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Purple Haze vs. Sabres on Sat, Jan 10, 2015 |
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Sunday, January 11, 2015 |
It was a Saturday night heavy weight matchup between the powerhouse 11-2-0 Purple Haze and the rock solid 10-3-0 Sabres that resulted in an eight goal outburst.
The Sabres #17 Andrew Leveque sounded the horn twice with the opening two goals of the game to get his team a solid 2-0 lead. #14 Ryan Matthys assisted on both goals while #9 Brandon Forbes and #77 Matt Halladay each had an apple as well.
#77 Dave Bryan responded as soon as possible for the Purple Haze just 40 seconds later with a huge shorthanded goal to put his team within just one. #25 Thomas Mintenko and #14 James King both helped out. Not even three minutes later it was #25 Thomas Mintenko's turn to score to tie up the game with just 32 seconds left before the end of the first period to take the game into the first intermission with an all important tying goal. #14 James King also collected his second assist of the night already.
The second period opened with a quick goal from the Sabres #9 Brandon Forbes with assists from #14 Ryan Matthys and #17 Andrew Leveque and closed with a late Sabres goal from #14 Ryan Matthys and another assist from #17 Andrew Leveque.
With just over three minutes remaining in the game #12 Dustin Graham rifled in a top corner goal to put the Purple Haze within just a striking distance of one. #25 Thomas Mintenko set up the goal for his third point of the night. However the Sabres soon responded with a late powerplay goal with just 46 seconds left on the clock by #14 Ryan Matthys with assists from #9 Brandon Forbes and #77 Matt
Halladay to add the insurance marker to take home the win. Share: CAHL on Facebook | CAHL on Twitter
A game of inches. The Purple Haze goaltender #31 Kyle Rainaldi was oh-so-close to stopping the Sabres #9 Brandon Forbes at the start of the second period. #31 Kyle Rainaldi finished the match with an amazing 40 saves.
The Sabres goalie #30 Ryan Machado not only made the first stop but then on what looked like a sure goal reaches out to make an incredible glove save on the rebound which was shot right from his net's doorstep.
Speedster #19 Matt Hoang carries the puck for the Sabres into the attacking zone on one of his patented rushes during the opening frame.
Another shot. Another glove grab for the Sabres goaltender #30 Ryan Machado.
Purple Haze goalie #31 Kyle Rainaldi makes an awesome save on an as-close-as-you-can-get shot from Sabres forward #19 Matt Hoang.
Sabres goalie #30 Ryan Machado makes a big blocker stop and knocks the puck harmlessly out of the way in the final period to help seal the win. |
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