It's Millar Time

Final Score (OT)
Shockers 7
Kryptonite 6

With four regulars out and two new faces in the line-up, the Shockers knew that this was going to be somewhat of a challenge against the Kryptonite. Despite Kryptonite being in the cellar most of the season, they have discovered a new found power to rekindle their spirits and actually win 3 in a row, including a nail-biter against the Huskies last week where they held on to win 3-2.

"We knew that we couldn't take them lightly, especially with some of our big guns sitting out, anything could be possible," commented, Steve Diabo, "we really didn't know what to expect of them."

Diabo, who appeared during the warm-up wearing a cape to signify him being Superman (but looked more like a douche-bag version of Zorro) and that he was here to defeat the Kryptonite. No one really got the joke until Diabo pointed it out but it was still a fair attempt of the Big Baller, Shot Caller to try and be funny. Steve, you know we love you, lol.

In the line-up were two new faces, Lee Ferguson and Chris Millar, making their NABHL debuts and also there to fill in the gaps was the smelly anus of Jon Sante and not to be forgotten, the man who coined the term "the Zinger," Andrew Johnson.

"I just hope I'm not going to fall as much this time," said Sante before the start of the game. Sante, notorious for his random diving, sliding and falling really tried to stay up on his feet this time around. We think he succeeded.

The game jumped to a good start when within the first minute of gameplay, Steve Diabo lit the lamp for his 16th of the season from a pass from Ben Ducharme. Kryptonite would scrape their way back into it midway through the period with a quick goal by Daniel Gurman. A good 3 minutes later, the kinky captain, Alain Godard got his wood up...*pause*... on a loose ball and chalked one in to edge the Shockers back up by one. But a minute later, Gurman replied to tie it up and then with just a spit in the barrell left in the period, Gurman struck again to give the Kryptonite the lead.

"Who the heck is that guy?" asked Millar, who was astonished that Gurman just got a hat-trick.

Exit the first period and enter the second. Shockers were scrambling for some sort of gain on investment to tie up the game. Their prayers would be answered at 12:30 when Andrew Stevens would rifle a shot on net, the goaltender, Ryan Eisenberg would bobble it and the momentum of the back-spin took it into the net. Just less than 30 seconds later, Marc "The Claw" Boucher would tee it up off the face-off and smoke it passed Eisenberg who saw nothing of that shot. The chants of "The Claw" were being roared from the Shockers bench, mostly by Jeff Jasmin.

"Osti, ils sont cavs avec ce nom là," chuckled Boucher about being referred to as "The Claw".

Kryptonite were down once again but would catch a break when Stevens went to the box for hooking and then soon after, Millar would join him for Boarding. Shockers on a 5-on-3 penalty kill, Kryptonite knotted up the game as Jesse Applebaum would chip it passed Giancarlo Capaz.

Bring on the third and the Krypt's were smelling blood and looked to be dominating the play in the Shockers' zone. The hard work paid off as Evan Gillman found twine and gave the Kryptonite the lead for the second time this game. Shockers' woke up and started to put on the sandwich press, getting some good opportunities but Eisenberg stood tall. Shockers' then found the magic forumla, Francois Hamelin fired a slapper along the floor and was redirected by Ducharme which fooled Eisenberg and ended up in the net. Shockers' still riding the lightning after that goal and then going on the powerplay, Ducharme would win the faceoff deep in the Kryptonite's zone and Steve "Big Baller, Shot Caller" Diabo teed it up magically finding its way through traffic and past Eisenberg with just 3:00 left in the game. However, Kryptonite battled back and rattled Capaz's cage when Jonas Prupas smashed the orange ball past Capaz with just 1:22 left.

On to the shootouts and I'll let the video do the talking:

Chris Millar making his Shockers' debut gives them the go-ahead in the final round of the shoot-outs and the Shockers take home the 'W' and put themselves in second place in the Rockstar division.

They will play tonight (Wednesday, May 13) against the Ligers @ 6:30pm. It has been rumored that Gary "Green Giant" McDermott will be making him comeback after suffering an injury nearly a month ago. Still out of the line-up are Donald Toohey, Steve Towell and Chris Diabo due to serving suspensions. Chris Di Sensi has been noted as a healthy scratch for tonight's game. Filling in is Jon Sante and Guillaume Côté who will join Steve Diabo to form the second line.

The Ligers are playing sub-500 hockey and are currently tied with Kryptonite for 6th in the Rockstar division. Despite their positioning, the Ligers have never been blown out by teams and keep games rather reasonable. They play a disciplined game and currently have the least amount of penalty minutes in the league, Toohey alone has more minutes than their entire team. WORD!