Conquer who?

The 'Hooter' turned wryly to the group of Conquistador dads standing next to him and calmly said, "this ain't Toronto" as the group appealed for a ruling that Luke Myers' tying goal late in the third period should be disallowed. The shot from the point was deflected by #55 near shoulder height but if there were replays in youth hockey games Obama hasn't mentioned it yet. It was fitting that this game end in the 5-5 tie based on the complete and exhausting efforts put forth by both 13 man units. Liam McCullough, standing in for Sean Gordon in goal, was at his all time best. He thwarted at least a dozen scoring chances by an opportunistic Marlborough squad during the contest. Our Band of Pirates showed enormous character in this cliff hanger. Down 1-0 after 30 seconds and two nil midway through the opening stanza their resiliency came to the forefront. The two late first period goals by Dillon Krok were negated by the aggressive forecheck of the Conquistadors as the Bucs fell behind 4-2 early in second period. Another Krok 'rock' made it 4-3 at the close of the second period. The lads refused to be deflated, even when Dolan Ocasal's rebound knotted the score at four, was answered by the Conquistadors, who coming off a penalty kill midway through the third period, tallied on a defensive lapse. Trailing 5-4 with 70 seconds remaining in this barn burner Coach McGee pulled Liam as the Bucs swarmed the attacking zone for one final flurry. "Toronto, we have a problem" giggled the 'Hooter' to the opposing goalie's dad as Lucky Luke made the marvelous deflection to send one set of parents back to the hotel very happy.