Staying home for Memorial Day Weekend, we decided to cheer on the Checkers on our Saturday night. Bought a Family 4 Pack of tickets, which put us up in the nose bleeds, close to halfway.
The Checkers started really well, and I thought the first goal for Springfield was against the run of play. Once they scored, Springfield picked up the intensity and with a 2-0 lead in the series, they looked like they wanted this done in 3 games to get a rest before moving on. The 2nd period was a little sloppy from both teams, but another goal from Springfield crushed the home town support's hope. A positioning mistake from goalie, Joey Daccord, early in the 3rd period but the nail in the coffin for the Checkers. Even when we got a goal with 6 minutes to go, we were already down 4-1, and the goal was a minor blight on Thunderbirds Goalie, Joel Hoffer's, excellent game. Springfield finished the scoring with an open net, as the Checkers went searching for a comeback.
I don't know if the boys are making me watch too much hockey on tv, or if tonight's game was played at a slower pace, but today's game is the first that I've been able to follow the puck quite easily. Now I just got to understand the rules a little better.
Springfield Thunderbirds 5 (N. Alexandrov, H. McGing, J. Neal, D. Joshua, M. MacEachern) defeated Charlotte Checkers 1 (M. McCormick).
Crowd: 7,925
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