Puck Cancer Game 3: The Talons vs. the Tigers

Just Missed!
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This game, which took place on August 11, 2007, was a really good one — the score was so close, even though we didn’t win. The teams were really evenly matched, and they were just a fun team to play against. If you look at the series of pictures that precede the one above, it really looks like the Talons’ #68 scored a goal, but in this and the following pics no one on the other team is celebrating and the scoreboard remained the same from before this picture to the end of the album. So I must have made a superhot kick save!

The only unfortunate thing is that for some reason, we’re missing the pictures from the first and second periods, maybe because we played another game earlier that day and things just got lost in cyberspace? I don’t know. Oh, well — it was a lot of fun, and the Orange team will be playing a few games against them this coming season!

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Brian’s Goalie Summary

First Period: Both of the Talons’ goals were scored in the first period, and both off of rebounds: I stopped the shot, but the trailing skater following the shooter scored in both cases.

Talons 2, Tigers 0.

Second Period: Shutout.

Talons 2, Tigers 1.

Third Period: Shutout.

Final Score: Talons 2, Tigers 1. (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.)

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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)