Puck Cancer Cup Game 2: The Tigers vs. the Stingeroons
Poached
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I would have used the caption “Slaughtered,” since the Stingeroons, composed of the Glenview Stingers and the University of Chicago Maroons, basically slaughtered us 9 - 0, but since tigers are on the endangered species list, I figure “Poached” is more appropriate. I mean, I don’t even need to draw a red circle to show where the puck is in this picture. The Stingeroons’s #16 scored that goal in the first ten seconds of the game.
We really took a beating. I’d say the first period was the worst one, during which they scored 7 of their goals. In between that period and the next I asked our coach what I was doing wrong. Her reply? “Nothing. They’re a white team.” That is, an advanced team. Then what were they doing playing in the beginner division? But whatever.
I had a shutout second period, though they were probably just taking it easy on me or feeling sorry for me — theirs is the coach who told me in 2001 that I don’t deserve to be a goalie (see “How I Became a Goalie”). No matter. I did my best and so did my teammates. Believe me, I’ve lost worse games during my career on the club team at Ohio State!
Brian’s Goalie Summary
First Period: The first goal, pictured above, was scored high, stick side and on a breakaway in the first ten seconds of the game. Second goal: #66 (I think) shot it; I saved it; but another Stinger scored on the rebound. Third goal was shot from right in front of me and went in low on my glove side. There was a scrum in front of the net during which the fourth goal was scored; we had the puck and I was covering one side of the net, we lost control of it and the other team scored. Fifth goal was off a one-timer that went in on my glove side, high; I had no D. The sixth goal bounced off the top of the post and went in. During another big scrum in front of the net, the puck got loose, and before I had a chance to cover it, the other team tipped it in.
Tigers 0, Stingeroons 7.
Second Period: Shutout.
Tigers 0, Stingeroons 7.
Third Period: The eighth goal was scored on a wraparound — backhanded, no less! The final goal was scored on a slapshot from the slot and went in high, stick side.
Final Score: Tigers 0, Stingeroons 9. (Note that Brian’s stats may not match those reflected on the scoreboard, but since it’s Brian’s summary, I always go by his stats. Besides, most of the time, the scorekeeper doesn’t keep track of the players’ shots on goal.)
Goalie Stats
For stats abbreviation key, see below.
KEY
GP: (# of) games played
GA: goals against (shots I let in)
GAA: goals against average (GA divided by GP)
S: shots against (how many shots I faced)
Sv %: (S minus GA divided by S)
W: wins
L: losses
T: ties
W %: win percentage (W divided by GP)
SO: shutouts (when you don’t let in any goals at all the entire game–or like in the 3rd period when I didn’t let in any goals, that’s considered a shutout period, but don’t count in stats)
