Grizzly Game Recap - Winter Game 2

Great big fucking win!!

Sorry for the profane language but on the post game call that was all the detail that was initially offered up. After some light prodding an avalanche of glorious tales poured out. The Grizz were taking on their nemesis from the controversial finals of last season. These two evenly matched juggernauts were back at each other's throats so early in the fresh campaign. What wasn't early was the Beer Guy. He got on the highway heading the wrong direction and ended up adding thirty kilometers to his voyage. On the other end of the spectrum, the match inexplicably started early. I'm sure due to the prodding of the Dekes to get an advantage. This cost him half the first period. But the Grizz are a team, not one man. In general anyways, because in Beer Guy's absence the Grizz captain rattled off a natural hat trick of long lasers that found twine. Beer Guy quickly suited up and the moment his foot hit the floor the Dekes tallied. Then for good measure, to ensure it wasn't a fluke they knocked in another to make it 3-2. Admiral Bonesaw got off the schnide next by answering with a marker of his own. In traffic, rather than feeding the nugget to a wide open Beer Guy he took an off balance weak wrister that drizzled through the goalie and found a home beyond the goal line. The game naturally started to pick up intensity as it went on, as it would with a budding rivalry such as this. The Beer Guy seeking to put his stamp on the game further knocked down an errant pass with his stick, he was isolated from the other players but the ball was above the waist and the shrill song of the whistle rang out. What followed was not a turnover of possession but a penalty shot, on which the Dekes capitalized to tighten the score once more. Shortly after this, the Beer Guy knocked the ball out of mid air again! This time though it was off a rebound, below the waist, and into the net. It was 5-3. Sheraz made it 6-3 next but the Dekes weren't done. Their gritty style resulted in two questionable goals. One were the net was clearly pushed off and another jammed in after the goalie thought the whistle had gone. The Grizz were determined to avenge their playoff tragedy and Beer Guy added his second goal with only thirty seconds remaining to act as insurance. The Dekes were in their own end, the most of them ran the floor looking for some quick break offence. The Beer Guy was pressuring the last man back as he tried to complete his outlet pass. When he made his clearing attempt the Beer Guy knocked it down and found himself alone with the tender. He calmly walked in, did a shoulder fake, deked to his right on the forehand and picked the top corner. All accounts have it being a beautiful goal. As it would turn out, the Grizz needed that goal to pull off the win because in the next thirty seconds the Dekes managed to notch another goal off a weird bounce again. The Grizz hung on in this intense battle. Things were getting out of hand towards the end as they do with these teams. There was some body contact and rather than letting the game slip away the ref handed out a yellow card and didn't break. The officiating was much better in this clash of these titans. But then again, it couldn't be worse than the last time they met. Come back next week for more on the Grizz.