Game #7 vs The E.T. Talons of Nanaimo

What a great hockey game ! There were 80 fans,a wonderful rendition of Oh Canada sung by Lorinda Bedard,two energetic evenly matched teams and great sportsmanship exemplified by all players tonight.In this game the final score was secondary to the spirit in the building.Both teams played hard yet there was a real friendliness that carried forward after the game into the dinner.
In tonights Believer's 5-2 win,Ryan Hollett was doing it all.He scored 3 goals and added 1 assist while still showing his solid defensive abilities.The line of Dennis Nadon,Dr.Dave Welch and Paul Brown showed great chemistry tonight keeping the Talon's continually hemmed in their own zone.They were +10 collectively.The strong defence of Matt Stark,Scott Hess,Ken Dame, the aformentioned Ryan H and the athleticism of goalie Sean Pogue kept the potent offence of the Talons to a mimimum.The duo of Steve Laidlaw and Greg Hess did a great job officiating.Anne Olsen and Cindy Nadon looked and sounded like seasoned veterans in the scorekeepers box.
At the halfway point of the season,the Believers are 5-1-1.The next 3 games are crucial to the teams momentum for they begin on Tuesday against the Christian Reformed Church who handed the team their only loss of the season.Saturday against Courtenay Baptist,and sunday against Glad Tidings of Victoria will not be easy.Both teams have many experienced players and aren't planning to travel all the way to Chemainus to lose.Capt.Marty knows that the team must play one shift at a time but with different players stepping up each night,great teamwork and team chemistry improving game by game,the best is yet to come ! Way to work together Boyz !