A much needed 2 points there....

Bloody hell, we needed that win! After 5 losses on the bounce, a win was the only option otherwise any lingering hopes of mounting a charge for the regular season title would have been done for.

We didn't make it easy mind. The first period was shocking. We looked like a bunch of newbies, playing their first ever game together. Passes going astray, players out of position, and a look of general anarchy. Luckily for us, P'Boro could only manage 1 goal, meaning that there was still everything to play for in the 2nd.

And what a difference! A quick change into our road jerseys, and it was like a different team was on the ice. Big Ed was patroling the 'Courtenay Triangle' (c) (Thats bench, to blue line, to the crease, and back to the bench again), and looking like he had a goal in him. Mind you, he was doing it like he had been up all night doing animal tranquilisers, but still, he was doing it.

Fone was vastly improved on last weekend, and looked sharp, making some fine stops. Still too many fucking rebounds though. And the GB u20s line looked seriously fired up. 3-1 come the end of the period was a pretty good reflection on the team.

All the graft of the 2nd period was almost undone in the 3rd, when we took our foot off the gas, and allowed P'Boro back into it. Our D conspired to make Joe Miller look like a world class forward (he is an average player), and with the period finishing 2-1 in P'Boros favour it was off to the dreaded OT for the 2nd time in as many games.

Luckily for us we had Big Ed back, and he slotted the winner in past a visibly pissed off Wall, who proceeded to lie on the ice for a minute after the goal, then have a mini strop when he got up, hittting bopth the goalpipes, and the boards on his way off. OT also saw a very odd penalty. Defending a 4 on 3 PP, P'Boro took another penalty, meaning 2 minutes of 5 on 3, not 4 on 2. AFAIK, teams must have a minimum of 3 outfield skaters on ice at any time, hence the call.

And that was it. Still a lot to be improved on (the fucking D especially), but the important thing was the points.

Attendance was around 600-650, which wasn't bad given the shite weather and the fact it was a Saturday game.