Cory Thorson scored an unassisted goal 1:31 into overtime to give the Express a big 4-3 win tonight over the Outlaws in Mason City, Iowa. That's 4 straight road wins for our favorite junior hockey club who have now fought back to a .500 record. The other Express goals were scored by Bournazos, Puente, and Sloat, with assists going to Thorson (2), McDonald, and Smith.
The Express finish their 3 game weekend Sunday night at 5pm with a home game against the Albert Lea Thunder. If the Express can continue their dominance of the Thunder with another win, I will call this weekend very successful, picking up 5 of a possible 6 points.
- The State of Hockey was in overdrive tonight, with the Gophers, Wild, and Express all in action. First the Gophers throttled New Hampshire, the #5 team in the country, 6-2 at Mariucci. Former Express player Brian Schack was patrolling the blueline for the Gophers, and made his presence felt with some physical play. The Express picked up their win in North Iowa, and the Wild are currently in action in Vancouver against the Canucks.
- The Motor City Machine broke their 13 game losing streak by beating the Mahoning Valley Phantoms in Detroit tonight.
- Former Express goalie Nick Graves pitched a shutout tonight in Alpena's 1-0 win over Marquette.
- The Bismarck Bobcats avenged last weekend's loss to Albert Lea by beating the Thunder 2-1 tonight in Albert Lea.
- St Louis extended their winning streak to 16 games with a 6-1 win over Springfield. The Bandits haven't lost since the 2nd day of the Showcase.
- Joe Beaudette played his second straight game tonight on defense for the Express. This isn't the first time Cullen has moved a forward back to defense. Stu Bickel was a forward when he came to the Express, was moved to defense, and now he's playing in the Anaheim Ducks organization.
Sunday afternoon when you're done watching the Vikings beat the Packers, pack up the family and head to the rink to catch the Express tangle with the Thunder. Bring your buckets and other assorted noisemakers, and lets let the guys know that Owatonna supports junior hockey.
See you at the rink.
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A win today makes for a 5 point weekend. We'll find out alot about the conditioning of the Express players today as it'll their 3rd game in 3 days.
"We'll find out alot about the conditioning of the Express players today as it'll their 3rd game in 3 days."
- I was initially worried about this game for that reason, but it is also the Thunder's 3rd game this weekend.
--BK
Prediction for tonight's game:
Express 5 - Thunder 1
The guys have seen the Thunder a few times now, and know what they need to do to win. I think the guys play smart today, and play their game. The Express offense kicks it into high gear tonight, and puts up a big number on the home half of the scoreboard.
See you at the rink.
--BK
Don't quite understand the decision to stop rotating Goalies? Here are the numbers for the last 4 games for each Goalie.
Horstman
2.49 GAA
.892 Save %
Buegler
1.44 GAA
.950 Save %
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