As previously mentioned, Game #1 of the playoffs featured the hometown Castors welcoming the Mulhouse Scorpions in what would prove to be a very tough hockey game. Once again I was playing the role of cameraman as I continue to wait for my ribs to heal. The first period started with both teams feeling each other out as we were unfamiliar with each other as Mulhouse played in the South Division this year while we played in the North. The pace was fairly quick, however each team was pretty cautious and kept the opponent to the outside in their defensive zone. Finally after about 10 minutes, Franz Ehrhart created a turnover in the Mulhouse zone which led to him sweeping in a rebound for the 1-0 lead. Mulhouse quickly responded on the powerplay a couple of minutes later and the period ended with the teams even at 1-1.
In the second period we seemed to relax a little and actually relaxed a little too much as Mulhouse scored four quick goals with the first nine minutes of the period to jump out to a 5-1 lead. The team would not quit however and we responded with two goals by Paul Manushin and Emelien Rouyer near the end of the period to make it a little closer heading into the third.
To start the third period, the team knew we needed a quick goal to start the comeback and we got from Andronik Bourret just twelve seconds into the period. With the score 5-4, I could smell the comeback victory. However it was not to be as Mulhouse scored a bad angle goal that I'm sure Tommi would love to have back. This seemed to really take the wind out of our sails and Mulhouse is a dangerous team to be playing with no life. The Scorpions pressed their advatange and scored three more goals to leave with a final of 9-4.
It's back to Mulhouse for Game #2 of the series this Saturday where we will need a big effort to overcome and move on to the next round of the playoffs.
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