The game started slowly. Sharks had a lot of possession early in the first period but couldn’t convert to a goal. Once again it was Captain Steve Broome who lead the boys in the scoring (15mins40, goal #19 Steve Broome, no assist). Shortly thereafter at 18mins35 Sharks player #5 Shane Abbott scored the second goal of the match (assist #14 Tim Moore). The third and final goal of the period was scored by #29 Alex Egggleston assisted by #17 Ben Mitchell (19mins20). Redbacks held the Sharks back at the start of the period but couldn’t recover from the first Sharks goal.

Just over half-way through the second period the Redbacks called a time-out (13mins24). Sharks had yet to score and were certainly getting hungry for another goal. Only one Sharks goal got through in the second period, 56 seconds after the Redbacks timeout! (14mins20, goal #5 Shane, assist #25 Oli Diffen)

The action of the third period started at 8mins22 when Sharks player #24 Nicholas Yeoh scored, assisted by Shane. Oli scored the last goal of the match early on in the period at 10mins05 (no assist).

A relatively laid-back game the boys proved their dominance in a shut-out game for Goalkeeper Zach Teo and his defenders!

6-0 (3-0, 1-0, 2-0)

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)