Opponent: Wild
Result: Win 6 - 1
With Scotty held hostage
by Northwest Airlines, the Knights were on their own to
battle the Troy Wild with Assistant Coach Pete "Dave
Lewis" McDonald at the helm. The game proved
to be a yawner, but you wouldn't know if from the first
period. The Knights' PJ Macaskill scored just 26
seconds into the game with a fine wrister/slapper from
the point but the Wild tied it up soon after ... it wasn't
until there were 14 seconds left in the first period that
the Knights took the lead for good. Steve Benninger took
a pass from Pete McDonald and Mike Macaskill to give the
Knights a led they'd never relinquish.
The second period was
barely underway when Stevie B returned the favor to Pete
McDonald by setting Pete up for a beautiful goal.
The Knihgts never looked back after that. Terry (aka
Toe) Toland decided that it was his turn to score and he
took a pass from Tim Vanneste and fired it past the Wild's
goalie to make it 4-1 with just 27 seconds left in the
period.
Steve Benninger used the
third period to get his hat-trick scoring one goal
unassisted and one with the help of Mike Macaskill.
This put the Knights up 6-1, and it was looking pretty
boring and fans were starting to head for the parking lot.
Mike Macaskill decided that the fans shold stay to the
end, so with 4:01 left in the game he slashed a Troy
Wild player nad mixed it up a little and drawing the
games first "Game-misconduct" penalty. When
interivewed, Mike explained that he was wanting to get
the ho-hummed/complacent Knights whipped into a frenzy
for the next and final game against JOEY'S team .... The
6-1 victory and the fiesty Macaskill did just that -
prepared the Knights for a BIG night against JOEY !!!
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