Sept. 30, 2016

Doug Woog Arena, The Big Rink

Bogies take 2016 Goalies Cup

After a regular season that saw the home team outscore the away team 8.29 to 8.21 (on average), then a two game playoff tune up that saw those numbers drop to 7.5 to 6, no one could have predicted the Cup would wind up a nearly scoreless defensive battle ending 2-0 in favor of Gibby’s Bogies. And that second goal was and empty netter with 40-some seconds left.

In fact the first goal of the game wasn’t scored until well into the second period when Dave Goihl slid a sneaky pass from one side of the slot to the other where last-minute call up Matt Bogie had crept down from the point to knock it in. The junior Bogie was tapped to save the roster when unforeseen circumstance kept Rick Nozel from the arena until the game was well underway.*

Despite rumors that half of the Bogies line-up was at happy hour at B-52s right up to game time, fans and players alike declared it a well-played game that was competitive from start to finish. Mice had some extended zone time and forced everyone on the Bogies to play mistake-free hockey.

The final minute brought a faceoff in the Bogies end that was not won cleanly. The elder Bogie cousin had jumped out from the net front to defend shooters at the point and when Dave Goihl bumped the puck loose to centerman Ted McGown, Bogie kept going and called for McGown to pop it ahead. McGown put the puck into open ice and Bogie caught up to it around the Mice blue line, took an insurance stride toward the net and buried it.

Bogie from McGown and Goihl and we’ll see you at the Fireside!**

• Game Day Program

 

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* You’ll have to ask Rick exactly what happened.

** Turns out we did not have the banquet room booked and some people may have mistakenly sampled another group’s taco bar.