Florida Eels Elite Team End Tampa Juniors Undefeated Winning Streak With Clear and Convincing 7-3 Win on Friday Night.
The Eels Elite meant business when they got on the bus yesterday afternoon in route to Tampa for Friday evenings game against the Tampa Juniors. In fact, it all started this past Monday at the gym and continued all week at practice. The last two games against the Juniors the Eels lost in OT. So close but they came up short in the win column vs Tampa. The team was hell bent in not letting this continue. The players knew they could do it. Nobody trains harder than we do says Eels GM We train 3-4 hours per day 5 days per week.
The boys knew they had to do more than lip service. They needed more than verbal believability. They had to execute their plan. Indeed that is what they did.
Stats and scoring in the game went as follows:
1st Period-1, Florida Eels, Chambre 3 (Zebley, Engles), 17:34 (PP). Penalties-Nosar Eel (hooking), 1:19; Williams Tbj (charging), 10:20; Campbell Eel (boarding), 13:05; Clift Eel (tripping), 14:54; Williams Tbj (roughing), 15:59; Miner Eel (roughing), 18:10.
2nd Period-2, Florida Eels, Cartier 4 6:21. 3, Tampa Bay Juniors, Woodring 3 (Cobbs, Walker), 8:28. 4, Tampa Bay Juniors, Ruf 8 (Raynov, Barrington), 9:51 (PP). 5, Florida Eels, Haas 2 (Carlson), 10:10. Penalties-Ruf Tbj (boarding), 2:42; Nosar Eel (bench -unsportsmanlike conduct), 8:12; Custable Tbj (high-sticking), 8:12; Peters Eel (slashing), 8:28; Vasquez Eel (tripping), 17:16.
3rd Period-6, Florida Eels, Haas 3 0:11. 7, Florida Eels, Calvanese 3 (Campbell, Simbro), 3:13. 8, Tampa Bay Juniors, Woodring 4 (Barrington, Ruf), 10:33. 9, Florida Eels, Engles 6 14:35. 10, Florida Eels, Cartier 5 18:08 (EN). Penalties-Rioux Eel (hitting from behind), 5:13.
Shots on Goal-Florida Eels 13-11-13-37. Tampa Bay Juniors 9-15-13-37.
Power Play Opportunities-Florida Eels 1 / 2; Tampa Bay Juniors 1 / 8.
Goalies-Florida Eels, Mork 3-1-3-0 (37 shots-34 saves). Tampa Bay Juniors, Leigh 7-1-0-0 (34 shots-28 saves); Weaver 1-0-0-0 (2 shots-2 saves).
The Elite team finishes their home and away series vs the Juniors tomorrow (Sunday) at 10:30 am drop of puck at the Fort Myers Skatium Please join us live at the Skatium or on HockeyTV
