Friday, May 14, 2010
More from Brandon . . .
SECOND PERIOD: The Spitfires are eager. They’re on the ice with two minutes left in the intermission. . . . Don’t forget that this is one of the few arenas with the players’ benches on opposite sides of the ice. The penalty box is right beside the home team’s bench. That won’t be a factor tonight because this game is over, but it may figure in somewhere along the line. . . . It can be quite an advantage when a home-team player is penalized and is one stride from his bench, while an opposing player has to get all the way across the ice to his bench. . . . Kudos to whomever is responsible for the scoreclock/video screen in this facility. It’s tremendous. Hey, Kelowna, when is your turn? . . . Brandon has made a goaltending change. Jacob DeSerres is in for Andrew Hayes. . . . The announcement is made and the crowd roars. . . . First shot DeSerres sees beats him over the shoulder. It’s 6-0 and the second period is only 1:45 old. . . . Schenn, Glennie and Calvert lose their assignments in the defensive zone and it’s 7-0. . . . Brandon D Darren Bestland is back in the lineup after a lengthy absence. He is wearing a fullshield to protect an injury that apparently needed surgery to repair. The team has never given an official explanation as to what happened to him. . . . The arena is awfully quiet now. . . . The loudest cheer came when the NHL score — Philadelphia 4, Boston 3 — went up on the board. . . . Windsor has doubled the Wheat Kings in shots — 30-15 — with 5:18 to play in the period. . . . There appear to be some empty seats that weren’t there when this one began. Fans either have gone home, where they can watch the end and listen to the dulcet tones of Peter Loubardias on Sportsnet, or they’re drowning their sorrows somewhere in the facility. . . . Whoops! Make it 8-0. . . . Windsor scores off the rush. . . . And now Brandon scores. Finally, the fans have something to cheer about. . . . The forecheck creates a 2-on-1 deep and it’s 8-1. . . . It’s F Aaron Lewadniuk with the goal, if you’re keeping track. . . . Windsor on the PP. Point shot. Rebound. 9-1. . . . The record for most goals by one team in one Memorial Cup game? It’s 11. The Quebec Remparts beat the St. Catharines Black Hawks 11-3 on May 10, 1974, in Calgary, and the host Regina Pats dropped the Cornwall Royals, 11-2, on May 8, 1980.