Written by With Christmas and now New Year’s Eve behind us, we all returned to Tri-Town Arena in a brand new year for the last game of pool play in the 2021 Winter Classic. The 2010 Flames played the Central Maine Hornets in an evening match up.
The Flames got their engines fully roaring by the second period an skated away with a 7-1 victory. Manchester scored two goals in the first period, before adding four more in the second period to put the game out of reach. It was exciting to see the Flames continue to gel, and to get contributions from every player on the ice.
I apologize for not getting into the detail that I usually do, but these games are piling up in a hurry. As it turns out, I have covered no less than 10 games since the day after Christmas between high school and youth hockey, and I barely know which end is up. Regardless of my coverage this 2010 Flames team has been playing some real good hockey.
Enjoy a few pictures. Click on them to open them up and zoom in.
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- The 2010 Flames gather to discuss strategy before their game against the Hornets.
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- Garrett and the Flames kept the pressure up all night against the Hornets.
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- Travis makes a save on a breakaway bid to keep the Hornets off the board.
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- I was just minding my own business, taking pictures of a hockey game, when this coyote kept flipping its’ tail up in front of my line of sight.
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- Just your every day average center ice face-off at the Winter Classic.
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- The Flames line up to shake hands after going 3-0 in tournament pool play.
Team scoring: Game 3: Saturday night at Tri-Town Arena.
Hornets: 0-0-1 = 1
Flames: 2-4-1 = 7
Flames scoring: Dunn from Diachenko and Lessard, Diachenko unassisted, Diachenko from Soucy and Lessard, Desruisseaux from Dunn, Warren from Gillies and McCain, Diachenko from Soucy, Desruisseaux from Beal.
Travis Ingalls (0 Goals allowed) and Will Rosenbeck (1 goal allowed) split time in net for the Flames as usual. They have become quite the tandem to contend with. They were not tested too much in this contest, but they always come ready to play.
The Flames finished the tournament pool play with a 3-0 record and enter the 4-team playoff as the #1 seed. They will play at 7:00 am on Sunday morning against the #4 Monarchs.