The Whalers were winning 3-1 in the first period and we thought they would win for sure but they didn't. Matt Mahalak did not come out of the dressing room after the first period and we hope he is not injured. It is nice to see Alex Nedeljkovic play and maybe he should play more.
Colin McDonald made a great play where he was in the penalty box and as soon as he jumped out he floored one of the Greyhounds who was skating in and that was awesome. He timed it perfect.
Vince Trocheck had two goals and I give him the Whaler Town player of the game. I wore my Washington Capitols jersey and when Tom Wilson saw it, he nodded and said "Yeah" because he is drafted by the Capitals. Tomorrow, I think I am going to wear my Ottawa Senators jersey.
One cool thing is we were sitting behind a guy who was a referee in the ECHL and he just moved here from Carolina. He was really nice and we were talking to him all game. He knew what all the penalties were going to be and we knew most of them too but he knew every one before they were announced. Once, the referee put his arm half-up and put it down real quick and we said "That is a half-call!" and we asked him if he ever did that and he said "Yep" and started laughing. He said he would not have waived the Whalers tip-in goal off on goaltender interference because it could have gone either way and the goalie was totally fooled and any goaltender interference had nothing to do with the goal. He also said on another call in the first period that you can't call goaltender interference after a goal has been scored like the refs did when the goalie got hit after the goal. He said it should have been roughing or unsportsmanlike conduct. We told him to come to more games. He said he is going to try and work some high school games in this area and work his way up. That is cool.
Tomorrow, the Whalers play Peterborough and we have to win that game because the Petes are not very good, so go Whalers!
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