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Ex Game 4: Terminators
On a rare warm day of the season... the ice conditions were a little slicker than expected, but the puck didn't like to stay flat. A rematch of last year's division teams was in the mix. A late game day decision put Degrave between the pipes as Knights continue to stop rumors of Ted in a contract dispute. "There is no goaltender controversy. Ted has been signed and both parties are happy with the situation.", commented Rondingo before Thursday nights game. The entire team played in this one with Scott and Blaine taking part in their first game of the year. The game started in the Knights favor on an early goal by Steve to put the Knights up 1-0. The game became 2-0 on a Rich top of the circle shot that hit the defender in front of the net watching Stepper to deflect in. Once the second period started, the Knights found themselves in penalty trouble, which seemed to follow the Knights throughout the game. A penalty shot was once awarded to the Terminators after a great diving save by Steve to catch the breakaway chance and hitting the puck first. The penalty shot turned away by Ray anyways. The penalty kills were superb by the Knights and it lead to a breakaway goal by Stepper after Rich continued to put the pressure on the defence to give up a bad pass. The Terminators found the net in the second to cut the lead to 3-1. The lead became 3-2 before Steve squeaked one in to get the lead back to 4-2 in the third. The Knights completely colapsed again and the score was 4-3. A late shot at an empty net by Stepper missed, but Steve was there to get the puck and a miscue with Scott allowed the Terminators to walk up the ice and score with 16 seconds to tie the game 4-4. A clean win on the draw to Cory to shoot it up the boards to the Terminators corner where Stepper sprinted to the puck and fed a perfect pass to a streaking Scott to deflect it in the net and pull out the win 5-4! What a finish! Wendel Clark was not in the stands for the game, but early impressions are encouraging in Dingo's and Golinski's improvement.

Ex Game 3: Transcona Classics
Game 2 was a complete reversal of the first game. The Classics goalie was from the old school with his classic Grant Fuhr (circa 1981) mask. The mask probably got in the way though, the game was 2-0 before the first line got off the ice. The snow continued throughout the game, but the Knights didn't take mercy on the Classics. The shots on net were on the Knights side and apparently Cory went to the hospital with "slapshotitis" after hammering the net with shot after shot. He is day-to-day. With a knee injury to Adamus, the D was down to 2 guys (Blainer still hungover), but that didn't change a thing. After complaining to himself for shooting the puck into the goalie's chest all the time, "maybe i should have the foam targets in the corners to shoot at", OVL dazzled the fans soon after the comments were made. After pulled the puck out in front to the net, Steve does the spin-a-rama and picks the top corner. With the injury to Adamus, OV (geeks scout) put on the purple jersey... yes the purple jersey! Paparazzi photo inserted below. Well... after getting the puck, he fanned on a pass immediately... the Knights have since demoted him back to the minors... I mean Geeks. Rondingo and Golinski were having a tough time in this one. From falling to the ice in front of the Knights bench (Rondigno) to getting nothing on wrist shots for Golinski. The crazy duo have been sent to the Wendel Clark Hockey Camp to help on their imbalances. The faceoff combo of Steve and mark got nearly everything... 85% of the faceoffs was estimated. There were several great plays which included Steve on a one timer goal, a breakaway goal by the Stepper for the hat-trick, the defensive wall of Degrave and Cory and Horn in net to shutdown the Classics... with the snow now layering the ice, the final was 8-1.
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 Ex Game 2: East Side Bucs
With a constant snow fall all day... the idea of a game without snow on the ice was gone. The zamboni cleared the ice just in time for the snow to make its way back on. By the end of the first period the ice was covered again! So goes the life of a spongee game! With the conditions set, the Knights were looking to play their first in a week. At hand were the East Side Bucs. Goalie Ted was sent down for conditioning to the minor league affiliate, Brent Horn get the call up from the Geeks. The game was in the Bucs control for the most part b/c of great passing and keep away from the Knights and they score the first of 3 straight goals early on. The Knights finally figured out the wall in the pipes for the Bucs as Step was able to score in the slot after everyone kept banging away. This was little too late for the Knights though in this game. The snow made passing and shooting the puck extremely tough and on this night the knights were outclassed, but only for one game! Hornville was the master in the pipes for the night with a "Geeks" scout, OV, on the sidelines watching trying to figure out how to save the Geeks season before it becomes a disaster! Make the final 4-2 Bucs after a late goal by Rich!

Ex Game 1: THC
The drop of the puck to start the 2005-06 campaign with here. Mark focused on winning the first draw to set the tone of the season. And by winning the draw, the season was off to a good note. 3 players on the injury block before the game even started. Stevie Y battled the symptoms of the bird flu (concussion) was on the bench coaching. Scott is on the IR with a knee injury and was MIA. Blainer, the latest acquisition to the Knights was hung over after signing the contract to play with the Knights. The Knights started quickly and were all over the place, but lacked shots on net. THC found a guy breaking free on the breakaway and scored on their first shot of the game basically. Not the start the Knights wanted. THC made it 2-0 in the 2nd after the Knights failed to clear the puck multiple times from their own end. The Knight found the scoreboard on a long breakout pass by Stepper to Dingo and a laser wrist shot beat the goalie. Dingo now has 4 goals in 2 games. The Knights tied the game before the 2nd was over on a point shot by Cory, which missed the net, but bounced off the back boards and Mark was able to pull it out front and pot home the goal. The Knights seemed to have THC on the ropes for most of the game with the great defence of Degrave, Cory and Brian (sub). With the multiple stops and clear out passes, the Knights capitalized on another great play from Ron to Golinski to the back of the net. But before the game finished, THC got a fluky goal on a point shot and tip-in to beat Ted to tie the game. The first game for Ted was successful. Coach OVL response to how the Knights played, "Yes, was very impressed with the positioning, breakouts and patience we displayed last night. Geeks would have benefited from watching. Maybe time for me to make the transition to coaching, like Gretzky."