2003-04 Bantam B - Regular Season Game 2 Details vs. Santa Rosa

11/8/03 - Cougars remain undefeated with a 2-2 tie against the Santa Rosa Flyers.

Period 1
The Cougars second game of the regular season started with some great offensive chances from the starting line of #11 Nathan Ellison, #7 Max DeLance, and #25 Alan Reese. The second line followed suit with chances from #10 Alan Nguyen, #26 Brian Townsend, and #27 Brett DeLorenzi, but the Santa Rosa goalie was able to keep the Cougars off the board. The Santa Rosa Flyers were a very physical team, and the Cougars found themselves having to pick up the checking part of the game. Cougars got great goaltending from #20 Eric Berner, who kept the Flyers off the board until late in the period. Santa Rosa scored on a scramble for the puck in front of the net. The Cougars came right back and scored a goal of their own from #10 Alan Nguyen.

Period 2
The second period started out with good pressure from the Cougars forwards, and great defensive plays at the blue line. This period proved to be just as physical as the first and the Cougars found themselves in penalty trouble. The Flyers scored on their fourth power play opportunity of the game. Cougars got some great defensive play from #47 Jordan Fragoza and #88 Derek Green at the blue line, and #20 Eric Berner, once again, came up big for his team to keep the game close.

Period 3
Cougars started the third period with a little added jump and were able to score a minute into the period on a beautiful pass from #77 Rickey Niday to #14 Josh Bautista, who hammered it past the Flyers goalie. Cougars had to kill off a 5:00 minute penalty halfway through the period but the Cougars defense was outstanding. The period was a back and forth, pins and needles kind of game, with both teams having several good scoring chances. Cougars once again had some penalty trouble at the end, but were able to hold on for the tie. (The Cougars did have a goal go in the net late in the period, but the ref had already blown the whistle.)

Summary:
Outstanding effort from #9 Jeff Adams, both offensively and defensively. #64 Shoshana Levine had a great game, with several shots on net from the blue line. #10 Alan Nguyen had another outstanding game. The Cougars lines were shuffled this week, but I thought many of the lines had great scoring opportunities - starting to see some chemistry out there! Next game - tomorrow in Roseville. Let's Go Cougars!