St. Paul (Yackel-West Side) – Sunday, January 31, 2010. After the two teams skated to a 2-2 tie to open the season, the Northern Horde knew they would have a defensive battle on their hands and the 40+ spectators that packed a sold out Yackel arena would not be disappointed. Tough D and outstanding goalie play were the theme of the night, with Pete Morrow and Chad Guarneri thrilling the crowd with 37 saves between them. However, after three scoreless periods and 3 scoreless minutes in overtime, Will Schultz got the puck to Tyler LaMont who did the rest taking the puck past half of the Chaos lineup and putting it past Guarneri to give the Horde a victory and take the Horde to 9-0-1 in their last 10 games. “It was good to see Will do something positive after missing a open net three times the past two weeks,” said Suneel Arora. Noted defensemen Brian Hinderks, “they were determined and kept bringing the wood all night.” Schultz remarked “those guys were tough, when I was lying on the ice for the seventh time I really noticed their speed and intensity.” Dana Cudo, laughing loudly, quipped, “Jon Zimmerman looked like a low level Mite player, instead of the mid-range Mite player he usually resembles, they way he hit the cross bar in the first period from 5 feet out and then shot the puck right into Guarneri’s glove on a breakaway. Dave Homel could have saved that without pads. Thankfully we were able to overcome his incompetence with Tyler’s goal at the end.” Next up, the Horde take on the Puck Hounds who beat the Horde in the second game of the season, the Horde’s only loss this year. Dan Kline, nursing a sprained right knee, is expected back, along with Ryan Chester who is battling a separated shoulder. The banged up Horde will need their A game to take down the hot Hounds, who crushed the Wildcats this week.
