Guess what? They won 3-2.
I wasn't there but a little birdie told me...
... Andrew "White Horse" Applehans filled in nicely for Jensen. "The two goals he gave up weren't his fault," said the Arrowhawks twitter feed. "Barry fell on his ass and gave up a three-on-Andrew. He made the first six saves before finally giving up and just letting the puck in. He had to pee, reportedly."
The action was furious on both ends of the blueline. At one point an exhausted Nate Mensel fell to the ice and crawled to the bench like a stranded adventurer lost in the sahara desert. "Water! Water!" Mensel cried. He eventually made it to the bench and was given enough water to make it out his next shift. "He's got a ton of intestinal fortitude," said Mark Monahan when asked about Mensel. "No way he was going to miss a shift just because he was crying on the ice."
Minnesota Lanctot scored one official goal and one 'through the hole in the net' goal that didn't count. His first goal was a beauty. He snapped a wrister between his legs on the backhand while he was falling -- haven been cross-checked by the two biggest Discover players on the ice. The goalie never had a chance. He blinked and the puck was by him. There was that much power. The goal has been named "AEP" by the Hawks players.
I forgot who had the other goals. I was thinking about beer while getting the report and wasn't able to focus. Oh, Mac had a sweet unassisted play. That's right. It's all coming back to me now. He started the scoring. He took the opening face off coast to coast and scored the fastest goal in Hawks history just 3 seconds into the game. (Really? No. But it sure sounds good!) He did score, though. We'll get one of those legal artists to draw a rendering since the official Arrowhawks photographer was drunk and in the slammer for the game. (No word on disciplinary action from management yet).
That just leaves one goal. Nate must have had it. He's just too skilled to be shut down. Or Monahan. Maybe Carp. He's been skating like a computer-enhanced movie classic. Kenyon's been a fiesty SOB. No wait... has to be Kevin. Dude is flat good around the net. Bryan Griffith has a lot of skill but he just had a kid and is probably sluggish from all the lost sleep.
Defensively the Hawks were incredible. Best game of the session. Mac Lawless lead the charge but Terry 'I aint had any in a week' Walker played with an edge for some reason. Barry and Gooch cleared the crease and thwarted every Discover player as they hoped for a shot.
The final totals were staggering and tilted toward the Hawks. Final shots: Hawks 38, Discover 6. All 6 shots occurred in a matter of 6 seconds when Barry fell down over the blue line (again) and Gooch was busy signing autographs. Discover scored twice in the flurry. The Hawks don't remember taking a face off.
"It's a great win," said a relieved Oleg Chetverikov after the game, through his interpreter. "That team has a lot of the skill and a lot of the ability to take the puck to the net and score a lot of the goals." he added. "We did the good job to take the puck away from the stick of the team so the goals go away."
"Discover is a good team and it was a good win," said John Kenyon who didn't fall once over the boards. "We missed Jensen and Torsok tonight but we got over it pretty quick," he continued.
The win takes the Hawks to 2-3 in the division, good enough for something like 5th place or so.
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