Everyone Makes the Playoffs

Canadian Goose came to the rink full of hope to continue the winning streak. In a rare occasion this season IB Matt was allowed to play offense. Wasting no time IB Matt smoked a wrist shoot under the crossbar in the first 2 minutes of the game. The Flyers answered with 6 goals passed Cheese. CG came back with 2 goals to stop the running clock in the third period and looked poised to make the come back as they did last game. IB Robbie had some mis-fortune in the second period. He received a blistering pass from IB Matt which broke his skate blade. The two argued on whether the pass was to far behind IB Robbie or IB Robbie was skating too fast, no conclusion was reached. CG feel apart in the third coasting while the Flyer scored 4 more goals. Chewie stated "We are just pacing ourselves for the playoffs". Goose has not faired well during weekend game. This has been a problem as most of the games this season were on the weekend. Two more game to go. One against the last place team and the final game against the first place team.

It Ends at Four

Canadian Goose came to the rink on a muggy Thursday night in Chicago. It was the last game of the night and no one expected it to be a battle. In the Goose Locker room there were a few groggy players, a player who was making his return after a month long lay off and a shaky goalie trying to find his game. The Beached Whalers did not expect the fight that was put forth by Canadian Goose. Exchanging goals all game the CG fell behind 7 times. CG had some fight left in them looking to end the 4 game losing streak that has left this reporter speechless in recent weeks. Building off of the solid foundation of punishing defense provided by Tommy and Chewie, who played almost 40 minutes a piece Goose showed its determination and grit. Mitchell was firing on all cylinders dancing around checks vowing to end the losing streak. Pinkie definitely came into his zone, sliding side to side across the net, eating up rebounds and challenging shooters. There were a plethora of fluke goals scored last night, Silent was the benefactor of 2 goals the BW goalie but into his own net and Pinkie had some bad bounces that were impossible to over come. While the defense continued to punish the Grey Squirrel, the offense chipped away 7 times to tie the game with 5 minutes left. Then Rueben got the puck at the top of the circle and went in unchallenged on the goalie. His first shot was stymied, but he followed his shot and buried the rebound into the back of the net for the game winning goal. Silent later added an empty net goal to seal the victory with 1 minute remaining for a 4 goal, five point night giving him the most goals in the league and moving him to 4th on the scoring leaders list. But the goal the won the game also won the jacket for Rueben who made an impressive comeback after an extended absence from the team. The team looks to use this victory to build a head of steam going into the play-offs. They will be taking the ice on 2 days rest to battle the fifth place Flyers and say hi to an old friend Kaspar. Cheese will make his return in net on Sunday at 5:20.

2 Bad Minutes

Canadian Goose took the ice saturday with 7 skaters and were headed for a dogfight. After the first period the score was tied 3-3. Then in the second period in a tactical error, 5 forwards were on the ice for 2 minutes. In those 2 minutes Raw Thrills put 3 goals past Pinkie. After that the defensemen were rested and Pinkie played well the rest of the game. CG peppered the Raw Thrills goalie with shots but could not get one passed. With four games left in the season CG will look to build a head of steam heading into the playoffs. This week Goose plays on Thursday night at 11:00 against the Beached Whalers and then Sunday at 5:20 against the Flyers.

Couldn't Ring the Bell.

Friday night a decent Goose line-up showed up to play against the Stags who had 6 players. There were also two ringers in CG's line-up. The game looked like it was won when CG came out and scored two goals early in the game. But that was not the case. Amid a flury of high sticks Goose came up short losing 6-3 with Pinkie in net. They look to salvage the season this saturday against Raw Thrills.

Nothing to Talk About

There was a rare sight this Saturday in the Canadian Goose locker room before they took the ice against the Boozehounds, there were 9 skaters. There would have been 10 skaters had I.B. Robbie not gotten caught in the madness that is the Taste of Chicago. I.B. Robbie was forced to take a detour and got hopelessly lost so he could not make the game. There was a familiar sight on the ice, these two teams hate each other. There were scuffles after almost every whistle. Goose could not get in the right rhythm in the game or hit the net. The game ended with a running clock due to curfew and the Boozehounds winning by 5-3.

Canadian Goose is in the bottom of the standings heading into the last portion of the season. They will need all there players for the remaining game to make the push for the Playoffs. No to mention many players are in danger of not being playoff eligible due to their poor attendance. CG will take the ice tomorrow at 10:30 against the Stags with Pinkie in net.