2-0 and an early PK in the second.
Still 2-0 thru two. Penalty free period at Pegula.
90 seconds in and a PP for Canisius.
Goal for Canisius. Souliere made some nice saves but sustained pressure led to the goal.
2-1 16:36 to play
Jimmy Dowd with a pretty goal to make it 3-1 good guys! 11 minutes to go.
After a close call in our end, a penalty on Canisius puts the Lions on the PP. 8:39 to go
Seconds after the PP ended, a very pretty feed in front puts the Lions up 4-1. MacEachren with the tally.
And a PP for Canisius. Hooking on Gratton.
Another PP goal for Canisius. 4-2
It’s a final from Pegula as the Lions open the season with a victory 5-2, tacking on an empty netter with :23 to play!
I thought Soulierre looked shaky in the 1st period, but hung on to keep them scoreless, looked terrific at times in the 2nd period, with 3 or 4 terrific saves.
There's no experienced depth behind him, so he needs to be very, very good for us to have a good season.
I'm not the biggest Gadowski fan - overall a good coach, but results aren't consistent. He is 10 years in with us. A couple of solid, promising seasons a few seasons ago, and we have not gone back to that level since. Unless we have a really good season this season, I'm ok with them going out to find another coach.
But, the positives are that there was a good crowd tonight, they got off to a good start in the 1st, they responded well to pressure in the 3rd, and we came away with a good win against a usually respectable team. Let's go get 'em tomorrow night as well.
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