Posts on ‘January 10th, 2009’

If tonight’s game between the Brooklyn Aces and Hudson Valley Bears at the Ice Time Sports Complex had a promotion, it would have to have something to do with the Twilight Zone.

At 17-2-2, the Aces are coming off a rare loss and at 2-16, Hudson Valley is coming off of an equally as rare win.

So with both team’s current predicaments spoken for, the questions become simple ones. Do the Aces have the strength to bounce back after a tough loss to a gritty and driven Danbury Mad Hatters team and have the Hudson Valley Bears finally found out what it takes to win this season?

Because of these questions, this game should be an entertaining one, as both teams have everything to prove, with the Aces trying to get back on track and the Bears attempting to make a statement that they aren’t ready to lay down for the rest of the season.

Players to watch-

On a night where the entire EPHL was shocked by a rare Hudson Valley Bears win, the Danbury Mad Hatters pulled off an equally impressive feat when they beat the Brooklyn Aces 6-5 in overtime Friday night at the Danbury Arena.

The way the did it was even more shocking however, as three powerplay goals on the usually stellar Brooklyn penalty killing units paved the way for that victory.

Scoring three goals through the first 26:13 of the game on tallies by Erik Kent, Igor Karlov and Stephen Schofield, Danbury looked to finish the Aces off early. Brooklyn then made it a hockey game when they got a pair of goals 1:10 apart from Eric Frank and C.J. Tozzo at 8:13 that cut the Mad Hatters lead to 3-2. 4:10 later however, Danbury got two goals within 48 seconds as Hank Carisio and Karlov scored to give them their three-goal lead back at 5-2. The scoring in the period continued after a Mike Thomson marker with just 1:42 remaining that cut the Hatters’ lead to 5-3 going into the final period.