Scrimmage v Eagan, Part 1

Last night we scrimmaged against Eagan, a fast skating team that knows how to pass. They may have played a better game than we did. Certainly,through most of the game up until about 3 minutes before it ended the score of 4-2 in Eagan's favor would tell that story.

But the Spartans came fighting back. With 3 minutes left to go, Coach Jake McCoy waved goaltender Andy P. back to the bench. Six skaters on the ice could change the momentum. After a few tense moments, during which it looked at least once like Eagan would have a breakaway and goal on an open net, the Spartans scored. After sending Andy P. back to tend goal, the game resumed. But the tide had turned for the Eagan team, and we scored again. And here's the final score:



There will be a few posts with photo hightlights, but not until late this afternoon at the earliest. I hope to get at least one done before the scrimmage tonight. See you at the rink!

Addendum: it turns out the description above is not quite accurate. Coach McCoy did pull goaltender Andy P. off the ice with three minutes left to play, but it was the fourth and tying goal that was scored, not the third. At least, that's the way many of the other spectators remembered it.