Army gets a tie, its a miracle

Sometimes the best team doesn't win. No, I'm not talking about The Red Army. Acme absolutely dominated The Army last night but could only render a tie. Emergency call-up goaltender from the Pisek junior league, Eric Melland, was outstanding while recording at least 40 saves. The kid was so good he actually made 3 saves on a 3 on 0 before an Army player came to help. He even made a point blank save on Steve Olson. Ole plays for The Army! Said Lance Norman, "He could even break the puck out without turning it over. I didn't even have to skate back into our own zone. I wish our so called veteran goalie could do that." Acme staked a 3-0 lead half way through the second period when The Army decided to turn it up. Kurt Comeau got it started. "Just another day at the office" he said. McMillan got the next two to tie things up at three, one of which Bobby Orr would have been proud of. "I just pick my spots because going end to end at my age isn't easy." said McMillan. " The second goal I give all the credit to Lenny. He bravely stood in front and screened the goalie." Lenny chimed in, "I would never stand in front if someone like Schumacher was shooting. He can't hit the end of the rink standing inside the blueline." Acme made it 4-3 midway through the third but the Army responded quickly on which could be the play of year by Steve Palmo. Steve described the play as, "I knew there was only one way McMillan could get me that pass, and that was waist high through 2 defencemen. I knocked it out of the air and into the top corner of the net. Routine." The score remaind 4-4 until the final buzzer with the Acme players looks of disbelief on their faces. The Army looks at the tie as a moral victory as their record now sits at 0-3-1. Sometimes a blind squirrel can even find a nut. In this case the nut was already cracked.