~ B2 Game Recap - Game 7 - 01/24/06 vs Fireants - 5/4 OT Win

Tuesday night D5 was desperate for a win needing to get back into the playoff hunt. Unfortunately they faced the always difficult and 1st place Fireants. Adding to the problems D5 was short staffed with Dave Aloi, Jason Ferreira, and Brian Flynn all scratches. With a team of 5 and a keeper D5 hit the rink.

In a tough fought first half D5 was able to able to strike first on a goal by Erich Harger. A series of D5 penalties, ending with D5 player Dan Mokrycki being ejected, left D5 down a goal, as the Fireants netted two, and with only 4 skaters. The remaining D5 skaters would have to play the rest of the game. D5 was able to tie the game up going into the second half on a goal by Matthew Gould.

The second half started off tough as the Fireants attacked D5. D5 goalie Chris Dragotta kept D5 in the game by coming up with some real key saves. Using this D5 was able to attack when opportunity struck with a second goal by Matt Gould. This put D5 back up by one. The lead was short lived though as the Fireants wore down D5 and scored two goals. Desperately needing a spark D5 defenseman Erich Harger came to the call scoring his second of the night to knot the game at 4's. In the final minutes D5 used a series of stoppages and their time out to recoup and prepare for overtime. Some great saves by D5 goalie Chris Dragotta kept the game tied heading to overtime.

In the opening minutes of overtime D5 withstood the Fireants heavy attack until D5 was able to pounce on an opportunity and D5 forward Matt Gould capped his hat trick with the overtime winner.

This was a huge win for D5 in a very well played and hard fought game. Importantly the win put D5 into a tie for the third and final playoff spot. D5 plays each of the other three teams in the league once more, so the next few weeks promise to be some very exciting hockey. Get your tickets now.....

Of Note:
Shots on Goal: D5-29 / Fireants-33

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