Shockers Rekindle the Fire

Final Score
Shockers 5
Thundercats 3

Despite there being no update or story on the blog for the 6-0 shellacking the Shockers received against the Raging Bulls, it was no secret that the Shockers were in a hurting state. The team had caved in on itself during the game, the offense wasn't scoring, the defense was getting bombarded, the specials teams might have well be absent, and the team dynamics were thrown out the window. Looking back at that game, the reigning Raging Bulls cashed in on a win-win situation, where, not only did they roll over the Shockers to continue their perfect season but managed to crush the spirits of a lot of the Shockers' roster.

Last Tuesday's game, most of the dust had settled and in fact in the dressing room no one had mentioned a word about the week before, the Shockers suited up to take on the Thundercats who were just one point up on them in the standings. Out of the regular line-up was a total of six players: Andrew Thomas, Phil McHugh, Chris Millar, Ben Ducharme, Francois Hamelin and Joey Rae. The team would look to their farm team to fill in the gaps calling up, Mark Gamboz, Guillaume Cote, Mike Rossi and Gary "The Green Giant" McDermott.

The game kicked off and Shockers looked in bad shape as the Thundercats scored within the first minute of the game. The Shockers struck back with three straight goals, Chris Diabo mostly leading the charge with a handful of goals and a few assists throughout the game. The Shockers later on ran into penalty trouble but managed to kill most of it off. The fatigue from killing penalties started to kick in late in the second as they gave up two back-to-back goals. The Shockers led 4-3 going into the third period. The game was getting tighter and tighter as the Shockers picked up a penalty or two in the crucial last minutes but Jeff Jasmin would lead a final attack across his blue line and sent Alain Godard on a break away. Godard made no mistake about it as he made the opposing goalie pay for being out of position.

The Shockers really needed to cash in on a victory to get the team back on its feet again. Next Tuesday at 7:30pm, they will take on Les A's who are currently battling for second spot in the D division. The Shockers will have to tighten up their game and make sure they play the full 3 periods if they plan to stay abreast with the A's.