Earthquakes vs. Chieftains

Despite losing to the #3 placed Chieftains in our two regular season games, last night the Quakes stunned the team we love to hate. We won with a 4-0 SHUT OUT! The first goal was set up by a deft backhand pass from James to Pete, who then buried it. Later in the period, a tussle for the puck in front of our net sent a Chieftain careening into goalie Jerry. His knee got tweaked, but he was determined to keep playing and are we sure glad he did! His saves got more and more amazing as the night went on. Not long after the start of the second period, we scored again when steadfast Bill worked hard to get the puck past the Chieftains goalie (we need to have Bill play up for often!). Joel scored our third goal on a wraparound, misplayed by the Chieftain's goalie. And our final goal came from Carl, unassisted, as he dashed all the way up from D to crash their net. It was a great effort by everyone, especially Jerry "standing on his head" for us. In the final seconds of the game a Chieftain had a point blank shot and Jerry made an amazing glove save, causing the player to shake his head in disbelief and congratulate Jerry on his shut out! Also important last night was that we didn't make any major mistakes, and we had a bit of luck too. It also helped having veteran Quake players John and Marcus up in the stands cheering along with our other fans.

Our next playoff game is Thursday the 17th at 9:30pm vs the Misfits. See you there!


---Capt. Keihl