ESCAPE FROM VICTORY

Escape From Victory A Full Length Feature Staring Oxford U16s.
Oxford U16 V Streatham U16 Played 28 April 2012 at Oxford
Oxford 4 Streatham 5.
Period Scores 0-3/1-0/3-2
PIM 14-10 SOG 59-16
Scoring
Oxford: Michael Raff 4-0 (inc Penalty Shot), Hamish Martin 0-2, James Lindley 0-1, Alex Hedges 0-1.
Streatham: Daniel Clayton2-1, Benjamin Nethersell 1-1, Blake Aitken 1-1, Samuel Wills 1-0,Ruskin Hughes 0-1, Jake Labelle 0-1, Milo Thorold 0-1.
Netminding
Oxford: Alex Humm 44.50 59+5=64 0.10 E/N
Streatham: Randolf Grut 20.18 8+2=10, Fergus Murphy Hunt 24.42 8+2=10.
Penalties
Oxford: Hamish Martin 4, Anthony Barrett 4, Michael Raff 2, Alex Hedges 4.
Streatham: Rowan Murphy Hunt 2,Claudia Aitken 2, Samuel Wills 2, Benjamin Nethersell 2, Bench 2.
Other Oxford Players
Mac Coppock, Reece Joliffe, Sarah Kinney, Theo Bundock, Giorgio Angeleri-Rand, Sophie Masara, Dawn Kellond, Ryan Day, William Harrison, Charlie Clements, Kirill Lasis Reshetov, Jamie Wilson.
From a slow start to a seat of your pants finale this game had everything.
Oxford were slow out of the blocks and had the worst period of hockey they had played in a long time, after a good talking to in the break, they came out for the second period and started to play the way we know they can and pulled a goal back to make it 1-3 at the end of the second.
In the break, a few adjustments were made and the team knew they still had a chance, the fight back was on.
We got another goal back to make it 3-2 with 11 minutes to go. With 3.42 to go Streatham got goal number 4. then with 2.06 left on the clock... drama in the Streatham goal mouth, a player had covered the puck in the crease, giving Oxford a penalty shot. Raff stepped up to take it with the Streatham fans making as much noise to try and put him off, you could feel the tension on the Oxford bench and in the crowd... GOAL! Raff had cooly put the puck in the back of the net! Oxford and Streatham both got penalties making it 4 on 4, Oxford then put Streatham under pressure in their zone. Jeff pulled the net minder to give Oxford the extra man, 10 seconds later goal number 4 tying the game at 4-4 with 47 seconds to go this meant Streatham got their player back from the penalty box, giving them a one man advantage. 44.30 GOAL! Streatham get goal number 5 and manage to soak up the pressure from a full strength Oxford for the last 30 seconds to win 4-5.
Charlie got the spirit for Oxford for playing a gritty game while in pain from her injured foot that had kept her off the ice against Slough last week.
Alex Humm got a well deserved MOM for facing 64 shots and stopping 59 of them.
Next week we do it all again... where's my Valium!
That's All Folks!