Jan 3 vs Bedford

From the Milk Man (Follow him @ Chaimberg):

The Hanover Marauder boys rebounded from an early two goal deficit to tie the Bedford Bulldogs, but a pair of unfortunate plays and an empty net goal led to a 5-2 loss.  Kordell Lindsay (power play) and Jonathan Goff scored for Hanover, who gave up a power play and a shorthanded goal.

Bedford opened the scoring with a power play goal in the waining seconds of the first period on the rebound of a point shot.  The Bulldogs doubled their lead in the first minute of the second period, converting on a well executed two on one break.  Kordell Lindsay got one back on Hanover's first power play opportunity of the match. tipping in an Alan Baker point shot, with an assist to Benjamin Chaimberg.  Hanover struggled on their next power play chance, yielding a breakaway opportunity for Bedford that required Luke Ratliff to make a good save.  With Bedford still up by a goal, Hanover got into serious penalty trouble as two Marauders were sent to the box on the same play, but the boys did an excellent job of keeping the Bulldogs to the perimeter and limiting their shots.  Ben Acker looked like he had the tying goal, but after breaking in alone and eluding the Bedford goalie, he slid the puck off the far post.

  

Hanover entered the final period down a goal, but certainly buoyed by their defense on the two-man disadvantage.  Less than a minute in, Goff got the tying goal on a sharp angle shot from the left corner.  "I saw the goalie cheating towards the middle", said Goff, "and I thought a saw a space between his arm and the post". Hanover upped their attack and drew a penalty after a nice shift from Lindsay, Peter O'Leary and Will Smith.  On the ensuing power play, after the Bulldogs sent the puck the length of the ice, a Bedford player was able to steal it and wrap the puck around the side of the net for a score.  Bedford would capitalize on another miscue when the puck lay at the lip of the crease for what seemed like an eternity as goalie and defender expected the other to handle it.  Eventually the puck was batted free and the Bulldogs shot it into the open side. An empty net goal completed the scoring.

The boys get right back on the horse Monday night at home vs Concord - late start at 7:40.  Concord is 2-1 in the league, coming off a 5-1 loss to Nashua North their last time out.