Five Again?

Canadian Goose took the ice Saturday with what is becoming the norm for this season; 6 players. Pinkie made his first appearance this season with the daunting task of keeping Lincoln Station from scoring as they had 10 skaters. Mickie also made his return after a month lay off.

As the other members for CG were out drinking the six players that showed up to the game put an amazing effort forth and had a 5-1 lead going into the third period in spite of some chippy play. The third period was not so forgiving for the beleaguered players and Lincoln Station tied the game with 2 minutes left. Goose fell into a tired defensive shell and decided to win the game in the shoot-out with Pinkie back-stopping them. Then with 1:30 left in the game CG had to kill a penalty for the rest of the game. Keeping the power play to the perimeter it looked like CG would be able to kill the penalty. Then a perfect cross pass which was redirected past Pinkie with 30 seconds left. The goal deflated the sails of CG who did not have the energy nor the man-power to pull the goalie for 6 attackers and make an attempt to tie the game.

After the second game in a row with 6 players the commitment problems the team is having are a major reason that the team is at the bottom of the league and are in danger of missing the playoffs after winning the Winter Championship. Trade deadline has come and gone and CG is in dire straits to find people to take the ice. We shall see how many players show up for the Saturday game at 1:50 against the Boozehounds.