The second period was far more up-beat, with Sharks winning the period 5-1 to take the score for the game to 5-2. Captain Steve Broome #19 got the ball rolling at 7mins58, assisted by Adrian Baster #6. He was followed shortly by Adrian who, at 9mins18 scored the second goal, assisted by Morgan Emms #7. Nicholas Yeoh #24 was the next of our players to shine in the limelight, scoring his first goal of the match unassisted at 11mins23. Kookas were then awarded a 2min bench penalty at 13mins12 for “Incorrect Hit” (K#28 Alistair McFayden), and one minute later Nick scored his second goal for the game assisted by Gaurav Ghosh #40. The Kookas rebutted with a goal from player #6, Richard Cram, assisted by #10 Leith Woods at 16mins24. The period ended on a high note thanks to Captain Steve Broome who scored his second goal, assisted by Nick at 18mins12.

The third period was slightly less of a scoring frenzy. Nick started the scoring at 10mins01, sealing himself a hat-trick for the game, once again an un-assisted goal. Well done Nick! Kookas weren’t so pleased, so they responded at 14mins09 with a goal scored by Richard Cram assisted by player #3 Pat Upton-Davies. It wasn’t long until the Sharks had the ball down their end of the court again, when at 16mins09 Nick scored again! (assist #6 Adrian Baster) And to finish it all off Captain Steve scored the final goal, also making a hat-trick of the game. (17mins27, assist #24 Nicholas Yeoh).

8-3 (0-1, 5-1, 3-1)

It was Round 5 on the FAWA calendar, the last game of the first set of round robin games. The Revolution Sharks were pitted against the WA Kookas. The first period started started on a high for the Sharks, when two and a half minutes into the period Keith Tan, our player #27 was awarded a delayed penalty shot. It was our Singaporean Shark, a keen goal-scorer, vs the Czech goalie Vladimir Plocek, Australian Champion at the AFO 2009 Tournament. It looked like a sure goal but alas Plocek prevailed and the score remained unchanged at 0-0.

The Kookas had the Sharks defense in the pressure-cooker, firing off a huge 15 shots, compared to our three shots in the first period. Only one shot got through either defense at 10mins52 (goal: #11 David Westlund, assist: #2 Lucas Westlund.)

The second period was just as gruelling in defense, which is an unusual behavior for the Kookas as a club, who usually play a more defensive game. They fired off another 14 clean shots, and had another four which missed, or hit the post. The Sharks responded well, scoring an early goal at 1min31 (goal: #2 Lucas Westlund, no assist) which was answered by a Kookas goal shortly thereafter at 2mins08 (goal: K#3 Tania Perpoli, no assist.). Kookas took control of the period from that point onwards, scoring three more goals in the period at 3mins25 (goal: K#22 Roger Sallaenbach, assist: K#3 Tania Perpoli), another at 17mins07 (goal: K#8 Timothy Campbell, assist: K#22 Roger Sallaenbach) and finally at 18mins28 (goal: K#8 Timothy Campbell, assist: K#22 Roger Sallaenbach). The Kookas had a convincing lead closing the second period with the score at 2-4 (Sharks-Kookas).

The third period was upon us, it was the time to take back the game. It was a hard battle, the first goal of the period was scored by our #2 Lucas Westlund assisted by captain Patrick Baster at 11mins22. Sharks were regaining the game when Don O’Brien, our #10 was given a two minute penalty for “Holding” at 13mins37. Although the Kookas had the advantage in numbers they didn’t take advantage of their opportunity, almost conceding a goal to #11 David Westlund. With a mere 1min23 to go the Sharks scored the equalising goal in a delayed penalty shot taken by David.

A nail-biting game!

4-4 (1-0, 1-3, 2-1)