Another hard-fought and close game. We had beat D4 once last season and lost once, so we knew we were up against a strong team. We had 3 subs this time, so we were setup well. Joe was missing from the starting line-up, but Frank was a rare but strong addition.
In the first half, we got 0:2 down quickly after their strongest player (the blond guy) broke through our defense twice on the left side and fired hard shots. We had tons of 100% scoring opportunities but missed all of them. It was a matter of time to get on the scoreboard. We finally did by a nice goal from Thomas to go with 2:1 into halftime.
Beginning of the second half, we were under tremendous pressure for about 10 minutes but managed to hold on to the 2 scores. D4 got a blue card and we immediately scored on them (Frank from a nice freekick). We then went up 3:2 on another nice goal by Thomas. After a bit the ref called a 3-line pass against D4 and their goalie freaked out. He was aggressive from the get-go, but went off on the ref so he got a red card and probably a season suspension. Things heated up after that with fouls and talk. We played very poor in the 5 minutes we were one man up, so our powerplay needs some improvement. But we managed to score the 4:2 (Frank) which sort of clinched the game. With 9 minutes on the clock, we had turned the game. D4 fought back hard but we only gave up one more goal to win it 4:3.
A strong comeback and good morale. Nice game overall!!!
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