Wolski and the Drags

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DC Dragons + Wolski's Rocky Start

 

Well, the season has finally gotten off to a start, and some teams are rounding into form, while others have been a bit of a rollercoaster. The Vancouver Wolves sit at the top of the league with a 7-0-0 record, while a team like the DC Dragons sits tied for that last playoff spot with a 2-3-2 record at 6 points. Let's take a look at their first few games.

 

 DC Dragons vs. Helsinki Titans  3-0 W

This was a competitive back and forth game against the Helsinki Titans where DC's goaltender Stone Wolski was dominant. In the 1st Period, Dragons' Ricky Johnson scored his first of the season, 2 minutes into the game on the PP with assists to Groovy Dood and Liam Flaten. Not long after that at 3:50, Xavier laFlament scored his first, also from Groovy Dood and Liam Flaten, putting the DC Dragons up 2-0 early in this game. The Dragons outshot their opponent 14-5 in that period, coming out with a hot start in the 1st Period of the season and leading 2-0. In the 2nd Period, Ricky Johnson scored once again, obviously his second of the season, with assists AGAIN to Groovy Dood and Liam Flaten. That was a 3-0 lead for the DC Dragons, and while the Helsinki Titans would pour it on in the 3rd Period, Stone Wolski held the door shut and the Dragons came out with the 3-0 victory. Wolski posted a 26 save shutout, while Dood and Flaten had 3 assists each. TItans goaltender, Zamboni Driver, saved 29 of 32 with a save percentage of 0.906.

 

 DC Dragons vs. Seattle Bears  5-2 L

This next game was up against the champion team Seattle Bears, who were quite noticeably still in championship form in this one. The 1st Period started off more competitive than the rest of the game would turn out to be. Early in the game, Seattle's Ola Vikingstad scored his third of the season from Hulk Hogan to take a 1-0 lead. A minute later, Dragons forward Xavier laFlament would score a goal to tie the game up, with assists going to Groovy Dood and Ricky Johnson. It was then on to the 2nd Period, and this is where things fell apart for DC. At 2:39, Bears player Timothy Brown would score his first of the season, with assists to Kris Rice and Uhtred. Things would remain stable for most of the period, but Groovy Dood would take a roughing penalty at 13:30, and just two seconds in to the PP, Berocka Sundqvist would score his first of the season. Kris Rice had the helper. A little over a minute later, Isabella Campbell would score again for the Bears, and they would come out of the 2nd Period with a commanding 4-1 lead. In the 3rd Period, it was also a bad start for the Dragons. Lance Flowers took an early penalty and the Bears made them pay, with Ola Vikingstad getting his fourth of the season at the 2:42 mark. Xavier laFlament would add another Dragons goal late in the period, but the Seattle Bears would walk away with the 5-2 victory. Stone Wolski had a rough game, saving 37 of 42 with a 0.881 save percentage. Bears goalie Jacob Tonn was great, saving 27 of 29.

 

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 Helsinki Titans vs. DC Dragons 3-2 SOL

This game against the Titans was a rematch where the Titans wanted revenge after losing 3-0 in the first game of the season. In the 1st Period, DC's Luciano Valentino scored his first of the season on the PP, with assists to Lance Flowers and Boris the Forest. The Dragons would actually come out of the 1st with a 1-0 lead in a pretty uneventful period. In the 2nd Period, Helsinki took over. Erik Draven scored his first with assists to Seabass Perrin and Hiroshi Okada, just 10 seconds into the period. Late in the period, Benny Graves took an interference penalty and Seabass Perrin made him pay on the PP at 16:33, with assists to Erik Summers and Jared Spaz. The Titans outshot the Dragons 15-5 in the 2nd, and came away with a 2-1 lead. In the 3rd Period, it was more of an even battle, and Dragons captain Benny Graves would tie the game up at the 11:07 mark. This would hold all the way into the shootout, where the Helsinki Titans would get a shootout winner from Valtteri Vaakanainen to take a 3-2 SO win. Stone Wolski saved 33 of 35 while his team was outshot 35-18. Lucky for DC, Benny Graves tied it up and got them that valuable shootout loss point.

 

While I don't have anymore game summaries for you, the Dragons would go 1-2-1 in their next 4 games, and are currently sitting with a 2-3-2 record. Wolski and the Dragons will need to come forward with a lot more consistency if they want to compete this season.

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Review: 9/10

 

Great work DaaD! Your game summaries are top notch, and you’re a king of that writing style. You take the game logs and turn them into interesting and comprehendible narratives. The little touches put this over the top - I love the inclusion of logos and photos. It’s not a perfect score because the centre alignment drives me nuts, but that’s a me thing. Keep it up to keep me in the loop!