Feb 03, 2013 | TGEORGES | 903 views
Huskies Steal Home
No pun intended here as the Huskies stole two invaluable points on home ice during their last regular season game at Chedoke’s faithful venue where family and friends gathered to watch the team determine their own fate as they faced Brantford in a confrontation that would ultimately brush the final stroke on the canvas of Hamilton’s well-drawn season.
While the Huskies did open the scoring, an all too familiar feeling of uneasiness kept the crowd on their toes as they cheered during the ping-pong exchange of goals that through physical play and unprecedented opportunities had the home team in possession of a slight advantage. Clean breakaways, purposeful passing and sharp shooting were but a few of the tools used against the 99ers to offset several man-deficiencies, while the net-minding was as equally efficient. A scoreless nail-biter of a third period concluded a two-game winning streak which provided the Huskies with a victory that temporarily places them in fourth in the Eastern standings, but more importantly secures them tickets to the show in the prestigious Alliance Playdowns to begin later this month.
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