Road warriors continue streak, home at last
Exciting overtime win last night
By Tom Obert
Cub Reporter
The Alex girls hockey team returned home last night after a month on the road - a span of 5 games, all wins, and only ONE total goal allowed - to face their conference arch nemesis, the St. Cloud Tech Tigers.
In a game way too exciting for the Diehard Fans, the Cards won 2 - 1, in overtime! The Cards controlled the game all the way but, as in the first game with Tech, a 1 - 1 tie, they could not get the puck past the terrific Tigers goalie.
Because of that frustration, the Cards too many times were caught, up ice, allowing the Tigers several odd man rushes that were stymied by our own superior goaltender, Roadblock Justice. This has been a great series - Tech dominated the conference for years - until the last three when the Cardinals won the conference. As I recall, all the games between the two teams over the last several years have ended in scores of 1 - 0, 1 - 1, or 2 - 1. Last night, Michelle Anez, a sophomore forward who most certainly must be a Division 1 prospect, scored in the first period . . . and then again, unassisted, in the late stages of the overtime for the winning goal.
We received a call from new Diehard Fan, Mike Shaughnessy, when we got home. After the fans had celebrated the varsity win with the best burgers and coldest beer in town, the Shaughnessy returned to the rink to watch some of the JV game. Mike is a substitute teacher and now knows many of the girls on the team. He reported the JV beat Tech 3 - 2 on a late goal. The JVers, mostly 8th-graders, have been on quite a streak themselves lately!
Cub screws up again
The Cub Reporter has to admit to a professional faux pas (a salary reduction by the Trailboss would be appropriate here). When Michelle scored the winning goal, the entire team, of course, poured onto the ice and formed a big pile in front of the Tech goal. I was just madly cheering like everyone else. Finally, other Diehards yelled at me, "Tom, Tom, get a picture!" By then it was too late.
By Tom Obert
Cub Reporter
The Alex girls hockey team returned home last night after a month on the road - a span of 5 games, all wins, and only ONE total goal allowed - to face their conference arch nemesis, the St. Cloud Tech Tigers.In a game way too exciting for the Diehard Fans, the Cards won 2 - 1, in overtime! The Cards controlled the game all the way but, as in the first game with Tech, a 1 - 1 tie, they could not get the puck past the terrific Tigers goalie.
Because of that frustration, the Cards too many times were caught, up ice, allowing the Tigers several odd man rushes that were stymied by our own superior goaltender, Roadblock Justice. This has been a great series - Tech dominated the conference for years - until the last three when the Cardinals won the conference. As I recall, all the games between the two teams over the last several years have ended in scores of 1 - 0, 1 - 1, or 2 - 1. Last night, Michelle Anez, a sophomore forward who most certainly must be a Division 1 prospect, scored in the first period . . . and then again, unassisted, in the late stages of the overtime for the winning goal.
We received a call from new Diehard Fan, Mike Shaughnessy, when we got home. After the fans had celebrated the varsity win with the best burgers and coldest beer in town, the Shaughnessy returned to the rink to watch some of the JV game. Mike is a substitute teacher and now knows many of the girls on the team. He reported the JV beat Tech 3 - 2 on a late goal. The JVers, mostly 8th-graders, have been on quite a streak themselves lately!
Cub screws up again
The Cub Reporter has to admit to a professional faux pas (a salary reduction by the Trailboss would be appropriate here). When Michelle scored the winning goal, the entire team, of course, poured onto the ice and formed a big pile in front of the Tech goal. I was just madly cheering like everyone else. Finally, other Diehards yelled at me, "Tom, Tom, get a picture!" By then it was too late.
