Even if it was not a Friday, the 13th seems an unlucky number for the Aeros.
Alas, no Birthday Present of a win for Chilly who had invited friends to
celebrate and entertain the few 3,000 loyal fans who kept sneaking
away to check on the Texans game ;-)!
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| Friends of Chilly's |
To my big surprise the First Period saw heavy action, fast and furious skating and lots of slipping, sliding and pile ups in front and into nets :-D!
And some heavy crashing into boards ... a WILD game!
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| Foucault tried often |
Despite that appearance, the Checkers were off to a slow start with just 8 sogs
but 1 goal by Dalpe,
Shugg and Beca, while Aeros managed to toss 10 on Muse all of which he
stopped.
In the second period penalties multiplied 5 for Checkers
who skated aggressively. They revved up their attack on Hackett to 14 but no goal. Aeros had progressively fewer sogs for the rest of the game.
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| Genoway on offense? |
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| Genoway on defense |
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| Glove Catch by Muse |
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| Genoway takes on Sutter |
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| Fredheim in action-no he did NOT trip Rutherford |
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| Another pile up-save by Muse |
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| Hackett lets puck go after save |
One of the
PP allowed Foucault, Phillips and Cuma the only goal for Aeros in the 2nd.
In
the 3rd a visible slowing occurred; neither team scored. And so we went to OT.
What seemed to
me happened at the very end of the period, or even just into the 2nd
intermission was a huge fight. Mara and Sutter, which
almost
escalated - but did not - into confrontation between the two goalies, as
well. 5 minutes to each Fighter plus a game misconduct-leaving the
bench for Mara - and so HE was out for the rest of the game. I am sure Mills
did not intend
that when he hired Mara!
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| Somewhere in there is Muse, Fredheim hugs Pistilli ;-)! |
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| Mara and Sutter, Muse faces Hackett - lineman arm keeps them apart ? |
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| Rau speeds by fallen Bellemore ;-) |
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| Red Sweaters after Zucker ! |
Genoway seemed just about everywhere, on defense, on offense, taking on Sutter in a little "Hey you" broken up soonest by officials. McMillan skated like the devil was after him...and twisted and turned rapidly where needed.
Phillips, long locks flying,
gave a lot. Larssen tried, as did others. Fredheim had long carry of the puck only to pass it to the wrong stick ;-)!
Cuma had a few good moments but overall was ineffective.
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| The Goal by Nash in OT-fuzzy pic due to shock ;-)! by photo taker :-)! |
Zucker appeared to have become the whipping boy for the opponents, many times he was hemmed in by red sweaters.
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