Mar 11, 2010 | KHerrfort | 1087 views
Minto takes Durham in Game #5 to win the semi-final series
After losing to Durham the night before, Minto's team had to regroup and get themselves ready for the battle that will take place in Durham Tuesday night.
It wasn't too far into the first period and Minto found themselves down 2-0 and feeling the pressure that Durham was here to win. This was going to take everyone's best effort on the ice to get things going in the Durham end. By the end of the first period Minto had done some work and managed to get on the scoreboard and go ahead of Durham 3-2. You could feel that Minto had found their groove and the battle began. The team was able to add three more goals by the start of the third period and they had a good lead in the game. There was still alot of time left in the game for Durham to catch up so Minto could not relax with a four goal lead. Durham soon answered back and was able to put the puck in the net again to come within three goals. Minto worked really hard to free the puck and move it into the Durham zone relentlessly and did score one more time in the third period to make the score 7-3. There was about 5 minutes left in the game. Could Minto hang on to clinch the series? Durham kept putting pressure on Minto's defense and found they had to shoot from far out but did manage to get two more goals leaving two minutes left in the game with a score of 7-5. Fans were up off their seats cheering their teams on waiting for the time to run out. That was the longest two minutes of the game. Sticks and gloves were flying everywhere. Congratulations to the Novice Rep team for advancing to the final round of the Hodges Division playoff round. They will meet Seaforth next week. Good Luck to all players.