Alexandria Bay - Matt Anthony was all set in Net for the 1000 Island Privateers. Breton Lindoff starting in Net for the Danville Dashers wasnt so prepared in the 1st Period as the Privateers took only 2:03 to put the First Goal on the Scoreboard. Adam McAllister from Ryan Pearson, Brad Pawlowski. A few minutes later saw a pack in front of the net with the Dashers feeling a goal only to have it waived off by the Ref. No one seemed to hear a whistle that apparently was blown just seconds before the puck crossed the line.
The First Period saw alot of Hard Hits, good saves by both goalies, a few penalties and of course 2 fights. The first between Pawlowski and C. Affinati. Returning to the game the second goal at 11:41 saw Smulders pass the puck to Akeson. Akeson and Kelly two on not even the goalie as the goalie came way to far out of his crease and Akeson passing puck to Kelly went right by and into an Empty net. The next thing seen by most was a spear in the back of Akeson by J.Pace and of course not seen by Ref. The two exchange some words when Affinati comes skating across, drops gloves and throws a punch at Akeson who drops the mitts. Akeson hits Affinati with about 6 punches only to have Affinati being the smaller of the two take advantage of his size and throws some uppers from down below taking Akeson to the Ice. Now this is what I didnt understand and it comes back to the Ref issue. Akeson receives 2 for roughing and the 5 for fighting. Wait did I miss something. Like everyone there wasnt it AFFINATi who dropped them and came hunting Akeson with the first punch thrown??? The first period ended 2-0 with the Privateers outshooting the Dashers 16-9.
The 2nd Period began with the Dashers on the Power Play. Just 16 seconds in Tippin (serving Akeson's roughing penalty) jumps onto the bench in time for McAllister to hit the Ice and receive a pass from Smulders and takes to the Net making it 3-0 Privateers. The Dashers continued to play hard and didnt appear to be giving up. The back and forth play continued when Levac on his second breakaway of the game gets hooked by Affinati leading to a Penalty Shot for Levac. The Puck awaited Levac at Center Ice. Picking it up and heading for the net Lindoff awaited the shot stopping Levac from scoring as the puck went off his right pad. The Arena got quite for a bit as the second period appeared to go into slow mode...With 2:46 left the Fans came to there feet once again. McAllister and Hunt drop the gloves and both players throw punches back and forth. McAllister getting Hunts shirt over his head didnt stop Hunt from continueing. They appeared to go down and continued until broken up by the linesmen. McAllister appeared to come away with the win. End of 2nd 3-0 and again Privateers outshoot Dashers 17-7.
The 3rd Period saw the Privateers start on the Power Play. Just 1:16 Barr gets a shorthanded goal unassisted with the Dasher's fianlly on the Board 3-1. A minute later the Privateers answer with there 4th goal of the game from Byrd assisted by Richard and Bazin. Kobayashi coming back hard came close to scoring but was stopped by Anthony. Once again both teams skating the rink Barr again scores with Huggett and Affinati briniging the Dashers within 2 with over 10:00 still to play. A few more penalties drew the end of the game closer. With less then 3 minutes to go some frustration showing from the Dashers saw both teams bunched up like rats in an Ant trap. Pushing and shoving and face's planted a little to close brought several penalties. Winchester wih Slashing and Boarding, Akeson -Roughing, Hunt- Roughing and Yakura Roughing and 10 for Throwing his stick. With a minute left the Dashers pulled the goalie to have McAllister ( Richard, Byrd) get a hat trick with an Empty Netter ending the game with the Pirvateers winning 5-2.
Danville never stopped. They played a Great Game and although skated away with another loss they sure didnt show the Privateers they were a team that should be taken lightly. Both teams went 0-5 on the Power Plays. Once again I have to say that watching this game made me wonder about the Ref's. There were several slashing calls that seemed to have the Ref's look the other way. Some other incidents that should have been called but again looked past. Before someone gets really hurt someones eyes better open up. I dont like to be a sideline Ref that I think I know it all. But when it happens right in front of them and they do nothing really makes me wonder. Here's hoping moving forward something inproves.
Article by Karen Brown
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