Acker. Goff. Acker again. Williams (1st career goal!). Logan. Starr. Zinman. Acker 3rd time. Lehman, and Lehman again. The most explosive offensive output from a Marauder squad in several years. Assists to Smith (3), Logan, Stadheim, Wilson (2 each), and single helpers by Morhun, Bailey, Starr, Goff and Dodge. An astonishing 13 different names appear on the score sheet, a testament to the well balanced, relentless attack.
Only a brief first period lapse in puck management in the defensive zone, coupled with an aggressive Norhegan forecheck and a quick snipe past Loud's glove hand spoiled the clean sheet and what would have been an otherwise near perfect performance.
Hanover led 2-1 at the first intermission, after Captain Goff jammed home the puck with 24 seconds to play in the first. The late goal must have energized the boys during the break, because they exploded with 6 goals in the second period to put the game well out of reach.
The comfortable lead allowed Coach Dodds and his staff to roll all the skaters and give some well earned rest to a few of the stalwarts who have been logging major minutes in recent games. The third period came with running time, and 2 goals from David Lehman inserted in the middle of one of the newly configured lines.
Before long, Mr T was warming up the brand new "coach style" yellow bus and offering tours to curious onlookers. The big diesel doesn't have quite the roar of the Viper V-10, but for the returning Marauders on a close to perfect road trip, it was just fine.
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