Under Dogs Shank Shockers in Nail Biter

Final Score
Under Dogs 2
Shockers 1

Where the Shockers are lacking in offense, they are trying to make it up in defense. Shockers kick off this season with a cellar-bound 0-2-0 start, a start practically unheard of in Shocker history.

"We're still trying to find the right chemistry. Our line worked well but we still couldn't find the net," commented Andrew Stevens, who missed an empty net in the first period.

Shockers still need to play 60 minutes of hockey though. Early in the first, they dropped two quick goals in roughly two shifts by simply leaving one man open in front of the net.

"After those two goals, I think we learnt our lesson and we picked up our socks after that," mentioned Greg "Coach's Corner" Emmanuel.

The team also looked sluggish in the second period as they droned through an unproductive 5-on-3 powerplay and then struggled through the rest of the period trying to get the ball out of their zone.

"It wasn't pretty," acknowledged Joey "Corona Crusher" Rae.

The third period, the Shockers did wake up but were unsuccessful in beating the opposing goaltender to tie the game despite pulling Giancarlo "Life in the Fast Lane" Capaz near the end of the game to give the Shockers the extra man. The end of the period did get out of hand when a Under Dog player laid a vicious hit from behind on Shocker's own Carlo Varano which invoked a mob near the Dogs' bench. Ben "The Enforcer" Ducharme came in to defend Varano and ended up clubbing an Under Dog like a seal; the league has yet to review the game to decide on diciplinary actions to be taken on Ducharme. Team doctors will re-evaluate Varano's condition on Monday before they give him the OK to play next Thursday.

More news on Varano's status next week.