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