GOAL GOAL....

Am I going to wear out this image?

The way Aeros are going right now, possibly.

And surely this is all thanks to Santa and Christkindl! It was a fast and quick game.

ONLY 1 penalty each-thank you Mr. Referee Smith.. we like that, it keeps the game flow going. Also only 1 power play each, both uneventful.

First period:

uneventful, other than...now I am going to wax poetically...it was so lovely!

It really was a 'Ballet on Ice' with 'waves of white' jerseys flowing smoothly in one direction against 'waves of black' jerseys, then the waves reversed, but - oh, so smoothly. Almost a 'Dance of Sugar Plum Fairies' - almost, I said! Fairies not in evidence unless....the goal fairy was smiling down tonight!

Second period:

Gillies with 'The Streak' Smith (very much in evidence tonite) and Falk (getting better, that boy!) put Aeros one ahead of Rampage at 9:34 with 20 SoG.

Both goalies did outstanding jobs, both seemed to pounce on loose pucks any which way, feet, legs, arms, bodies flat on bellies or backs!

Third Period:

"Dubie", no really, "Dubie", had me thinking..'shut out for Dubie' when it happened .. Boedker with Watkins and Sullivan put Rampage even with Aeros at 10:01, with 22 shots on goal. Lots of broken or lost sticks, 'Rau-WOW' went with the puck as far as his SKATES in lieu allowed, Testwuide fumbling several passes, loosing pucks, and yet, NO goal by Rampage, whose skating speed was obvious, especially by Porter. '

'The Scrapper' Daoust in his NEW number 62 (lucky?) and Hilbert also sporting a NEW number (91).. were fast, made long drives and scrapped against much bigger foes!

Apropos WHY new numbers?? Did they dislike numbers 38 and 39 so much?

Or has that something to do with yin yang or Kabala or whatever ?

Overtime:

4 on 4 for 5 minutes in sudden death. With JUST 36 seconds to go (I mumbled dementedly to myself, oh no, oh no.. shoot out) 'Ironman' Noreau saved my sanity by getting the winning goal with help from 'Rau-WOW' and Hilbert.... maybe changing the numbers cast the right spell ;-) after all, hey?

Almost..but not quite, felt a bit sorry for the Rampage. Having such trying times after a promising start, change of coaches, moving experienced players out, younger eager beavers in.. and yet.. several times I was ready to pour boiling oil (as in the 'good' old days of castles on hills) down onto them to repel their attacts... or rather their desperate tries to incite fights!

Well, the result is GOOD for Aeros, some better passing then previously observed, smooth skating, cohesiveness in defense and offense, furious attacks on goal, furious defense of own goal, if not own goalie..

"Dubie" can, and did, take care of himsef with starfish hands, legs, and whatever he could spread to keep the puck out. At times, IMO, he seemed a bit slow in getting back onto his feet. Has he played catcher in Baseball ;-)? His glove seemed to be a magnet for those puck, and this time none of the rebounds from the net high above rolled INTO the net behind his back.

Three Stars of the GAME:

#3 Rampage Goalie Tordjman stopping a whopping 36 of 38 shots! Great job, alas it'll count against you. Without him the Rampage would have been utterly lost!!

#2 "Dubie" stopping 26 of 27 shots- it was GOALIE night for sure!

#1 'Ironman' Noreau for the winning OT goal!! BRAVO MAXIM!

Waayy to go, guyz, way to go!!! Now, just 4 more at home and 2 away games... Santa and Christkindl will have to work OVERTIME as well to keep this streak going.

Between December 20 and 26, they will be AWAY at HOME with family, I assume, to light trees, unwrap presents, sip eggnog, eat carp or goose or whatever....will 26 Bikini Night be a winner?

I shall do my best to please Santa etal: Even IF it takes to hand over yummy'minions' (Name of a Russian Dessert,per babushka) of chocolate and nuts, as well as the 'Meatballs in Vodka Sauce'( another babushka recipe), scheduled for the Feed the Team - to Santa, his elves, his reindeer and Christkindl!

I shall sacrifice, yes, sacrifice for the good of the team.

Please, pretty please: let the Aeros keep winning ... by one goal , that's all that's necessary.

Like a bit of squirrely homor? Where were the Aeros?

On a certain TV station the sports annoucer had Aeros winning over San Antonio ON THE ROAD!!!!!

Yes, indeed! Just snickering... but hey, he DID mention AEROS....;-) ;-).