Round Two vs Pirates A’s Match Report

Hi Everyone

In a challenging second match for the season our A’s boys had to fight hard for their win vs Pirates Black this week.

Pirates were the first on the scoreboard, scoring in just under 7 minutes into the first period. However, this was not an omen for the game: Lucas, Mauritz and Jimmy led the rest of the team to a 2-1 win over the first period. (Goal 1: Lucas, assist Jimmy, Goal 2: Mauritz, assist Jimmy).

In the second and third periods it was neck-and-neck on the scoreboard. Mauritz started it off at 2mins10sec (3-1) , assisted by Jimmy, then the Pirates scored shortly after at 3mins (3-2). It was a fierce match throughout the second period, both goalies were being hammered by the offense of the opposing teams. Pirates player No 6 (Tom Dunn) received a 2min bench penalty for ‘Playing Lying Down’ which gave the Sharks a chance to get further ahead but alas, our very own Jimmy Laurell was given a 2min bench penalty for ‘Pushing’ in a 50/50 ball contest when he sent Captain of the Pirates, Jonathon Veron, flying into the boards. This left the teams 4-a-piece for what felt like the longest minute of the game. It wasn’t until both teams were back to full strength that our Captain, Patrick Baster, managed to get the ball rolling again. Assisted by Mauritz, Pat sent one flying into the right hand side of the net to set our score to 4-2 (12mins32). Pirates crept back to 4-3 by the end of the second period thanks to their No. 22, Martin Albrecht.

After assisting everyone else Jimmy scored his first goal for the game early in the third period, assisted by Shane (5-3, 2min09). Again Pirates crept the score back at 3mins to make it 5-4. Benny Mitch wasn’t so keen on the Pirates getting their way, so he went for a run up forwards in his Cannonball way and converted! (6-4, 5mins43, assist Lucas Westlund) At 7mins48 Pirates received a 2min bench penalty for ‘Header’, sat by their No.8. This was a good opportunity for Sharks to increase that score difference but it wasn’t to be. Jonathon Veron scored a one-on-one short-handed goal (6-5, 9mins05, no assist). The tension of the game was peaking, Benny Mitch thought we were behind so he revved everyone up to take more chances to score. In the 14th minute Pirates was penalised for ‘Repeated Offences’ during a goal-scoring opportunity for the Sharks. Our team was awarded a penalty shot and Albrecht received a 2min bench penalty. Jimmy took the  penalty shot and converted, slipping it past Pirate Goalie-Jason Petty’s left to bring the score to 7-5 (14mins41, no assist). The Pirates did not give in. They continued to fight for a win until the last seconds of the game. It was an immensely entertaining match to watch. Well done Everyone.

7-5 (2-1, 2-2, 3-2)

No.	Name	Shots	Goals	Assists	Pts	Blocks	PIM
2	Lucas Westlund	7	1	1	2	0	0
5	Shane Abbott	1	0	1	1	1	0
9	Mauritz Hermansson	8	2	2	4	0	0
10	Don O’Brien	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	David Westlund	3	0	0	0	0	0
13	Patrick Baster	4	1	0	1	0	0
15	Ben Mitchell	2	1	1	0	3	0
21	Tara Keogh	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	Keith Tan	3	0	0	0	0	0
30	Jimmy Laurell	3	2	3	5	7	0

Cheers

Rebecca Wood