During the Spring Men’s League session there is one week per year where the Missouri State players are out of town for Spring Break. The majority of A League teams are comprised of Mo State players so during this week there is a real lull in attendance. Team JD and Team Finnegans joined forces, along with the help of a few B League All-Stars, to have enough players for both games.
In the first game vs Ecker, Brian Moseley scored first by forcing the play behind the net, stripping a defensemen, and finishing on a wrap around. The game went to an 11-11 shootout after Team Ecker scored with 20 seconds in the game to tie. Team JD lost in the shootout.
In the second game Team JD/Team Finnegans won vs Team Sperr 11-6 in an easy contest.
After a decent 1st period the score was tied 3-3. Team JD let down as usual in the 2nd period, just to make things interesting. Going into the 3rd the score was 3-6 and Finnegans started to celebrate after every goal. This only served to make Team JD mad enough to score 6 goals in the 3rd period to win 9-6.
Scoring from the very first shift Team JD dominated the first period as usual. The second period was a characteristic letdown as Team Sperr rallied with a few goals to make the game close at 6-4. But in the 3rd Team JD turned up the heat, added 3 more to win a final of 9-5.
Eagle River, Wisconsin (February 12th-14th 2010) – Team Jack Daniel’s
Game 1 vs Dirty Beavers - Team JD came out unorchestrated and confused. Not accustom to playing pond hockey we were consistently in the wrong places at the wrong times. Due to a higher skill level we managed to keep the game close and ended up winning. WIN 16-12
Game 2 vs Mandy Badhattens – Again Team JD played a soft first half, but picked it up in the second to win by a final of 11-6. WIN
Game 3 vs Chicago Magic – A very emotional and hard fought game vs the Magic proved difficult for team JD. LOSS
After 3 games and a record of 2-1 team JD found themselves struggling for a playoff spot. With a +3 goal differential team JD found their way into the playoffs beating out another team with a +2 goal diff. So we made the 8th and final spot by one goal.
Game 4 – #1 seeded Goose Island vs #8 seed Team Jack Daniel’s – 1st round of the playoffs: The game was a rush from start to finish. With 3 min left the score was 7-7 and a goal with 2 min left gave Goose Island an 8-7 lead. JD was never able to tie it up and lost in the first round
In the finals, the Chicago Magic played Goose Island with Goose Island winning by one goal. It was a very close race and team JD will come back next year to claim the gold.
