Toronto Moose Lose to Bobcats 8 - 4 in a penalty riddled game.

story and some photos by Ian Gibson

Great positioning and perseverance such as this helped the Bobcats find the back of the net eight times!
photo courtesy of Joe Patterson ( www.joepaterson.net/gallery/ )

Elliot Lake, ON Friday November 6, 2009; The Bobcats managed to win with the help of Blake Robinson a new goalie who comes to us from the Topeka Roadrunners. Blake started off a little shaky but came on strong for the remainder of the game.  If you care to check out the box score you will see that Blake was literally had his baptism under fire facing a total of 42 shots while the Bobcats were assessed a total of 18 penalties throughout the match to the Moose's six.  A little lopsided, you might perceive?  Our Cats were being penalized on some very close calls.  Now, we all know that things of that nature will occur at various times, however it was generally felt by a majority of the fans that the game was being ruined by a certain referee. 

Well folks, too bad, as I said those things will happen. Let me tell you what should not have happened and that is this same referee apparently answered back to the upset crowd at the end of the second period and made gestures toward the fans behind the glass during the third period. The referee is a professional and should not have paid the spectators any heed.

The game was hard hitting by both teams.  The difference was in goaltending and some great timing and passing by the Bobcats. All in all the Bobcats played a hard fought game which was ultimately proven by the outcome of game.

Outstanding players this game for the Bobcats #13 Roman Jurak, #26 Tom Rush and #12 David Sefcik, for the Moose #16 Jon Minard seemed to be everywhere as was #6 Nathan Joy.

Click here for the GMHL site box scores

Game Photos:
first some great shots by Joe Patterson
www.joepaterson.net/gallery

Now for some of my fuzzy grams'