Shockers 9 - Mother Puckers 2
Shockers extend their winning streak to two games after taking out the hurting Mother Puckers last night at Le Rinque. Team captain and local do-gooder, Alain Godard, had an explosive night leading the team with 5 points (2G 3A) and running shoe enthusiast, Jonathan Sante, followed up with a 4 point night (2G 2A) to tie with Steve Diabo for the team's leading scorer title (10 points).
Sante played phenomenal hockey despite almost missing the game as he was busy finalizing the deal with Reebok to be his leading sponsor. The endorsement details were not disclosed but he did go on the record to say: "...well they said I don't have to worry about money anymore...and that's a good thing."When asked about his new model of shoes that are soon to hit stores in early fall, he said he named them the only name he could think of and mentioned that it was the most beautiful name in the whole wide world, "Jenny." So look for the Reebook Jenny(s), Jonathan Sante's signature shoes in your local Foot Locker and Home Depot.
The game started off on the right foot when the Shockers jumped out with four goals including a Marc Boucher howitzer from the point to give him his first goal of the season as well as Andrew Stevens netting his first as well. Sante and charismatic centerman Nick Sullo would net the other two respectively. Mother Puckers would show some sign of life banging in a rebound passed goalie, Giancarlo Capaz. Shockers would reply in an instant and not look back for the rest of the game."We had a great game and [Mother Puckers] gave us a pretty good fight at some points but we have to be proud that our powerplay stepped in and [Capaz] was solid," remarked Godard.
Defensive mystery-man, Greg Emmanuel, was missing from the line-up again and adds to the recent rumors mentioned in last week's blog. New comer, Chris Diabo was also missing but Godard explained that it was to rest the young gun for Wednesday's game against the Blazers. Andrew Stevens played defense last night and was rumored that he played with an injury which details from team doctors has not been disclosed. He is expected to play but is currently listed as day-to-day and leaves Godard with a tough game time decision whether he will be scratched from the line-up.
Despite the Shockers recent success at finding the back of the net, the big test will be this coming Wednesday when the Shockers take on the Blazers. The Blazers are 2-1 in the season and are looking to bounce back after their loss to the Grinders last Wednesday. Shockers will find themselves in the hands of backup goaltender, Chuck Ghazarian, who gets the call-up to relieve Capaz of his duties for the next two games. Ghazarian, who spent a good number of years in the minors was surprised to get the call and told reporters this during a phone interview: "I'm happy to get the call. I know these will not be easy games but I'm up for the challenge!"
Godard later on added, "we're hoping he can do the job sans faux, it will be hard to replace [Capaz] but that means we'll need to play tighter defense."
In other news, the Shockers organization would like to congratulate Marc Boucher on his recent introduction to fatherhood. It's a boy! Marc-Olivier is the newest and youngest member of the Shocker family. Even though his son has a good number of years before he will be ready to take his father's place on the blue line, Boucher told reporters that we will not likely miss any games. We wish the best of luck and health to the Boucher camp!
More pictures of game 4 can be seen here: http://picasaweb.google.com/andrewbacca
Pictures are credited to Alexandra Michaud
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