The Flames hosted the Islanders Hockey Club at JFK Coliseum on Saturday morning in a repeat match up from last weekend. Manchester was able to get their offensive game going and skate away with an 8-2 victory.
The Flames moved the puck well, and set up several of their goals with nice passing plays. The team continues to have a lot of fun and improve on the ice. Later in the day, Manchester earned a 3-1 victory over Lakes Region in the Granite State League. I wasn’t there for the second game, but please enjoy these pictures from the morning game against the Islanders.
Austin follows through on a shot early in the game against the Islanders.
The long reach worked to get the puck but the Islanders goalie made the save.
Luke looks for a rebound in front of the net.
Drew skates the puck up ice to create a scoring chance for the Flames.
Logan fires the puck on net with Drew and Teddy ready for action.
Austin makes a sweet pass to the Mighty Fin for a beautiful goal at JFK.
Luke executes on the not so old adage, “You better check yourself before you wreck yourself”.
Drew shoots and scores. If you zoom in, it looks like Ian has the puck on his stick up by his hands.
Kayden was in net for the Flames and had another tremendous outing in the crease.
There are a lot of people after the puck, but there it sits, awaiting direction.
The good old “D to D” pass brought to you by Sir James.
Jax held this pose for a full minute just so I could capture this shot follow through.
The eyes have it, and Teddy along with the rest of the Flames were looking to set up teammates in their win.
Austin flips this shot over the goalie’s shoulder for a Flames goal.
James pulls off a skating maneuver he invented to highlight his laces.
Not a great picture of the whole scene, but kind of neat to see the puck in flight before a blocker save.
Ian parts the defenders with this move to the front of the net.
Ian looks at his options from Gretzky’s office.
Kayden drops into the butterfly position to challenge the shooter.
After several minutes the team was able to get Austin out of this frozen pose on the ice.
James lets a shot fly from the blue line.
Logan skates in off-wing and picks a spot with his shot, for a Flames goal.
This one got by Kayden as he was on his own against the shooter.
Gavin snaps the puck up ice and keeps things moving.
Theodore takes a glance for teammates before addressing the puck.
Jax cuts across the defense to try and get a backhand shot toward the net.
Colby circles and looks to make a clearing pass.
Everyone on the ice, off the ice, on the bench, and beyond cheered for Jordan as he put the puck in the net.
Somehow Austin shot the puck directly off of the post where it sat just long enough for Jordan to swat it into the net. Check out Jordan’s eye. Priceless.
These are the scenes that make coaches want to coach. This is why kids dream of playing and being the best of all time. Awesome moment.
