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2014-02-07
Realty Partners and Alpines battle for 4th Place.
Mariners securing 3rd place?; Rinkrats and Moustache battle for 1st place; Realty Partners tied with Alpines for 4th place.The Secunda Mariners are a step closer to securing 3rd place, with a 9 to 4 thumping of the Wild Turkey's. Mariners' Steve Widmeyer led the attack with a 'trick and a helper, teammate Chris O'Donnell potted 1 with a couple of helpers. The Wild had 4 different goal scorers.
The fourth and final meeting between the Realty Partner Rinkrats and Your Fathers Moustache was a battle for 1st place. The Rinkrats holding a 1 point lead for top spot, increased it to 3 points with a playoff like game and a 4 to 2 win. The Rinkrats had 4 different goal scorers, 2 were shorthanded and 1 on the powerplay. Craig MacDonald got the game winner with 16 seconds left in the 1st period, opening up a 3 to 0 lead after the 1st. The Moustache rallied in the 2nd with 2 goals and a powerplay with 55 seconds remaining in regulation time, only to have Scott Leverman bury an empty netter for the 'rats. The win tied the season series at 2 wins each.
Realty Partners moved into a 4th place tie with a 6 to 3 doubling of the Dartmouth Alpines. After trailling the 1st period 1 to 0, the Partners scored 6 2nd period goals, 2 by Jordan Lind and Tyson Aalders led the way. The Alpines had 2 powerplay goals in the 2nd, but it was all they could mustard up.
Reminder to players, they need to play in 9 regular season games to be eligible for playoffs.