Written by I don’t know what happened over the four hours that elapsed between the Flames 9-1 loss in game two, and their 2-1 win in game three, but it was absolutely awesome to watch. The 2010 Flames were literally everywhere on the ice, shift after shift. The team’s energy was contagious and their play was inspiring.
Game 3 featured the Flames against the Gilmour (Ohio) Gladiators. The 2010 Flames took a 1-0 lead when Caleb Powers put a heavy shot on goal and the rebound came out to Gavin Petrie who put the puck into the back of the net. Gilmour tied the game at 1-1, late in the second period on a shot from the right wing circle. The Flames had speed and intensity going all game long. This combination led to five penalties called on Gilmour with all of them being penalties that impeded the Flames from skating away from their opponent. The fifth one paid off for the Flames when Sean McGee scored from Soucy after a face-off win. The shot came from the left wing and hit the Gilmour goaltender inside the left pad and slid through the five-hole for the game-winning goal.
I know that the Flames were playing a different team in game 3 than they were in game 2, but the energy, intensity, and total buy-in to a cause bigger than any of them individually was not only palpable, it was downright inspiring! Just four hours after a 9-1 drubbing, the Flames came back with a vengeance. The 14U Flames coming over to the boards to take up cheering and chanting for the younger Flames certainly added fuel to their fire. It was a lot of fun to watch. The win allowed the Flames to finish the round-robin play as the #2 seed. The 2010 Flames earned a rematch with Gilmour (#3 seed) in the second Semi-Final the next afternoon.
Flames scoring:
1) Petrie (1) from Powers (1).
2) McGee (1) from Soucy (2).
Travis Ingalls and Will Rosenbeck split time and were excellent in net for the Flames!
Please enjoy some pictures from the action of the second game on Saturday. Click on the gallery and then on the individual pictures to get in close.
This is a Soucy Section from Game 3 against Gilmour. Just because.
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- Andy Soucy was everywhere, and so were the rest of the Flames.
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- Soucy gets ahead of the pack and into the O zone.
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- Just for fun, Soucy played a little ‘how low can you go’.
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- This shot almost went in, and almost landed on Pear Tree’s stick. Chances.
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- Soucy invited himself into the Gilmour crease party. He was a hit!
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- Having the time of his life, Jacob was skating free and easy.
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- Teddy gets into motion at the drop of the puck.
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- Jacob came by to ask me a question but he didn’t stick around long.
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- Cam came sprinting by en route to a loose puck in the corner.
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- Sean put a good hard shot on net against Gilmour.
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- Soucy made the shot-pass and it hit the goalie, then skipped past Gavin.
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- What a difference a few hours made. But that extension cord is right out of the “Man’s Electrical 101 Workbook”.
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- Travis had a little skate-about where he went looking for a shot on net. The search came up empty.
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- Gilmour had a good chance here but the D and Travis combined to keep the Gladiators off of the scoreboard.
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- After the previous picture, Travis mused, “I had better keep an eye on The Mighty Fin!”
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- Known for his motivational chats. Sought after around the country for speeches lasting 45 seconds or less, Coach Nick brought down the bench on his way to another mic drop and exit to a standing ovation.
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- The Flames led after two periods while kids lined up to be ‘watched’ by Jackie.
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- Teddy centered a pass for Cam but it never got through.
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- Cam saunters through the offensive zone nonchalantly, but his eyes tell a different story.
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- Jordan is all business on the offensive zone face-off.
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- Caleb rips a shot toward the net in the final moments of Game 3.
The Flames celebrate with Will and Travis just seconds after they pulled out an inspiring 2-1 win over the Gladiators.