Monday, January 17, 2011

Funk, Kroo and Leafs bring the thunder to defeat Lightning

In a Sunday morning battle at KHS Ice Arena in Anaheim, the PW Leafs road into town and shutout the Beach City Lightning team. The home goalie was strong, or it could have been well into double digits. Here are some telling photos from the festivities! Everyone was all smiles after this one, as the boys were solid wire to wire.

Hayden Funk was flawless in goal, turning aside all that came his way!

Kroo was tough all game, including this sweet goal!

Shutout in hand, Hayden grabbed the puck!
Coach Peter shows his appreciation for the effort

In usual Teddy style, he celebrated the win with a post-game cross country ski lap--until the ref asked him to get off the ice before he got run over by the zamboni!





Here are some video highlights of the action. 


I counted 6 shots in the first period alone--yet the scoresheet showed less than that for the whole game! The shutout gets better by the minute! Nice hit on the ref--when the coaches say body, you're to avoid the big ones in stripes!


Period 1 in review

Period two saw just one shot on goal against Hayden, and it came from center ice..according to my unofficial eye, as I was on the far end. We saw a nice one timer by Danny, Noah picking the puck out of the air above the net, Kevin driving the net and crowding the netminder in the crease, and scoring on a nice backhander. Toma scored on a rocket and also an end to end rush as he does seemingly every game. Chris won puck battles with hits and body positioning as well, as about 95% of the period was spent in our offensive end passing and shooting at will.


Second period pressure

Just one more shot on Hayden in the 3rd, total of 8 in my book, and all were turned aside. Solid defense, puck control, few turnovers, maybe one or two penalties, and the Leafs had a shutout victory. At the end, the Hayden cam was on, showing the moment he began to celebrate with his team. Also, the debut of the Teddy-cam, as we isolated on him during a shift in the 3rd. Thank you Anaheim--and farewell!


Goalie cam, Teddy-cam, and .....







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