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Lak Attack leads comeback sprint

Even as Sunday's game seemed to be running away from his team, Beetle Boy didn't panic. His side just had to start running.

And with the young speedsters Scrappy and Doo now joined by the fleet-footed veteran Lak Attack, who had started the game in net as regular rearguard Gump arrived late, they just that, scoring six straight goals to charge all the way back from an early 6-1 deficit to take their first lead. They never looked back, sprinting to a resounding 20-12 victory.

"We didn't have our legs going, we were just warming up," said Beetle Boy of his team's slow start.

The addition of Lak Attack seemed to spark his young linemates. Their scrambled attacks suddenly had new purpose and organization with the injection of the veteran centerman's leadership and energy.

"He's just so athletic," said Doo. "He makes us all play better."

"That was a big change," said Beetle Boy, of the goaltending change that came when his side was already down 3-1. "That gave us a solid goaltender and added a top scorer, so that pretty much revolutionized the team right there."

It also demoralized their opponents, who stood around flatfooted and mesmerized as they were repeatedly caught up court by the swift transition game of their fleet foes. And as those breakaways turned into goals, their gait slowed even more while the speedsters swelled with confidence.

"We just had the confidence that even if we had two people up and one person back, you just had that belief in each other knowing that it would be okay, the passes would come up," said Beetle Boy.

"Confidence is the key," said Doo. "Once we had that there was no stopping us."

They were like a runaway train.

Posted by jaysuburb at January 24, 2010 09:59 PM