Satelites down 2-1 against the Fish

The North Winnipeg Satelites played to their largest crowd of the season but crowd support is not enough to beat the Fish who handed the Satelites a 6-2 defeat.

The 1st period was where the Satelites had to take over the game as the Fish were definately not ready to play. The Satelties did not do themselves any favours as an early 5 on 3 shorthanded situation for a full two minutes coupled with an additional 5 on 4 for another 2 left the lines not able to create any energy in the first ten minutes. Ryan LeClaire was stellar early on to keep the Satelites in it. shots after 1 were 11-9 Satelites and no score.

The second period saw the Fish come out with a more aggressive attack and that seemed to back the Satelites up into their own end and eventually Selkirk put one in as Shayne Fredborg  gave the Fish a 1-0 lead. A too many men call led to the Fishermen's second goal with 2 minutes to play and the teams heading into the dressing room with the Fish leading 2-0. Shots in the second were 13-8 in favour of the Fish.

The third period saw the Satelites come out flying and it paid off as Bruce Hoban punched in a loose puck 49 seconds into the 3rd. Selkirk notched one shortly there after to maintain the 2 goal lead only to see Gary Duszak and McKenzie Richardson create a beautiful shorthanded marker to make the game 3-2 with 12 minutes to play. From that point on the Fishermen out hustled, out hit and out scored the Satelites as they picked up three unanswered goals to win 6-2 and take a 2-1 series lead.

The Satelites will now have a couple of days to find some character before Saturday nights contest at the Mosi against the Fish or the season will be ending fairly soon.

Go Satelites Go

The Satelties would like to congratulate the Sisler Spartans who will be playing in the Winnipeg Free Press High School Final today at 5:45pm against the West Kildonan Cougars. The Satelites have four affiliates playing on the Spartans. Good Luck Boys