Friday, February 29, 2008

Old Abes lead/Second intermission thoughts

The Memorial defensemen just keep on firing from blue line and their forwards just keep tipping them in. This time it David Donnellan who let loose a shot from just inside the blue line that was tipped by Ryan Falch to give Memorial a 3-2 advantage with just 35.9 seconds remaining in the second.

Memorial now takes a one-goal advantage into the final period with just 17 minutes standing between it and its first-ever state title appearance.

Some more thoughts:

The penalties continue to be a problem for ECM as both of Superior's goals have come on the powerplay. All three of Memorial's goals allowed in the state tournament have come on the power play, the exact same number that they allowed in 23 previous games this season.

Memorial is starting to put a little more pressure on Superior goalie Kyle Johnson, firing 15 shots at the senior netminder this period -- giving them a two-period shot total of 23 to Superior's 17.

-- Adam Parks

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