The IM Heroes fell to the Fou Fighters Monday night 5-4 in a close contest at the MSA in Charlottesville, VA. Both sides generated outstanding scoring opportunities with the shots 47-36 in favor of the Heroes.
The Fou Fighters got up early with 2 goals in the first period. IMH goalie Arthur "Sig" Sigmund had to stand on his head to keep the Meat in it, turning away 15 shots in the first frame. At the other end of the ice, Fou goalie Joel Voss channeled the spirit of Pelle Lindbergh and seemed to have a forcefield across his goalmouth.
Meat center Rob Lovaglio broke that forcefield at 14:54 of the second with a pretty wrister that beat Voss high stickside. Lovaglio was assisted by power-forward Chris "The A-Train" Artale. Five minutes later, Hero Kenny Lohr would carry the puck 100 feet through center ice and juke Voss shortside for another tally. The second period ended with a score of 3-2 in favor of the Fighters.
The Heroes came out firing on 6 cylinders in the third, but some aggressive play was interpreted by the referees as illegal and the Fighters capitalized with a PP goal at 6:24. The final 6 minutes was a back-and-forth contest as each side rushed and countered with zeal. With 5:59 remaining in the contest, Andy Block snapped a beautiful one-timer past Voss to pull the score closer, 4-3. Less than a minute later the Fighters would sneak a shot past Sig to go up by two. Not to be outdone, the Heroes threw everything including the kitchen sink at Voss to try and break him. At 3:36, Lohr and Lovaglio would connect on a PP opportunity and beat Voss low. With 90 seconds remaining, IMH pulled the goalie and rained shots from all points east of the blueline, but to no avail. The buzzer sounded and the Heroes came up short.
IMH takes on the Hot Currans at 9:30PM on Sunday, October 9th at the MSA.
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