The first period started out well for the Sharks, with Captain Pat Baster #13 scoring the first goal, unassisted at 4mins35. He was followed shortly by Sharks #15, Espen Kjerup Jorgensen, who scored at 6mins50, also unassisted. Redbacks #7, Anthony Boteler upset the umpires with his protesting and was given a 2min bench penalty for just that, “Protesting” at 6mins58. The Sharks wore down the Redbacks defence for just over a minute before Sharks player #11 David Westlund slotted the ball into the goal, assisted by #30, Jimmy Laurell at 8mins00. The rest of the period was intense and the Sharks were unlucky not to score another goal. Redbacks #32, Timothy Boteler scored in a breakaway goal, unassisted, at 16mins56.

The second period started with another bench penalty served by the Redbacks. This time it was served by R#13, Cameron Devine for “Incorrect Substitution” (2mins04). It took the Sharks only 24 seconds to find a hole in the Redbacks defense, scoring at 2mins28, #2 Lucas Westlund converted assisted by #30, Jimmy. It took the Redbacks five minutes to get the ball back down their end of the court and score a goal (7mins38, goal R#44 Marcus O’Neill, assist R#84 Glen Holland). The second half of the period was dominated by the Sharks. The Redbacks defense was under fire, being hammered again and again by the Sharks offense. Redbacks goalie #91 Josh Davey was having a brilliant game, pulling saves that weren’t thought possible! The Sharks did not score again in the second period.

Adrian Baster (#6) made the most of the first 8 seconds of the third period, scoring our fifth goal for the game unassisted. He certainly gave the Redbacks a shock! Lucas and Don did a good job of backing up Adrian’s goal at 3mins00, (goal #2 Lucas, assist #10 Don O’Brien.) The next goal of the period was from Espen, assisted by Jimmy at 10mins20. Pat obtained a 2min bench penalty for “Incorrect Hit” at 14mins48. The Redbacks certainly didn’t take advantage of the PowerPlay situation, almost conceding a goal three times thanks to break away chances by Espen and Mauritz. After a quick sub, Lucas did manage to score during a Redbacks Power Play, assisted by David (16mins53). In the last seconds of the period Redbacks scored their third goal, but it wasn’t enough to beat the Sharks (19mins48, goal R#44 Marcus O’Neill, assist R#32 Timothy Boteler).

A huge improvement on the first round!
8-3 (3-1, 1-1, 4-1)

I’m Rebecca Wood, manager of the Sharks A’s. I’d just like to say a big welcome to everyone for the new season, A players and B players alike. I’ll be sending you all emails about what time to be at the games on Sundays and I’ll try to give a report on each of the games in the following week.

This week Sharks A’s and B’s made a notable entrance into the new season. The B’s led the way for the A’s, smashing the Redbacks B’s with a 9-1 win! Steve Broome, our B’s Captain should be proud of the efforts the B’s boys put in, especially Morgan Emms (1 goal, 2 assists), Nicolas Yeoh (2 goals, 1 assist) and Oli Diffen (3 goals). Our other point scorers were Steve Broome – 1 goal, Justin Blades – 1 goal, and Adrian Baster – 1 assist. A fantastic start to the new season and hopefully a foreshadow for the rounds to come! Well Done guys, all that training is really coming in handy, let’s keep it up!

The A’s faced a hard game vs the Redbacks A’s on Sunday, it was definitely a nail-biter for those on the sideline! We ended up with a win, 4-3. The score-line was 1-1, 3-0, 0-2 (Sharks – Redbacks for periods 1, 2 & 3). The first period was a bit of a shock to the system when we found the floor as slippery as ice – Mauritz can tell you all about it: he had to sit a 2min penalty for Playing Lying Down. We soon adjusted to the new conditions and had a convincing second period followed by some unlucky goals conceded in the third period. Our team Captain this year is Pat Baster, congratulations Pat. Point scorers this week were Shane Abbott – 1 assist, Mauritz Hermansson – 1 goal, David Westlund – 1 goal, Keith Tan – 1 goal, and Jimmy Laurell – 1 goal, 2 assists. Great work Sharks!

Next weeks games will be at the same time, B’s will play at 2:30, please get to Lords before 2pm and the A’s  will play at 4pm, please get to Lords before 3:30pm to warm up, team talk, etc.

That’s it from me for now. I hope to see you all at training on Tuesday night, 6:30pm at Newman College.

Cheers

Rebecca Wood