Great start to the season! We came together and dominated last night's game for the final three quarters with solid team defense and goalie play, poise and patience possessing the ball, good scoring chances and an overall team effort with everyone playing their role. It was great right up until the point where the game was over and we had one less goal than the other team. Silver Sachems 3 - Sudbury Olde Patriots 4.
The game proved we can run with anyone in this league and we will definitely get our share of wins. In most ONELL games, holding a team to four goals is almost assures a win but, the Olde Pats had a very stingy defense with good goalie play. The keys for our future success will be to play in transition (both offense to defense and defense to offense) by getting the right personnel on and off the field.
On scoring chances it's more a matter of 'everything isn't always a fast break' and we need the patience to "pull it out," "turn from pressure" and restart the sequence. The highlights of the game included: the rock solid play of our goalie, John Tatusko, who yet again showed the importance of versatility; the effectiveness of Tom O'Rourke inverting from "X"; Juice's usual hustle on and off the field; and, the combination of Brian Crowley, Pete Davis and Luke Bauingo on the faceoffs. Scorers included: Steve Hooper, Tom O'Rourke and Juice.
Next up: South Shore Womps in Hingham on Tuesday, June 28th. The Womps historically are a fairly strong team and have been in existence for several years. In their just their second year as an O40 they have a lot of experience playing together...being a home game they will have a strong turnout of players and we will need to take our game to the next logical level.
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