Lackluster performance derails Army

The Red Army was defeated by Acme last night 4-2. The Army took 2 periods to shake of the rust from not playing for 2 weeks. Acme scored four times in the second period to take command of the game. "We just couldn't generate any offense the first 2 periods," said Coach Terry Paukert. "I tried short shifting Todd Palmiscno and Todd Schumacher, so that Ole and Swenny could create offense, but it didn't work." The Army was without their goaltender, Josh Gilbertson. Gilbertson's plane from Minsk had been delayed due to the weather. The Army had to call up Jake Gust from St. Petersberg to fill in. Gust finished with 44 saves in his Army debut. "If Gilby was in the net we would have gotten beat 8-2," said a returning Steve Palmiscno. Palmisnco saw his first action after wrist surgery. His return to action netted him one goal. Perry Marto scored the other on a tic-tac-toe passing play from Bill Knipe and Todd Schumacher. The Army was hampered by the play or lack there of from Lance Norman. The 2 week layoff seemed to hurt Norman the worst. GM Kevin Kyle said, "Lance is going to go on a rehab assingment. He will have to play a game with the EGF Mighty Mites on Saturday morning. He needs to regain his scoring confidence. Maybe trying to dominate 5 and 6 year old's will help his mind set."