October 30, 2008 ****View this online at:http://www.lopatka.net/Wags9/****Volume 1, Issue 9

Wags Brake The Wheelers!

The Wheelers jumped off to an early lead when they scored in less than 2 minutes, but Dan Lopatka tied it a minute later with an unassisted goal at 12:14.  Chris Ludy gave Wags the lead a few seconds later when he buried a pass from Tommy Zagorski.  Russ Reel extended the lead to 2, when He finished off a beautiful passing play that started with a 3 on 1 led by John Woodring who passed to Dean Paloumpis.  The goalie braced for a tough shot in the slot, but Dean slid the puck over to Russ who fired it into the top shelf for a highlight reel goal with 6:13 left in the first period.  The Wheelers cut the lead to 3-2 in the final minute of the period.  30 seconds into the 2nd period, Lopatka got that goal back with a tap in of a pass from Zagorski.  2 minutes later,

Kueppers and Schultz put the squeeze on the little guy

Reel scored his second goal on a pass from Woodring.  Half way through the period, Woodring took a pass from Schultz and blew a slap shot past the surprised goalie for a comfortable 6-2 lead that lasted until the close of the second period when the Wheelers scored 3 goals in 3 minutes to close the period at 6-5.  That woke the Wags team up, as Russ picked up his hat trick a minute into the 3rd period.  2 minutes later, Tommy Z pumped in a power play goal on a pass from Lopatka.  2 minutes later, Russ set up Woodring for his second goal and the Wags regained their comfortable lead.  With 7:25 left in the game, Lopatka made it 10-5 with his Hat Trick.  The Wheelers scored on a power play when Shultz was in the "Sin Bin" for tripping, but Chris Ludy got that goal back with his second goal with 2:23 left in the game.  Lopatka was

Dan Lopatka rubs an opponent into the boards.

Highlights: 3 goals for Russ Reel 3 goals for Dan Lopatka 2 goals for Chris Ludy 2 goals for John Woodring Ed Waghorne had 44 Saves 2 assists for Zagorski, Lopatka, Woodring and Paloumpis 2 penalties for Schultz

credited with the assist.  Chris kicked and swatted at the puck until the goalie was out of moves, then he flipped it in to make the final score 11-6.  Ed Waghorne was the busiest guy on the ice , because he had to make 44 saves! *For links to all Wags' pages, go to: http://www.lopatka.net/wags/index.htm *The back issues of Wags Tales are not on line while the Lopatka.net server is being serviced..

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