Holy cow! Tonight I almost started cheering "Go Flames Go" because it was exactly Flames hockey. We couldn't break out of our own zone, but the Tigers had a free pass from behind their net to our blueline, sometimes even further. Unless we had a wide open net, we refused to take a shot. The guys around me were trying to get enough thunder sticks to spell out "shoot". And the Tigers would shoot from anywhere and go for rebounds. Losing by two with five minutes left, we're flipping the puck out into the neutral zone giving it to their D. Officiating was terrible, first period I thought we were going to be allowed to play, but every once and a while a phantom call would come up, usually after the Tigers' bench would be heckling them. I almost cheer when I see Matsuoka come onto the ice, last game he called all the penalties and the other ref just was out for a skate. Even the linesmen were horrible. An icing was waved off when no one came near the puck, eventually it cost us a goal, and an offside, where I wasn't in good position to see it, but I have no idea how it was onside ended up in a penalty that ended in a PP goal. Man that was one hell of a frustrating game to watch. Down 3-1 going into Medicine Hat, not looking good guys.
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