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9/27/98 A Little Less
Than Expected But It's Great To Have Hockey Again
4-3 OT loss
KEVIN COLUMBO
On this night the Wolf Pack came into the preseason
game after previously killing the Cats the night before they 8-3 in Fitchburg, Mass.
Going into South Windsor, the Wolf Pack with their recent success, was on
everyone's minds and lips. As we headed home, I don't think more than two words were
uttered by the Pack fans as we entered our cars and headed home for the night.
I don't believe the Pack did anything wrong Saturday night. They played
phenomenal and there defense and goaltending was great. Unfortunately in the opening
min of the OT period something went wrong and the Ice Cats beat one of our best goalies
that we have right now. If you have attended any of the preseason games this year
you know what and who I'm talking about, the one and only Jeff Heil. He was the NY
rangers 7th pick in the 1995 draft and he seems to be able to do what it takes on the ice
for us to bring the Cup home.
As for last nights action there were a lot of fights on the ice. I
think this carried over from last season, when we knocked the Icecats out of the Calder
cup race. Or possibly from the previous night's beating the cats took. The
Pack didn't look so good in the first ten MINS of play. Jeff Heil took two great
shots from Worchester which he was beat on, and the score was 2-nil. But no more
then 2 MINS later Jeff Brown took a hard shot at their goal and it went through, putting
them one point away from a tie. And tie they did about 3 MINS later Jeff Brown again
slaps one into the net and SCORES for Hartford. The second period went scoreless but
not without plenty of action. With the third period tied we went into over time and
lost the game.
Even though fans were disappointed at the lose I think well at least in my
opinion they went away happy. Seeing hockey again this year is great and fans are
still talking about last season, which will make this season even better. That's it for
now check back on Thursday for a more in depth article on the Wolf Packs game on Wednesday
in Cromwell
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