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It's a Monday Morning

2015-01-26

A cold January,...     Monday morning. You've worked the entire weekend     and still managed to make it out to the hockey rink     for the game. Nobody cares about your work, because     everyone has their own stories about work. Besides,     you don't really go out to the hockey games to talk     about work, you're out at the rink ...

A cold January,...
    Monday morning. You've worked the entire weekend
    and still managed to make it out to the hockey rink
    for the game. Nobody cares about your work, because
    everyone has their own stories about work. Besides,
    you don't really go out to the hockey games to talk
    about work, you're out at the rink to enjoy hockey.
 
    So, it's Monday morning, you're fortunate to have
    a day off. You were too tired Sunday night, so you're
    going to write a byline Monday morning. Now, you're
    looking at a list of subjects you've started, but not
    finished: Connor McDavid, Brick Wall Willis, Don Kohlman,
    Eye of the Tiger, Don Cherry, Jack Eichel. Over a
    dozen projects started, but it's going to take time to
    finish them. You want to be insightful on your articles,
    so this time,.... You're winging one.....
 
    The Fond du Lac Bears ventured South this past
    Friday to Monroe to challenge the Blues to a league
    game. Bears' #27 Tyler Grebe lit the lamp first, about
    7-1/2 minutes in, as #24 Robbie "Red" Coleman and
    #17 James Goodfellow assisted. Less than 45 ticks
    later, it was #17 Goodfellow finding twine, as #24
    Coleman and #27 Grebe assisted. With about 5 minutes
    remaining in the 1st period, Monroe narrowed the
    margin as #7 Travis Rayala connected on passes from
    #11 Gottlieb Brandi III and #10 Jason Johnson.
 
    As the lights went up on the 2nd frame, the Bears
    held a 2-1 lead until, the Blues knotted at 2 all with
    about 5 minutes left,.... When #14 Casey Davenport
    rang one up with assists from #12 Ryan Roeming and
    #11 Brandi III. But then,... The Bears exploded. #11
    Shane Sabel visited the red light district with 4 minutes
    left, as #19 Ryan Smet and #23 Cody Sokolik collected
    assists. Less than minute later, #17 Goodfellow notched
    his 2nd of the night, as #24 Coleman and #7 Casey
    Holmes assisted. About 90 seconds later, it was Bears'
    #29 Nick Janoska finding net, as #11 Sabel and #18 Aron
    Holmes assisted and the Bears held a 5-2 edge heading
    into the 3rd.
 
    Bears' #27 Grebe tallied his 2nd of the night 3:10 into
    the 3rd, with #9 Terry Kalata adding the assist. Blues'
    #7 Rayala collected his 2nd of the contest with 7:49
    remaining, as #10 Johnson and #12 Roeming assisted
    to close out the scoring. The final: Bears 6, Blues 3
 
    Saturday night found the Bears at home in a big time
    match up with the high scoring West Bend Bombers.
    This turned out to be a big see-saw battle all the way
    to the closing moments.
 
    Bears' #23 Cody Sokolik got the crowd going 2:45 in,
    lighting the lamp, as #24 Rob "Red" Coleman and #20
    Tom "Big Cat" Glomski assisted. the Bombers evened
    it as #21 Steve Klug found twine 9:06 in as #23 Joe
    Lampman and #18 Tomas Jilemenicky assisted. The
    Bears surged ahead with 8:00 left as #3 Joe Blagoue
    connected on a #25 Ryan Blick pass. The Bombers
    drew even less than 2 minutes later, as #10 Tanner
    Tryggestad broke free unassisted on a power play,
    and then surged ahead 95 seconds later on another
    power play as #11 Trevor Graham connected on passes
    from #14 Steve Panas and #21 Klug. The Bears evened
    the score at 3 all with about 1:19 left as #10 Cory George
    found twine, as #19 Ryan Smet and #16 Mike Mathwig
    assisted.
 
    2nd period, same battle. West Bend notched first, as
    #11 Graham broke free unassisted on a power play
    about 13 minutes in. The Bears evened it about 40
    ticks later as #3 Blagoue tallied his 2nd of the night
    as #25 Blick assisted. West Bend surged ahead about
    2 minutes later on a,... power play, as #3 Shae Klitzke
    connected on an #24 Russell Johnson pass. And
    still, the Bears drew even with 2:31 remaining as
    #25 Blick found twine, as #3 Blagoue assisted. Wow!
 
    3rd frame, 5-5 tie... Bears struck first as #23 Sokolik
    lit the lamp on a #18 Aron Holmes pass 1:58 in. Bombers'
    #22 Ben Jarenko rang up a short hander on a break
    away pass from #7 R.J. Rick with 12:04 remaining to
    even it, and the forged ahead as #24 Johnson found
    twine on a #3 Klitzke pass about 90 seconds later.
    But Bears roared back about 90 seconds later, on
    a power play,... as #27 Tyler Grebe lit the lamp as
    #10 George and #19 Smet assisted. 1:46 left, Bombers
    #9 Dan Shilts found twine on a pass from #21 Klug.
    The Bears rallied, pulled #1 Willis for an extra attacker.
    Yet Bombers #3 Klitzke, got just enough stick on the
    puck and just enough space on the ice, empty net
    goal with 1:09 remaining. Final: Bombers 9 Bears 7.
 
    The Bears are at home next Saturday against DePere
    before venturing South to West Bend Friday February
    6th. The Bears thus far:
 
    4-2-0  (8 points)  League        13-4-0  Overall
 
    Elvis "the Growl" of the Fond du Lac Bears
 

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