And They're Moving on...

Congratulations!!! To my favorite team in the USHL(United States Hockey League). You're moving on to round three in the chase to the Clark Cup and I'm just bursting with pride. Not just me but all of us fans that are behind you. And to witness this accomplishment has been a pleasure and we can't wait to see how far you guys can get. Although I missed the games against the Tri-City Storm, I was able to attend both of the games against the Omaha Lancers and I was impressed with what I saw both days.


Since I recapped last night's game in the blog I posted last night I'll just skip that and go straight to tonight's game. I was so excited I didn't have my sister attached to my hip this time because I knew I'd get to actually let my full attention be absorbed by the game. As the game started I could just feel the great vibes in the atmosphere and I was almost certain that this was going to be a game to remember. The puck dropped and it didn't seem that long after that the Lancers score and the Hawks fans in the arena were not happy to see their team go down by one so early on (deflated almost). Play continued, I thought maybe we would end the period down and a goose egg on the scoreboard but no... almost the end of the period and my favorite defense men put the Hawks on the board by putting one in the back of the net over the left arm of the Lancers goalie.(Far and Fast) Maybe not even one minute later and the captain of the Hawks put one right past the goalie again and this was where I knew it was okay to finally catch my breath again. The Hawks headed to the locker room with the lead. 17 minutes later.... Second period started with a desperate kind of pace for the Lancers. Scraps started and penalties were given out. Hawks were on the Powerplay when BAM!! Favorite D-man comes through again with a PP goal. (INSERT WILD CROWD HERE) A bigger explosion from the crowd than the first two goals, or at least in my opinion, but maybe that's just because I was cheering so loud. Then back to locker room again still in the lead. Another 17 minutes... Third period begins and I could kinda tell the Hawks were comfortable with the cushion they had because it seemed between the second and third period the demeanor of the team had changed almost to where they were just trying to keep the lead that they had and being more aggressive toward the other team so they didn't have the puck as much. Periods ALMOST over and we get a penalty and go shorthanded. The Lancers pull the goalie so they have six skaters on ice. Penalty is just about over when a Hawk player winds up and takes a shot so close you can hear the TING the puck makes as it hits the post. Then a face-off and the Hawks take possession give the puck to the captain and.... HE SCORES! A nice empty-netter. Everyone kinda knows by now there's really not enough time to come up with a tie game so basically it's over, the Hawks have won the game. But, does that stop them from trying to score again NO. #18 Mike Huntebrinker gets the puck just in between the goalie's legs and we scored again. So if you lost track my readers the Hawks beat the Lancers 5-1 tonight and that is where the pride is beaming from. Just take this still as my example:

Three Stars of the game:

1) #27 Aaron Pearce(Captain/ a friend's favorite player ;P)

2) #3 Ian McCoshen (Assistant Captain/ Yours Truly's favorite defense man)

3) #1 Stephon Willams (goalie/ Happy B-day)

And one last thing for this evenings post before I say goodnight. Thank you to a very good friend of mine for pointing out that my all-time favorite Waterloo Black Hawks defense man and all around favorite player (all the same person btw) was at the game tonight. It made my night and maybe even my weekend! :)

                                                                            Until Next Time