Race For the Playoffs Heats Up

The race for final positioning is heating up in the NABHL and Shockers saved themselves from tumbling down the latter last night against the Expos.

Expos who have been struggling to find themselves a solid identity after being last season's champions have gotten a little wind in their sails as of late. No other team in the league knows what it's like to have a roller coaster season better than the Shockers who have mish-mashed line-ups all season to have a mixed bag of wins and losses.

Shockers, who are just 2 games out of being 500 for the season, knew they had to play hard last night as they were tied in the standings with the Expos and a loss would make either team play the District 5 Knights in the playoffs, a team neither the Expos nor Shockers found a great deal of success against.

Shockers came out of the gate with a 5-1 start in the first period, Ben Ducharme picking up a deuce while Andrew Stevens, Kosta Kastrounis and Alain Godard each netted one each.

Second period is where the Expos showed some sign of life scoring three but Shockers were right there with four of their own. Chris Diabo picked up a hat-trick and Godard scored his second of the game.

Third period was a quiet one, Ducharme got the lone goal to complete his hat-trick and give the Shockers a 10-4 victory.

"It was one of those nights where the ball was going our way for a change. Scoring three is a great feeling," commented Ducharme who finished off the night with 3 goals and 1 assist.

"Can't complain how we played," added Godard who had 2 goals and 3 assists.

The Shockers will take on the last place Warriors for their final two games of the season as should try to win them if they wish to hold their position for the playoffs.