Horde Take Down Rivals - Beat Diablos 6-1

St. Louis Park – Saturday, December 12, 2009.  It was old home week as the Northern Horde faced their beginner school rivals, the Diablos.  Needless to say it was more of the same.  The first period was scoreless until Jon Zimmerman entered the game and fed Gary Speier on the run who knocked the pass out of the air and buried it for his first goal for the crimson and white at 1:11.  Zimmerman’s absence was due to “forgetting his skates;” however, Liam Monahan noted Zimmerman made it to the ice much too quickly for a round trip drive to St. Paul.  Dan Bolles  scored early in the second on a Liam Monahan pass, but the Diablos quickly answered.  The Diablos sub-goalie played very well in the game and kept the Horde at bay even though they had significant chances.  Finally, the Horde figured out how to beat the Diablos’ goalie and the floodgates opened in the third period.  Brian Hinderks put on a one-man show beating three Diablos with a great move from the point.  Two minutes later, Jon Nygren scored his first of the season with a blast from two inches (yes, the puck was touching the goal line).  Chris Haack and Dan Bolles added goals later in the period, capping off a four point night for Bolles.  The Diablos were able to shut down Jeff Nelson on the night, but had no answer for the rest of the team as the Northern Horde outshot the Diablos 48-14.  Netminder Pete Morrow was strong again between the pipes and had no problem finishing three pitchers at Bunny’s post-game. 

 

 

 

 

  Jeff Nelson opened the scoring at 15:47 of the first period with a breakaway goal set up a strong pass from Chris Haack.  The Ice Sages quickly tied it at one all.  After he banged one off the post two minutes later, Jon Zimmerman knocked in a Dan Kline pass from behind the net to put the Horde out in front at 9:45 of the first period.  The only goal in the second came from Jeff Nelson unassisted.  Early in the third¸ Jeff Nelson scored his first hat trick for the Horde, with Dan Kline getting his second assist of the night.  However, the Horde were not able to hold off the Sages for the rest of the period and gave up two goals.  The overtime was uneventful and the Horde walked away with one point.

 

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Horde Let's Down Guard Late - Draws 4-4 with the Ice Sages

St. Paul Academy (Drake) – Wednesday, December 2, 2009.  In a physical game with two broken sticks and a few roughing penalties, the Northern Horde skated to a 4-4 tie with the Ice Sages.  Jeff Nelson opened the scoring at 15:47 of the first period with a breakaway goal set up a strong pass from Chris Haack.  The Ice Sages quickly tied it at one all.  After he banged one off the post two minutes later, Jon Zimmerman knocked in a Dan Kline pass from behind the net to put the Horde out in front at 9:45 of the first period.  The only goal in the second came from Jeff Nelson unassisted.  Early in the third¸ Jeff Nelson scored his first hat trick for the Horde, with Dan Kline getting his second assist of the night.  However, the Horde were not able to hold off the Sages for the rest of the period and gave up two goals.  The overtime was uneventful and the Horde walked away with one point.

 

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Horde's D Stands Strong

Sunday, November 22, 2009, Highland Park (North Rink).  For the second week in a row, the Northern Horde defense stole the show and held the Maroons to one goal in a 5-1 win.  The scoring started early in the first when Jeff Nelson knocked down an ill advised pass from the Maroons defenseman and took it to the house to get the scoring started.  With the pressure mounting in the Maroons defensive end, Horde defensemen Tyler LaMont and Suneel Arora held the puck in at the point and fed wing Dan Bolles who beat the Maroons netminder.  Less than a minute later, defensemen Brian Hinderks picked up a Chris Haack pass in the high slot and ripped another goal giving the Horde a 3-0 lead in the first period.  At 15:26 of the second period, the Horde gave up their first shot on goal, which caught a napping Pete Morrow by surprise.  That would be the only puck to get past Morrow on a night where he would ultimately face 15 shots.  In the third, the Horde scored again when Liam Monahan, who has been on fire the past two games, scored his first goal of the season, with assists from Dana Cudo and Tyler LaMont.  Jon Zimmerman’s shot from the slot was slowed slightly by the Maroons netminder, but winger Mark Paska skated in to push it into the open net to get his first of the season to seal the victory.  Liam Monahan had the second assist on that final goal giving him a two point night.  Overall, the Horde’s forwards really stepped it up.  Will Schultz was knocking people all over the ice and Jon Nygren twice hit the post.  The D was suffocating as Dan Kline put the Maroons forwards on lock down. 

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Northern Horde Crush Cats

Saturday, November 17, Wakota (South St. Paul) – The energy level was high for the late night start and the Horde didn’t waste any time jumping all over the Wildcats.  30 seconds into the game Jeff Nelson put one past Wildcats netminder Casey Johnson.  Six minutes later, Tyler LaMont scored off a David Homel pass to put the Horde up 2-0.  Early in the second, the Horde drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the Wildcats and Dana Cudo tipped Tyler LaMont’s shot from the point off a Jon Nygren feed to give the Horde a commanding three goal lead.  With only 3 seconds to go in the third period, Jeff Nelson scored his fifth of the season off Jon Zimmerman’s face off win to put the game away.  The Horde surrendered one in the third after captain Jon Zimmerman opened his mouth about protecting goalie Pete Morrow’s shutout, but the 33-12 shot count could not be ignored by the packed house at Wakota.  Dan Kline commented “This was the most completed game we played.”  Wildcats player Tim Meehan noted “The Horde D was suffocating, we couldn’t break out the puck all night.”  Jon Zimmerman said “When did Liam Monahan learn to play hockey?  He was all over the ice tonight creating chances and foiling the Cats – he really stepped up his game.”   Sunday, the Horde take on the Maroons at Highland with a 9:10 pm start and the Northern Horde are eagerly anticipating the return of Dan Bolles and Will Schultz to the lineup.  The Maroons lost the D2 championship game last year and the Horde are expecting a tough game. 

 

Pictures from the Game:

http://picasaweb.google.com/petemorrow/HordeVsWildcats#5404793737291438850

 

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Hounds Edge Horde

Saturday, November 7, St. Louis Park - Coming off a 2-2 tie against Chaos, the Northern Horde played another close one only to lose at the end to the Puck Hounds 5-3. Only 18 seconds into the game, the Hounds got an open shot in the slot and beat Pete Morrow for an early 1-0 lead. After the Hounds pressured the Horde for 9 minutes, Brian Hinderks unloaded from the point on a nice feed from David Homel to tie it up. In an evenly played second period, each team scored with the Horde's goal coming from Jeff Nelson who picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone and beat the Hounds goalie with his backhand. The Hounds took the lead early in the third but Jon Zimmerman answered quickly taking the puck up the right side and putting a wrist slot between the goalie's blocker and glove near post. Unfortunately, with less than 6 minutes to go in the game, the Hounds scored again and the Northern Horde had no answer. An empty netter in the last minute sealed the game for the Puck Hounds.
The Horde next face the Wildcats Saturday, November 14, at Wakota at 10:10 start.

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Horde Join D2 - Tie Defending Champs in Opener

The league office gave the Northern Horde a warm welcome to D2 by scheduling their opener against the defending champion Chaos.  These teams squared off in a pre-season scrimmage where Chaos completely controlled the play.   However, the Horde stepped up to the challenge on Sunday night and in an evenly played game drew 2-2.  The Horde gave up the first goal at 2:18 of the first period, but the Horde responded at 16:47 in the second period when Dan Bolles picked the puck up from behind the net and fed Jeff Nelson who beat the Chaos goalie to tie the game.  The pace of play picked up and Chaos scored again at 7:57 of the second.  However, a scant four minutes later, Bolles again found Nelson, this time in the slot, and the Horde evened the score.  In the third period and the overtime, each team had some good chances, but neither could beat the goalies, who both played tough all night.  Pete Morrow played his best game for the Horde to date, facing 25 Chaos shots and allowing only two goals.  

The Horde scrimmage the Ice Sages on Monday, November 2 at 10:10 pm at Hopkins Pavilion and then face the Puck Hounds at 6:00 pm on Saturday, November 7 at St. Louis Park (west rink). 

 

 

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