Announcement

TBL PeeWee Central States

Posted by CHRIS TYCZKA on Feb 04 2011 at 03:30PM PST
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Affton, Mo – Soak it in folks. The Twin Bridges PeeWee A1 (26-6-3) took on a Central States PeeWee Minor team that is 17-6-3 at the Central States level and has been outscoring their opponents by a 2 to 1 margin, and they were ready.

The Twin Bridges team came out firing as Tyler Fechte opened the scoring just 40 seconds into the game with a huge blast from the point as Jacob Nickel used his massive frame to screen the Affton goalie.

The only thing missing was the campfire, as Jake Nickel was living in front of the Affton goalie, and it paid off 4 minutes later when he re-directed a Tyler Fechte missile from the point to give the Lightning a 2-0 lead.

Both teams put on a show as the first period was highlighted by end to end rushes, team speed, tape to tape passing, and All-Star goaltending as the teams combined for a season high 31 shots on goal in the first period. Dylan Haase stopped the first 16 shots he faced, many of the spectacular version, as the Affton team showed off their affinity for the one-timer.

It looked like the Twin Bridges team was going to roll over another opponent and head into the first intermission with a 2-0 lead until Affton forward Alex Chiodini stopped the premature celebration with his fifth goal of the year with 44 seconds remaining in the first period.

The Lightning looked stunned at the turn of events as they skated with the speed of a wounded animal in the second. Playing what can only be described as table-top hockey, the Lightning were outshot 12-4 in the second period with all 4 shots being of the weak variety from the point. Luckily, Dylan Haase kept his sleepwalking teammates in the game limiting the Affton team to 1 goal and a 2-2 tie heading into the third period.

The second period nap seemed to help the Lightning regain their dominant form as they returned to the practice of pelting the Affton goalie with shots. Trevor “The Minnesota Jet-Stream” Erickson decided not to pelt the goalie as he showed he can always get a job as a roofer with a shot lifted nicely up under the bar to give the Lightning what looked like a final 3-2 lead with only 4:42 remaining in the game.

Champagne corks were returned to their bottles though as Affton tough guy Chris Herbosa crashed the net and slipped in a controversial goal in a wild scramble in front of the Lightning net with 1:17 left in the game to even the score at 3-3.

You couldn’t be any prouder of this group of kids unless they finished as valedictorian of their dental school class. The Lightning showed the Affton team that while we may not be from Missouri, we are from a ‘Central State’.

Story Update: Jason Nickel – if Jacob is missing, I suggest looking for him in front of the net on the East end of the Affton Ice Arena.

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