Aviators have no Defense for the Warriors Attack!

Only 2 seconds in the game and round 1. #12C M. Atsoff of Brooklyn and #19LW A.Mahfouz dropped their gloves and each earned a Major penalty for their efforts. I would have to call it a draw, even if Mahfouz ended up on the bottom of the two man pile up!

Had to call Rodney and let them know that there wasn't any audio for the webcast. Only had to call three times this viewing, from bad cables to dead batteries. They did a pretty good job and the camera work was pretty good too.

FIRST PERIOD fast skating during the first period and only one score during the first twenty minutes. #17C N.Corbeil found the A's net with assists from #91C S.Deschatelets and #26RW P.Dagenais. It was a pretty even match up to the end of the first period. This made the score 1-0 in favor of the Warriors.

#23RW M.Delisle  was sent to the sin big for trying to clothes line #38G J. St Piere with his stick. He was awarded 2 minutes for a slash, what a cheap shot that was. Business as usual...

SECOND PERIOD saw the Warriors strike two more times. The first was with 17:29 left by #26RW P.Dagenais, with assists by #19C S.Deschatelets and #17C N.Corbeil. 

The second hit came with 11:31 left in the period by #14LW M.Beauline. This was a short handed goal and a pretty one too. The A's gave the puck away in their own end and paid the price for their Faux Pas! This made the match 3-0 in favor of Akwesasne.

THIRD PERIOD saw five goals and the action was picking up a bit. The first score was by Warrior #10C D.Tessier with 17:35 left in the match. #19LW A.Mahfous and #23RW M.Delisle earned assists for that score,4-0 in favor of the Warriors.

The A's finally were able to penetrate the goal tending of #79G A.Vincent. he was playing one hell of a game last night. #14C J.Dabkowski with help from #12C M.Atsoff and #9RW N.Petriello made the first marker for Brooklyn and saved a shut out. This was a power play goal and made the match 4-1 Warriors.

Third score of the period was by #10C D.Tessier of the warriors with 8:27 left in the game. This made the game 5-1 Akwesasne.

Fourth score with 7:18 left was by Brooklyn's #2RW M.Thomson with an assist  by #20C J.Felten. This made the score 5-2 Warriors. After this score Warriors #14LW P.Bilodeau earned a charging penalty on #20C J.Felten. #14LW P.Bilodeau only has #20C J.Felten by five inches and twenty pounds, guess he couldn't find anyone smaller to try to injure?

The fifth and finale score came with 1:36 left in the game. #2RW M.Thomson earned his second score of the game. This was a power play goal with assists going to #12C M.Atsoff and #23RW A.Scampoli. This made the finale score of the game 5-3 in favor of the Akwesasne warriors.

I must give credit where credit is due, kudos to #79G A.Vincent of the Akwesasne Warriors. He played a great game and made some super saves for sure. If it wasn't for him the score would have been a lot different! The Warriors took both games this weekend from the Brooklyn Aviators.

SHOTS ON GOAL: BROOKLYN 66  AKWESASNE 34

PENALTY PLAYS: BROOKLYN 2 FOR 11  AKWESASNE 0 FOR 5

PENALTY MINUTES: BROOKLYN 15 FOR 6 PENALTIES                                                       

                            AKWESASNE 57 FOR 15 PENALTIES

Article by Clifford F. Zeman