2010 Bostonfest Wrapup
The Kings, with a little help from the Young Guns extended hockey family, took part in the annual Bostonfest tournament this past weekend, cramming 5 games into 3 days trying to win some cash against a bunch of other teams from the area. The Kings were placed into a 4 team division in a 9 team conference, with a pretty favorable schedule for a change. We started out playing Phoenix on Friday night, winning 6-4 behind Dave Sutton and Steve MacIsaac’s strong offense. The next game was against the Mass. Army Reserve/National Guard team, who came back from a 5-0 deficit to tie the game, only to see the Kings score the gamewinner with literally no time left on the clock. The Kings later played Olde Time Hockey, again building a sizable lead and almost losing it before time expired. With a perfect 3-0 record in the tournament, the Kings got the top seed in the division and got the early semi-final game on Sunday morning against the Boston Starz, who were called in after the 2nd place team couldn’t put a whole team on the ice. The Starz had only 5 skaters at the start to the Kings’ full bench, and the Kings took the lead early and never looked back, eventually winning a 7-2 game and earning a berth in the championship game.
Mass ARNG won a 4-3 decision in the other semi-final, nearly giving up the tying goal in the last seconds of the game with the puck on the goal line and the goalie down and out. After a couple breaks because of fire alarms, the Kings and Mass ARNG played a tight, scoreless game. Both teams had some great chances but Richie from the Young Guns, filling in for Ed in net, made some absolutely spectacular saves to keep the Kings going. Unfortunately one just got away from Richie in OT and the Kings lost the title game 1-0.
Thanks again to everyone who came out, including the last minute subs, who made the weekend a lot of fun for everyone.
