One way or another, this is the last tilt of the season. At the end of the game, either the Comets or the Victorias will hoist the Strat Cup!
The Comets came out shooting, peppering Bowse Hutton with an astounding 17 shots in the first period alone. The Vics' netminder was equal to the task, preserving a scoreless tie until, late in the frame, Cyclone Taylor scored to put the Vics on top. And then, less than a minute later, he scored again. In the veritable blink of an eye -- in Strat-O-Matic terms, it was on consecutive cards from the Action Deck -- Taylor had given his team a two-goal lead.
Reeling from this sudden onslaught, the Comets came out flat in the second. Vics winger Frank Rankin tallied to make it 3-0, and then several crucial plays unfolded in a matter of minutes. First, Frank McGee missed a wide-open net (the game mechanic in that situation gave him a 90% chance of scoring with no opportunity for the goalie to make a save), choking in a crucial moment that could have put his team back in the game. At the other end of the ice, Fred "Steamer" Maxwell of the Vics had a breakaway but failed to score on Percy LeSueur. After these two close calls, Taylor took a penalty. On the ensuing power play, Billy Gilmour scored to breathe some life into a dejected Comets team. (As an interesting side-note, both of these teams feature potent power plays, but this was the first goal in the entire series that either team had scored with a man advantage.)
Tomorrow night I'll play through the second half of the game...and a champion will be crowned!
The Comets came out shooting, peppering Bowse Hutton with an astounding 17 shots in the first period alone. The Vics' netminder was equal to the task, preserving a scoreless tie until, late in the frame, Cyclone Taylor scored to put the Vics on top. And then, less than a minute later, he scored again. In the veritable blink of an eye -- in Strat-O-Matic terms, it was on consecutive cards from the Action Deck -- Taylor had given his team a two-goal lead.
Reeling from this sudden onslaught, the Comets came out flat in the second. Vics winger Frank Rankin tallied to make it 3-0, and then several crucial plays unfolded in a matter of minutes. First, Frank McGee missed a wide-open net (the game mechanic in that situation gave him a 90% chance of scoring with no opportunity for the goalie to make a save), choking in a crucial moment that could have put his team back in the game. At the other end of the ice, Fred "Steamer" Maxwell of the Vics had a breakaway but failed to score on Percy LeSueur. After these two close calls, Taylor took a penalty. On the ensuing power play, Billy Gilmour scored to breathe some life into a dejected Comets team. (As an interesting side-note, both of these teams feature potent power plays, but this was the first goal in the entire series that either team had scored with a man advantage.)
Tomorrow night I'll play through the second half of the game...and a champion will be crowned!
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