Written by It has been nearly a month since I wrote about this team, the 2010 Flames. A lot has happened since the last article but let’s just start with this. I hope everyone had a very Happy Thanksgiving. I find that there is always something to be thankful for.
I only took pictures at one of the games this weekend, against the Greater Boston Vipers on Saturday at JFK Coliseum. I took 99 pictures so my wife cooly said, “You got 99 problems, but hitting the net isn’t one of them”. Haha! I laughed. Truthfully though, the Flames did have an awful lot of scoring chances over the weekend, and even though they scored 8 goals in three games, they probably could comfortably scored another 8 goals on ‘front of the net’ chances.
Even so, the 2010 Flames played three very competitive games against three different teams. They played the Greater Boston Vipers, the Northern Cyclones, and the Upper Valley Storm. The Flames won early on Saturday morning, 4-2 after trailing 1-0 after the first period. The Vipers are a good time, always trying to move the puck. Their coaching staff impressed me by the way they handled their players during the game. Always teaching, staying positive, and trying to establish good habits with the team. Sunday morning, also early, the Flames lost to the Cyclones, 1-0 in a very good game. The Cyclones are good team, they skate very well, and defend the their end of the ice with gusto. Sunday afternoon, the 2010 Flames played their first GSL (Granite State League) game against Upper Valley. The Storm took an early lead and held a 2-0 advantage after the first period. Manchester came back with a monster middle period, and managed a 4-3 win in an exciting game from start to finish. This should be a good match up any time these two teams meet.
Here are my brief box score summaries of the games from the weekend:
Team Scoring: Saturday morning.
Vipers: 1-0-1 = 2
Flames: 0-2-2 = 4
Flames scoring: Warren from McGee, Panitz unassisted, Powers from Desruisseaux, and Desruisseaux from Beal and Casimiro.
Will Rosenbeck 1 goal allowed, Travis Ingalls 1 goal allowed. Both played well.
Team scoring: Sunday morning.
Cyclones 0-1-0 = 1
Flames 0-0-0 = 0
Flames scoring: none.
Rosenbeck 1 goal allowed (Cyclones power play), lots of saves. Ingalls 0 goals allowed, lots of saves.
Team scoring: Sunday afternoon.
Storm 2-0-1 = 3
Flames 0-3-1 = 4
Flames scoring: Desruisseaux from Dunn, Casimiro from Dunn and Warren, McGee from Beal and Hawkes, Petrie from McGee and Beal.
Rosenbeck 2 goals allowed, some incredible saves. Ingalls 1 goal allowed, also some huge saves.
Here are some pictures from the game against the Vipers at JFK. Please enjoy.
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- Travis slides over and gets a piece of this shot, sending it wide.
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- The Vipers scored on this play after breaking in and behind the D with speed.
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- This shot was a high hard one and Alex took one for the team, blocking the shot.
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- This is just after the shot hit Alex.
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- The Flames had a bunch of these chances all weekend. Garrett sent this one just wide.
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- Finley sets her trap, feet moving, in front of the offender, a poke check waiting to happen.
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- Travis slides to the right and gets a piece of this shot, sending the puck up and over the net.
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- Brayden carries the puck into the O-zone and gets a shot away.
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- Jacob lets a shot fly form the right wing against the Vipers.
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- Sean races through center ice only to find an unusual obstacle en route to the net.
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- Travis and Finley look things over after fending off another rush.
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- This is just Travis showing off some of his moves in the middle of the action.
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- The Flames get back on D in front of Travis.
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- Caleb fires a shot toward the net, while Sean, Garrett, and Soucy run their secretly designed play.
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- Soucy carves out a nice place for him to play the puck.
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- Andy takes a tough angle shot and nearly beat the goaltender with it.
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- Alex breaks into the high slot for a shot attempt against the Vipers.
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- Travis closes his eyes and gets ready for impact on this mask save.
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- This shot beats the glove but goes just over the crossbar.
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- Teddy gets behind the D but his shot is snagged by the goaltender’s glove.
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- Even the teams’ youngest fans get a little fired up about their team.
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- This is another example of how it looks when I reach for the dinner check, just can’t reach it.
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- Cam got caught up in a series of really tough spins during a game of Twister.
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- The Flames had some good chances to score throughout the weekend.
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- This puck just decided to hang in the air just wide of the post.
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- Jordan takes the lead and starts the rush out of the defensive end.
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- Brayden fires a shot from the slot.
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- Cam, Teddy, and Jacob had plenty of chances to score on Saturday morning.
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- Just another face-off picture, from JFK Coliseum.
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- I got the drone out to catch a glimpse of the Freight Train in action.
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- Gavin turns the corner as he surveys just where his services are needed next.
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- Coach Nick leads the team in some Christmas carols from the home bench.
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- Will ends up making a nice save on this break in by the Vipers.
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- In the end, the Flames earned a solid, 4-2 win over the Vipers.
One photo, from my phone, at West Side Arena after the Flames beat the Storm, 4-3.