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中華冰球聯盟國際組
猛熊再見一擊 4-3 氣走犀牛 / 老虎
6-3 大勝暴龍
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受到全國旱地錦標賽影響， 4/17 日兩場冰球聯盟賽形成由洋將宰制的場面，首場猛熊隊靠著
John Long 終場前 15 秒勁射破網，率熊隊以 4-3 一分之差氣走犀牛，暴龍隊在少了本土球員及守門員兩大支援，讓老虎隊
6-3 輕鬆獲勝。
當晚四支球隊除猛熊隊外，幾乎都以全外籍選手應戰，猛熊隊未受旱冰賽程影響，隊中本土選手全數到齊，兩隊戰至比賽結束前仍以
3-3 難分高下，猛熊隊卻把握住最後一擊的良機，交由 John Long 由右翼進攻射門球進，重新發球後犀牛隊已無得分機會，終場猛熊就以
4-3 一分氣走犀牛，寫下本季冰球聯盟最戲劇性的一場比賽。
晚間第二場的老虎、暴龍之戰，雙方皆呈現兵員短缺的窘境，然而暴龍隊不但少了本土球員助陣，守門員也因故不克前來，賽前緊急商借猛熊隊門將應戰，老虎隊見對手陣容殘缺機不可失，一路壓著暴龍隊打，最後就以
6-3 輕鬆獲勝，三勝一負戰績追平猛熊並列第一，暴龍則是四連不勝。
April 17th,
Even on a night where cars were breaking down,
ice was melting and many Taiwanese players were M.I.A.,
the hockey was still intense. The first game was a late
4-3 win for the Bears, keeping them in top spot of the league
and the later game was a 6-3 win for the Tigers.
With the upper tier (restaurant) open to the
public for the first time the season, the Bears, without
Captain Steve Mossing, were lead by John Thompson and John
Long to their fourth win of the season.
Mark Paas did his best to win the game for
the Rhinos scoring on two superb individual efforts in the
second period, one when he cut past the whole Bears team
and stuffed it upstairs behind Bears goalie, Neal Watts.
By the end of the second, the game was still
tied at two and as the teams entered the last three minutes
the game was locked at three. But with only fifteen seconds
remaining John Long was able to break in all alone and put
the Bears up by one to win the game.
In the second match of the evening, both the
Tigers and Raptors were missing some keep players. Due to
a National Roller Hockey Competition in Kaoshung, a total
seven Taiwanese players were missing in the match, three
from the Tigers and four of the Raptors. Also the Raptor’s
were forced to use a substitute goalie since their regular
Jeff Redl with stuck on a highway in a broken down SUV.
The game started out with a lot of pressure
being put on the Raptors in their own zone and the Tigers
were able to pounce on many of the Raptors defensive lapses,
scoring five unanswered goals.
It was not until half ways through the second
were the Raptors able to get on the board when a wrist shot
from Jeremy Campbell eluded Tigers goalie, Justin Lewis.
The Raptors then looked like they might have been able to
fight back and scored twice more to close the gap to two
goals.
Once again though the Tigers were lead by Steven
Clarke sealing the deal and getting his third of the night
on an empty netter. The line on Paul Bray and Richard Krahn
played a super game in the losing effort for the Raptors,
going +2 on the night and not being on for any of the Tigers
goals.
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