Game 1, 07-08: Tigers Orange 0, Fighting Squirrels 1

What a Save!
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Our season opener, at home! Too bad we lost, but at least the margin was low. The Fighting Squirrels were the team we played against in our very first game last year but at their rink, and we were spanked 8-1 (see “Game One, 06-07: Tigers Orange 1, Fighting Squirrels 8”)! This year, both teams were evenly matched.

However, the heresay is that we should have won, or at the very least tied this game because the other goalie supposedly pushed out a goal or two. Because there was only one ref instead of the usual two, she didn’t see what happened. This was our fault; as the rookie Tigers team, we didn’t realize we were supposed to schedule refs for home games since the Blue and White teams’ managers took care of it for us last year! As it was, we were lucky to get even one referee at the last minute.

Still, most of our new team members are either just learning how to skate, if not the game and its rules. We had few of last year’s veterans in attendance, and even if we did, we’re still getting used to playing together — I mean, we only had two practices before our first game! So this was a great start to our season!

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Brian’s Goalie Summary

First Period: A Squirrel had the puck right in front of me, in between the hashmarks. I think I was screened by one of our defensive players because I didn’t see the puckhandler pass it to the open player to my right, who shot it low on my stick side.

Tigers 0, Fighting Squirrels 1.

Second Period: Shutout.

Tigers 0, Fighting Squirrels 1.

Third Period: Shutout.

Final Score: Tigers 0, Fighting Squirrels 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)