Salmonbellies advance to Minto Cup semi-finals
The New Westminster Salmonbellies beat the Edmonton Miners 9-2 tonight at Queen's Park Arena. The game remained scoreless until the eleventh minute of the first period, when Alex Turner placed one in the Miners' net, assisted by Curtis Manning and Eric Ross. By the top of the second period, the Bellies were leading 4-1. This score made me nervous, for in the game against Burnaby a few days ago, Bellies started going downhill in the second period, when the score was 4-1. (Not that I'm superstitious or anything...). By the end of the second period, the score was 5-2, but the Bellies were playing poorly, prompting goalie Craig Robertson to storm out of the arena yelling, "Let's wake the f*** up!" It just might have worked. At the top of the third period, when Robertson came off with a knee injury and back-up Sean Tessarolo went into net, the rest of the team picked up their game, getting four goals in three minutes and a final goal with just 12.4 seconds left in the game.
MVP for the Bellies was Jordan McBride (three goals and an assist), while Cole Howell, with a shorthanded goal and an assist, was MVP for the Miners.
And in the almost-irrelevant-but-highly-interesting department, kudos to the young guy who sang O Canada at the start of the game. We have no idea who he is, but the fans sitting in my section were all extremely impressed by his talent. Well done.
Tomorrow night, the Bellies take on third-place Six Nations Arrows Express. Stay tuned...
Labels: Edmonton Miners, Minto Cup 2007, New Westminster Salmonbellies
posted by Barbara K. Adamski @ 10:15 PM
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