ACES Unload On The Road

The FLYING ACES headed west last night for their first out of league contest verses the newly formed Patriot league. The Patriot is comprised of 6 teams. The BUFFALOES, the MULLIGANS, POWERTIME, the PREDAMATES, the REGULARS and SMOKE. Last night the ACES battled the MULLIGANS. For those who are not in the know, the MULLIGANS are the SHAMROCKS minor league affiliate. Both teams share the Clover Arena and a whole mess of players.

Mike Gianetti brought the Ace Case, Bill Marcolini was a healthy scratch and Eric Kusznier was on IR for a lower body injury. Team doctors say Kusznier will be a game time decision for the ACES Tuesday night SHAMROCK contest.

On the frozen floor the FLYING ACES pounced and then pounced some more

The game was a blurred combination of heavy fire power, great saves, odd man breaks and terrifically tactical defense. And your FLYING ACES were holding most of the good cards. Mike 'The Machine' Petersen and Kyle 'Turbo' Turner (game winning goal) were the first two ACE strikes for a quick 2-0 lead. However the MULLIGANS were able to get one past 'The Brick' to cut that lead in half. And that score did hold up for the remainder of the first, giving the illusion of a close game. But the second period was all ACE. Well defensivly all ACE. The boys in Black spent half the period killing off penalties by C. Jones, B. McCabe and K. Smith. I should also mention that for the entire period there was little to no vacancy in either teams penalty box. And in the end, of the 2nd that is, Steve 'Leap'n Leprechaun' Leoszewski, blasted a one-timer into the MULLIGAN net for his first of the season and the 3-1 lead. Then came the third period. O my brothers, I tell you it was like 3-1 for the longest time, then me, your Humble Narrator, I like viddied the most amazing thing. Kevin 'From the Heavens' Smith, scored three goals real horrorshow in like a very small amount of time. They call it a hat trick. And that must have tied or broke some sort of league record for fastest three by one. An any case, the FLYING ACES were not through. ACE Captain, Darren 'Rolling Stones' Jones, midway through the third, from the bottom of the circle, flew toward the MULLIGAN net. The MULLS goalie came out to cut down on scoring options. But this was not affective. Jones deked forhand, skated past and scored backhand. "The actual play was really a combination of ACE advice." Jones told reporters post game. "During period break 'The Brick' told me to use lateral movement to beat this goalie. Throughout the game, three times mind you, Petersen told me to get infront of the net. These two pieces of advice combined with my world class dangles were enough to take it back hand for the goal."

The First Star Patch went to Steve Leoszewski for his goal and three assists. D. Jones took the Johnny Ace Cap for his inspiring play of the game. Turner had 3 assists, Petersen had 2 and Smith had 1. According to the stat sheet, Matt 'Donny' Donahue had a great body check and Derek 'Dream' Weaver was +4 on the night.