ECHOES IN STEELERS DRESSING ROOM

There was plenty of empty coat hangers in the dressing room as only 7 Steeler skaters put on the black and gold and took on 14 ex-Blues who came into the game in 2nd place in the division. The depleted line up adopted a defensive dump and don't chase strategy for most of the contest, however if it weren't for some very impressing net minding by MA Pouliot in the first period that strategy may have had to be changed very quickly. Pouliot stopped 20+ point blank shots in the opening frame only allowing one goal. In fact the first two goals were the result of some very long stints of time where the Steelers were trapped in there end and unable to clear the puck - this resulted in shots turning into rebounds, botched giveaways and deflections that simply found their way into the net.

Mike Didulka (although the sheet doesn't show it yet) gave the Steelers some hope to start the 3rd with an early period goal burying a wrist shot past a surprised (barely awake maybe) ex-Stars goalie. Unfortunately and understandably with only 7 skaters the Steelers could not muster much pressure at all on the night against a fully stacked (and quite capable) opponent. The ex-Blues added a late one to ice it, but overall, not a bad effort considering it was a one-goal game for most of the night.

Scoring Summary:

Didulka G 1 (2) A 0
Romaniuk G 0 A 1 (7)

Absent from the game were:

McCartney (Montreal - business trip), Rubin (gig), Serdan (back), Lam (new Lam), Garner (sniffles), Lindsay (out of town), Warkentin (teacher asked him to stay after school), Beausejour (no freakin' clue - nowhere to be found)

Next game is on Tuesday Jan 29th at 9:15pm vs the Strangers

Known scratches for next game:

Lam (baby Lam), Garner (hot sun - getting rid of the sniffles), Nichols (function)

Let me know if you will not be able to make it.

Cheers