Series Two, Game One: 4/13/07: Bugs 3, Riverkings 4
Little did I realize that when Series Two, Game One was "start over from the beginning", the Mudbugs would take that literally. Complacency strikes again. Like I tell my students, I don't mark up their papers with red ink because I'm having fun, it's because I want them to see their mistakes, understand what they did wrong, and then make sure they don't make them again. If I'd had a red pen last night, it'd have run dry about 30 minutes into the game. Not a good thing.
In the first period, the Bugs got on the scoreboard early, thanks to Forbes MacPherson feeding the puck to Dan Wildfong for a crash-the-net shorthanded goal. After that, neither team seemed to want to step up. They both looked like they were sizing each other up in a game of pick-up hockey. I said to my friend "B", "Is this a playoff game? Because there's not much intensity out there." She agreed.
Going into the second period tied up at one, I had some doubts...which were fulfilled. The Bugs' offense stayed in the dressing room,and the Bugs' defense wasn't even in the building. It was embarrassing. Memphis's third goal by Derek Landmesser looked like he was demonstrating a lesson in camp: everyone on the ice just stood there and watched him have enough time and space for a Mack truck to drive between him and the goal. Again, a big red X for that one. At the end of the second, the score was an embarrassing 4-1 in favor of the Riverkings. The Bugs had been schooled.
I missed the start of the third period as I was working the booster club table, but I was able to see the replay of Karlis Zirnis's score. Zirny had a good night, but it wasn't enough. The team woke up; unfortunately, it wasn't soon enough. Twenty-five minutes of Mudbugs hockey does not a win make. Memphis did a good job keeping the forwards on the boards all night and they couldn't get anything going up the middle. Different problems for the Bugs, but the same results. Memphis goalie Kevin Schieve wasn't really tested. All in all, a really frustrating night of watching for the Mudbugs' fans.
Tomorrow is another day, with no mistakes in it. Let's hope the lessons presented last night sink in, and our Bugs come out and realize they need to play sixty minutes of playoff hockey. Don't make me get out my red pens, guys.
In the first period, the Bugs got on the scoreboard early, thanks to Forbes MacPherson feeding the puck to Dan Wildfong for a crash-the-net shorthanded goal. After that, neither team seemed to want to step up. They both looked like they were sizing each other up in a game of pick-up hockey. I said to my friend "B", "Is this a playoff game? Because there's not much intensity out there." She agreed.
Going into the second period tied up at one, I had some doubts...which were fulfilled. The Bugs' offense stayed in the dressing room,and the Bugs' defense wasn't even in the building. It was embarrassing. Memphis's third goal by Derek Landmesser looked like he was demonstrating a lesson in camp: everyone on the ice just stood there and watched him have enough time and space for a Mack truck to drive between him and the goal. Again, a big red X for that one. At the end of the second, the score was an embarrassing 4-1 in favor of the Riverkings. The Bugs had been schooled.
I missed the start of the third period as I was working the booster club table, but I was able to see the replay of Karlis Zirnis's score. Zirny had a good night, but it wasn't enough. The team woke up; unfortunately, it wasn't soon enough. Twenty-five minutes of Mudbugs hockey does not a win make. Memphis did a good job keeping the forwards on the boards all night and they couldn't get anything going up the middle. Different problems for the Bugs, but the same results. Memphis goalie Kevin Schieve wasn't really tested. All in all, a really frustrating night of watching for the Mudbugs' fans.
Tomorrow is another day, with no mistakes in it. Let's hope the lessons presented last night sink in, and our Bugs come out and realize they need to play sixty minutes of playoff hockey. Don't make me get out my red pens, guys.
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