Game 4 - HSC's first ever blogspot.com Plopp Cup Championship

We found out late last night that our opponents, the Porvoo Hunters decided they were too scared to play against a Canadian team and were not coming to Pajulahti for our game today. The boys were very disappointed, so the coaches decided to draft teams for an intrasquad White vs Purple game with very high stakes. It was agreed that the losing team would have to jump into the freezing cold lake. Coach Moffatt also decided the game deserved its very own trophy, and fashioned the blogspot.com Plopp Cup out of a couple of old boxes, half a water bottle, a deflated soccer ball, a bunch of aluminum foil and a Plopp bar (a ploppular chocolate bar over here with a deliciously interesting name). The game was even blessed with a special guest referee to oversee the gameplay. We played two 30 minute run-time periods with all penalties resulting in a penalty shot, rather than 2 minutes shorthanded. The white team appeared dominant early, controlling the puck and moving it up ice with some slick passing leading to a goal a few minutes in. Purple answered back shortly after and the teams went back-and-forth throughout the first, ending the period 5-5. Despite the relatively high score, starting goaltenders Josh Prodger and Andrew Albini both made some amazing saves, including a double glove save by Albini where he saved one, but the rebound came out into the slot and he saved that shot with another glove save as he fell backwards into the net. Video review showed the puck did not cross the line, despite the insistence of the attacking team. Off the ensuing faceoff, the white team moved quickly down the ice and Eric Gordon found himself on a breakaway. Prodger stopped that attempt and then made an impossible diving outstretched stick save on Jeff Joynt's attempt at the rebound. The play continued end-to-end in the second period and with mere seconds left in regulation, the purple team tied it up at 10 due to a controversial call by the ref. This prompted a full-team shootout competition, with the team scoring the most being declared the winners. Both goalies shut down the first 2 shooters. The teams then exchanged goals and misses, and with 2 shooters left each, the purple team was up 3-1. David Kwant was next up for white and needed to score in order to keep his team alive. Albini made the save and the purple team rushed their goalie in victory.

Congratulaions to team Purple (Moffatt) on winning the first (and only) blogspot.com Plopp Cup Championship.

Purple (Moffatt)                               White (Moore)
Andrew Albini - 34/44                      Josh Prodger (the birthday boy)- 37/47
Scott Mulvey - 1 goal                       Eric Gordon - 3 goals
Will Kelly - 2 goals                           Jeff Joynt - 2 goals
Daniel Fulton - 1 goal                       Greg Ippolito - 1 goal
Kal Harber                                      Colby Parsons
Matt Gledhill - 2 goals                      Matt Adams - 1 goal
Lucas Fracassi                                 Brenton Urban - 1 goal
Anthony Tolfa - 2 goals                    Niall Currah - 1 goal
Brett Lawrie - 2 goals                      David Kwant - 1 goal
Griffin Dowd                                   Carson Hobbes