Opening Weekend: October 19-20, 2007
Friday: Mudbugs 1, Riverkings 2
Saturday: Mudbugs 4, Brahmas 5
Well, the Mudbugs’ opening weekend ends with a goose egg in points. Certainly not the way any of us wanted these first two games to go.
The team played a tight, defensive game on Friday night in Southaven, Mississippi, just coming up short with a 2-1 score in favor of the Riverkings. Playing with only four d-men certainly didn’t help, but, overall, I thought they did pretty good considering the circumstances. Elias Godoy got the best of Larry Sterling with a shot over his shoulder. Nice to see one of the new additions do well. And the one of the best parts of the game was hearing Travis Huntington announce All-Star Derek Landmesser missing not one but TWO empty net opportunities in the span of a minute or so. He may be good, but I think an eye test is in order for The Mess.
Last night, the upstart Brahmas came to town, winners of a tough 5-4 contest against the Austin IceBats. Emotions ran high and the tension meter could have blown off the CTC roof as the game began. 6200+ fans came to honor Dan Wildfong for his time as a Mudbug and then watch an exciting two periods of hockey. Yep, I said two periods because the third period was definitely not enjoyable from a Mudbugs fan’s perspective. Wildfong has made believers out of his team, and when they scored the go-ahead goal, their whole attitude shifted into overdrive.
Our Mudbugs did produce some excellent moments. Chris Brassard was on fire last night, scoring a hat trick by the second period, and sealing his right to the captaincy quite nicely. Darryl Lloyd had an excellent night, and Derek Miller and Jake Ortmeyer played very well, too. Unfortunately, 4 goals (one late in the third by Jumpin’ Joe Ori) wasn’t enough to win. The guys showed speed, grit, toughtness and talent, but they just couldn’t solve David Cacciola, which wasn’t too surprising. What was surprising was how the defense just seemed to fall apart halfway through the third period. Not sure what was going on, but I’m glad it’s not my problem to fix, and Coach Muscutt will see to that. Hope the guys are ready to work hard this week. We have to deal with these two teams again on Friday and Saturday. Let’s hope the Mudbugs can return the favors.
Saturday: Mudbugs 4, Brahmas 5
Well, the Mudbugs’ opening weekend ends with a goose egg in points. Certainly not the way any of us wanted these first two games to go.
The team played a tight, defensive game on Friday night in Southaven, Mississippi, just coming up short with a 2-1 score in favor of the Riverkings. Playing with only four d-men certainly didn’t help, but, overall, I thought they did pretty good considering the circumstances. Elias Godoy got the best of Larry Sterling with a shot over his shoulder. Nice to see one of the new additions do well. And the one of the best parts of the game was hearing Travis Huntington announce All-Star Derek Landmesser missing not one but TWO empty net opportunities in the span of a minute or so. He may be good, but I think an eye test is in order for The Mess.
Last night, the upstart Brahmas came to town, winners of a tough 5-4 contest against the Austin IceBats. Emotions ran high and the tension meter could have blown off the CTC roof as the game began. 6200+ fans came to honor Dan Wildfong for his time as a Mudbug and then watch an exciting two periods of hockey. Yep, I said two periods because the third period was definitely not enjoyable from a Mudbugs fan’s perspective. Wildfong has made believers out of his team, and when they scored the go-ahead goal, their whole attitude shifted into overdrive.
Our Mudbugs did produce some excellent moments. Chris Brassard was on fire last night, scoring a hat trick by the second period, and sealing his right to the captaincy quite nicely. Darryl Lloyd had an excellent night, and Derek Miller and Jake Ortmeyer played very well, too. Unfortunately, 4 goals (one late in the third by Jumpin’ Joe Ori) wasn’t enough to win. The guys showed speed, grit, toughtness and talent, but they just couldn’t solve David Cacciola, which wasn’t too surprising. What was surprising was how the defense just seemed to fall apart halfway through the third period. Not sure what was going on, but I’m glad it’s not my problem to fix, and Coach Muscutt will see to that. Hope the guys are ready to work hard this week. We have to deal with these two teams again on Friday and Saturday. Let’s hope the Mudbugs can return the favors.
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