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Colonel sparks comeback, for other team

The Colonel sparked a six goal comeback on Sunday. But it wasn't for his own team.

With his side leading 16-14 and seemingly on the road to victory having never trailed all game, the feisty forward unwittingly knocked a rebound under the pads of his neophyte netminder, Nibs. They never scored again, while their opponents capitalized on their good fortune by netting five unanswered goals of their own for a 20-16 comeback win.

"I think it was really big for us," said Snoop of his side's sudden reversal of fortune. "That sorta looked like it discouraged them a bit so we just kept pressing, potted a few more and ended up with the win."

"Colonel's own goal was the bounce we finally needed," said Smith, whose own wheeling and dealing in that furious final period had defenders running in circles. "You get the ball luck, then you get your feet going and then you get the bounces happening."

"It seems everything went wrong on that last shift," said Bird, of his side's final period collapse. "They came out running hard, shooting it at the net and everything went in."

For three periods Bird and his mates seemed to have the game well in control, taking the lead early and never relinquishing it. Nibs, making his first start in net after missing amost two months to recover from toe surgery, was solid, making a number of key saves to preserve their advantage while Unabomber piloted the offense with his powerful cannons from the point.

So when the Colonel scored on his own net, his mates didn't panic, they didn't worry.

"I don't think there was a sense of panic at first," said Bird.

But when their opponents kept coming at them, the wheels fell off. Quickly.

"The next thing you know, you're down by two late in the game and it was over in a matter of minutes," said Bird. "I was surprised they were able to put a run like that together that late in the game."

"Sometimes you've just gotta have faith," said Snoop of his side's unexpected victory. "We just kept plugging away, just kept taking the shots, going to the net, and they started to go in for us."

Posted by jaysuburb at March 25, 2007 07:50 PM