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.