Cologne Weekly Recap.

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 Cologne Express Weekly Recap.

 

In the first game of the season we saw the Cologne Express take on the Rome Gladiators in which we saw a load of goals in a 5-4 shootout win for Rome. The games scoring was opened up in the first period when Steve French potted his first of the year, in the second period Cologne outscored Rome 3-2 with BjorkaBjorn BjornaBjorkson, Jean-Pierre Devote, and Barry McOckiner scoring for Cologne. Going into the third period tied the teams would trade goals as Vanuza Kolesinska scored for Rome while Alexandros Mograine replied for Cologne. Overtime would solve nothing and Rome would win this one in the shootout. The Express player of the game for this one goes to Vanellope von Schweetz with their three assists.

 

Game two this year was a match against the Oslo Storm in which Oslo would jump out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first on goals by Benjamin Abenduct, kodie Curran, and Antonia Bucatini. In the second period Cologne would begin their comeback with a goal by Alexandros Mograine before in the third period Scrungle Bungle and Baby Moo Moo would score to tie the game and force overtime. In overtime BjorkaBjorn BjornaBjorkson would score to win it 4-3 for Cologne. Express player of the match goes to BjornaBjorkson for his two assists and game winning goal.

 

The third game of the season was a rematch against Oslo in a low scoring affair which was really a one goal game as the second was scored on an empty net late in the third period. The game winning goal in this game was scored by Bryce tyrone Johnson in the second period. Express player of the game in this one was Clark as he stopped all 31 shots he faced for the shutout.

 

The fourth game of the year would see the Stockholm Vikings lay a beatdown on Cologne scoring early and often putting up three in the first, two in the second and BjornaBjorn BjornaBjorkson scored the only goal for the Express making him our Express player of the game in this 6-1 loss.

 

Game five would see Stockholm and Cologne face off once again and Cologne would get on the board in the first with a goal scored by Vanellope von Schweetz. Then in the second the teams would trade goals with Trimiskez Artav scoring for the Vikings and Tyrece the beast replying for Cologne. Aleksanteri Kaskiniemi-Kekkonen was stellar for the Vikings with 48 saves on 50 shots but Stockholm falls 2-1 with our Express player of the game is Clark who stopped 24 of 25 shots.

 

On to game six where we would get a tightly contested match between Cologne and Rome Didier Verhault would score in the first for Rome and then Thijs Mooij scoring for them in the second. Then in the third BjornaBjorkson and the beast would score to tie it and force overtime where Baby Moo Moo would finish it. Express player of the game would be Clark once again stopping 30 of 32 shots against.

 

In game seven of the year Rome and Cologne would match up once more and in the first they would trade goals with Vanellope von Schweetz scoring for Cologne and Steve French replying for Rome. Then in the second Scrungle Bungle scored his third of the season to put Cologne ahead and they would hang on to win this one 2-1 and once again Clark wins Express player of the game honours by stopping 41/42 shots against.

 

Game eight of the year would be Cologne versus Oslo and they would trade goals in the first with Greg Hickman scoring for Oslo and then Annie Oaks would tie it up before the end of the first. In the second Jean-Pierre Devote would put Cologne on top, and then Wayne Gretzky would tie it up at twos before the end of the period. In the third Oslo would score two, one from UghSike and another from Swinsola and Oslo wins this 4-2. Express player of the game goes to Annie Oaks scoring her first of the year. 

 

And that concludes the first week of Hockey for Cologne in Season 93 a decent start but the team desperately needs to start scoring more goals to help out star goaltender Clark. They can't keep relying on him to play as amazing as he has so far this year.