The regular season kicked off for the Asnieres Hockey Club with a home game against Dunkerque. The team was hoping to revenge a couple of one-sided defeats from last year and the boys certainly came ready to play.
In the first period, we came out strong right out the gate and netted a quick goal on a delayed penalty within the first couple of minutes. Mika, one of the Finnish roommates, was the goal scorer as he banged away at the front of the net. Kind of a Ryan Smyth type goal. However Dunkerque were not about to fold up the tent and pack it in quite so easily as they played us hard. Midway through the first, we started to get into penalty trouble, and Dunkerque were able to capitalize on a broken play when they had a 5-on-3 advantage. After the first period, the score was 1-1.
In the second, we continued to take penalties (6 minors in the period) and as a result never could mount much of a sustained attack. When you are using all your energy to keep the puck out of your own net, it's tough to work on getting the puck into the other one. Dunkerque eventually grabbed the lead on the power-play. End of the second, 2-1 for Dunkerque.
We had our chances in the third, including a 5-on-3 powerplay for almost a minute and a half with under 4 minutes left in the game. We even pulled out goalie for part of it to make it a 6-on-3 advantage, but we couldn't buy a goal. In the end Dunkerque scored into the empty net with 1 second left on the game clock. Dicipline for us was again an issue as we 9 more penalty minutes we had to kill in the third.
Just a couple of notes about the game. I wore number 14 as my jersey is not yet ready for me. Mika is #40 for the year, while Andronik wore number 39 while he waits for his permanent jersey to be ready. The boys played hard and there are signs we can be successful in this league, although we will need to be much more diciplined in the future. Anyway, here is the video.
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