Week 12 - 12.06.06 Gators vs Bull Dogs
In a tough game against the Bulldogs this past Wednesday, The Gators held strong, but with five penalties on them alone, and having to come back from the very beginning, the team couldn't even the score, and ended up losing 7-4. The Bulldogs scored halfway into the first period, followed by a responding goal from Gator Jack Hibit (9), assisted by Brian Pasono, after his first stint in the penalty box for the night. Again, The Bulldogs scored, and Brian Drake came back with the Gators' second goal (assisted by Hibit and Steve Randall (10)), keeping the game close. The Bulldogs scored once more, however, with just one second left on the clock in the first period, leaving the game at 3-2 headed into the second.

Defense kept extra tight throughout the second period, helping Jerry Suplicki (35) keep out every attempted shot made on the net for the period. Pasono was injured moments into the period, and sat out until halfway through, until he came back and scored the lone goal of the period (assisted by Hibit and Randall), and then was quickly sent to the penlty box once again, almost immediately following Doug Gardner's (4) penalty.
The third period, however, the Gators were not as fortunate. Missing Seth Sealfon (2) to a penalty, The Bulldogs scored on a powerplay, and then once more before the Gators could come back with another goal of their own, bringing the score to 5-4. The last Gator goal was scored by Jim Suplicki (19), off the opposing goalie's clear up the ice. With one more penalty in the game by Chris Ryan (27), and The Bulldogs two more goals, the game finally ended 7-4.

Despite a particularly violent game, the Gators played well, and fairly, even managing to outshoot their opponents. Hopefully next week's game will bring back that winning spirit.

Gators 4, Bull Dogs 7