The North claws their way into the South’s zone, and Daniel Bischoff has Elizabeth Doyle way out of position with his stick handling! He takes the shot…

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It’s in, both goalies still only have one save this period…god help me, where’s the vodka?

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7. North All Stars , Daniel Bischoff 1 (Stracimir Petrovic 1) at 11:04

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The North win the face-off and are looking for an equalizer. They circle around the net like sharks circling their prey, Jaws music plays over the loudspeakers…sorry, that last part’s just my imagination.

Rintarou Okabe goes for a backhand…

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It’s in, the North have tied things up, and both goalies have allowed 4 goals on 5 shots…

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8. North All Stars , Rintarou Okabe 1 (Al Kayhall 1, Akira Ren 1) at 11:41

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The North wins the face-off again, and is looking for the lead. Thomas Vanice takes a wrister…

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I had to check twice, but Doyle in fact stopped the puck without a rebound and we have a faceoff.

Multiple saves from a goalie in a single period, it’s like seeing a unicorn. How strange.

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Now the South is on the attack! Alexei Rykov takes a slap shot, but sends it just over the crossbar. He retrieves the puck behind the net and goes in for a wrister…

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We have a goal, it trickled right through the five hole! 5-4 South, they’ve got their lead back.

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9. South All Stars , Alexei Rykov 1 (Kenny Creller 1) at 16:59

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The South loses the faceoff but manages to poke the puck away and they’re right back into the zone! Osterman takes a wrister…

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This one is in too, I don’t think Goodman is even trying?

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10. South All Stars , Henrik Lekberg Osterman 1 (Cal Labovitch 2, Zbigniew Pokrywka 2) at 17:19

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Thankfully, that marks the end of the period, 6-4 South. Ten goals and we’re only one third of the way through this game. Only three saves, what is going on? Lazlo, any thoughts?


Lazlo: I think the goalies don’t want to be here just as much as I do. I wonder if they have also been kidnapped.


He’s kidding folks, obviously. I would never kidnap anyone! Anyhow, the intermission is over, the players have returned to the ice.

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Both goalies are pulled to start the second, and immediately pull out their phones to read the hate on Twitter.

Mike Hroch is now in for the South and Luca Del Vecchio is in for the North. Will it be any better?

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We will find out if it will be any better now, I suppose, Luciano Vessot is tearing into the South’s zone for the first shot of the period, it will be Hroch’s first real test. Vessot hurls the puck at the net…

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Ugh, nope, nothing changed with the goalie swap. The first shot of the second period is in, the North is within one.

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11. North All Stars , Luciano Vessot 1 (Ryan Shepard 1, Augustus Wang 1) at 5:03

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What is going on?!??!??!!!