That was a nice, strong win to start the playoffs.  We jumped to an early lead and then played tough to hold on to that lead.  We also did a good job of staying out of the box (most of us anyway) and not retaliating.

Dave started the scoring early at 18:12.  Taking a feed from his brother he drove down the left boards and drove in for the score.  Brother Chris got into the action and made the Demons pay for a penalty at 11:56.  Linemate John, not to be left out of the scoring, made a perfect pass from behind the net to a slashing Dave for our third goal of the period (4:09).

In the second period we sat on our lead a bit and the Demons pressed hard.  The result was a well-earned goal at 16:22.

The Demons maintained that pressure in the third, but we notched things back up to meet them.  Dave scored his third goal, on the powerplay, at 10:18.  That three goal lead was enough for us to play a conservative defense for the remainder of the game.  They pulled their goalie and Steve was able to steal the puck in their zone and score an easy EN goal with 46 seconds left.  No cheap goals for Steve!

We had 27 shots to their 23.  They had 6 penalties to our 5, but we scored two PP goals.  We were the 5th seed and they were the 4th seed, so upset!  Green alumnus Fuz returned to watch the game, drink beer and discuss Canadian hockey.

Scoring:

Player	G	A	Pts
D.Diggs	3	0	3
C.Diggs	1	1	2
Steve	1	0	1
John	0	1	1

The duck goes to Dave for his hat trick, but also to Inga for playing with a broken foot!  Yes, she broke it earlier in the game, but never took her boot off.  They played another game, and then played with Gang Green.  That's 2+ games with a broken foot.  Top that Chuck Norris!