Game #3 of Cougarfest.

We had a light bench going into this game, and while we had played well in games #1 and #2 of Cougarfest, we didn't play well the previous week.  So, I didn't know how we would respond this week.

I shouldn't have worried.

We played very well, despite still having players suspended from Game 1.  The Cougars didn't have Vonhoy or Borelli this game, but made up for it with the Donny and Marie Donnelly Show.  Both of their goals were Donnelly to Donny combos.

Steve scored first with an unassisted goal at 8:29.  He stole the puck, kicked it to himself and the beat the goalie with a quick wrister.

In the second period, our one (and only) penalty resulted in a PP goal for the Cougars to tie the game at 5:10. 

The Cougars took the lead at 19:00 in the third period when we left the slot unguarded for the behind-the-net pass.  Things didn't look good for a while until Tim intercepted a clearing attempt and then scored from the blue line at 13:56.  Both teams played solid D for the next few minutes, not wanting to give up the go-ahead goal.  But at 4:36 Tony passed to Ken behind their net and when no one pressured him he was able to connect with a pinching Chris Diggs slanting in.  Chris hit home the one-timer for the game-winning goal.  In the final minutes of the game the Cougars got a penalty and then pulled their goalie but that only lead to another C.Diggs goal at 0:09 (it was credited to Steve).

We outshot them 28 to 18 and had only one penalty to their five.  Technically, each team scored a PP goal, but ours was the empty netter at the end.  Here is the online scoresheet.

Scoring:

Player	G	A	Pts
C.Diggs	2	0	2
Tim	1	0	1
Steve	1	0	1
Ken	0	1	1
Tony	0	1	1

The duck goes to C.Diggs who avenged his brother nicely.