Wounded Moose win the CAN/AM Niagara Falls Tournament!

Game 1

Wounded Moose 5  Shamrocks 4

In a tight battle, the Wounded Moose were able to edge the penalty laiden Shamrocks 5-4 courtesy of a 3rd period goal by Jay Stevens at 11:24.  Stevens, who earlier took an unsportsmanlike penalty for diving, regained his composure to take a pass from Younks and slide the puck home.  Other notables saw Rookie (Sturgeon) tie the game up at 1-1.  In the surprise of the game, Russ "Interweb" Klein scored from a beauty pass from Meneksas to make himself relevant.

Goals: Sturgeon, Klein, Vezina, Nugent, Stevens

Vez Attempts the GB Kokomo's Maneuver!

In what can only be deemed a sign of respect, Vez attempts to recreate the amazing GB-Kokomo's Vegas story!  Only Vez knows the ending, but one thing is for sure, he get's an A for effort!  Rumour has it that as he tried to make his way back from the Keg where he met a bunch of friends for a great meal, a GREAT F'ING MEAL, Vez started to walk back to the Ramada where he was staying and literally sh-t himself.  Luckily, Coach Aldo had a spare pair of pants, although they were bigger than what Vez needed.  In the end, Vez made George Brett proud!

Game 2

Wounded Moose 5   Old Devils  1

After a close battle in their tourney opener, the Wounded Moose settled in after a night of tenderloin and cruised to a 5-1 victory over the Old Devils from Hanover, ON.  Wounded Moose veteran and recent returnee Damian Lastoria was the games first star with 2 goals, including the game winner.  While our very own Johnny Van played a great game (screwing up the shutout), the Old Devils keeper Don Lewis was peppered with 49 shots from the Moose (versus 22 on Johnny Van).  With the victory the Wounded Moose guaranteed themselves a Sunday game to fight for either the whole shabang or 3rd place!

Goals: Lastoria (2), Vezina (2), Stevens (2), Meneksas


Game 3


Wounded Moose 7  Oilers  7

With both teams 2-0, this was being billed as the championship game before the championship game!  Both teams needed a win, or face the fate of potential tie-breakers to decide if they would get into the final show!  The Ajax, ON Oilers looked dominant in both their games, outscoring their opponents 10-3 previously to the game.  The Moose came out flying with a 2-0 lead on the backs of goals by Horbatuk and Lastoria, but this was countered by the end of the 1st with 2 from the Oilers.  The Oilers continued that into the second with a quick goal, coming just 0:40 in, clearly taking advantage of the resurgence at the end of the 1st.  That lead didn't last long as Sturgeon scored and Lastoria scored his team leading 4th goal of the tourney. The back and forth play continued and the Oilers Curtis "I bend over for many" Badowski took one to many penalties and saw himself tossed from the game.  Not to be outdone, Russ "interweb" Klein got himself an ejection for taking on the reject from Ajax.  At the end of the game, the score was 7-7, shots were 37-35 in favour of the Moose.  In true fashion, the grudge match on Sunday will declare the champion!

Goals: Horbatuk, Lastoria (4), Sturgeon (2), Meneksas (2), Vezina (3), Myska


CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Wounded Moose 4  Oilers  0

Oh all hail THE WOUNDED MOOSE!!!!  Champions yet again, this is becoming a grand tradition! Defending their Niagara Falls title, the Moose were thrilled to win, and DOMINATE their opponents from Ajax, ON.  After having them tie it up in their last meeting, the Moose decided to exact their revenge and utterly dominate and get the shut-out.  Superstar J. Van Tuenenbroek earned his shutout and got the Moose the metal!  The improved play from Lake Placid is being rumoured to be due to a lack of our #1 fan, Frank, being in attendance giving the thumbs down to our goalie. In the end, Coach Aldo lead the Moose to another victory and got a contract extension immediately following the win for a 25 year term.  Congratulations to The Wounded Moose and we look forward to greeting them back at Chesswood this summer where they look to continue their amazing play!

Congrats boys!!

Goals: Stevens (3), Vezina (4), Myska (2), Nugent (2)