Zilch

Jan. 20, 2024

Highlights:

Team records tied today:

Fewest shots per period (1; tied)

Spiders at Fighting Loons

Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024,
7:00 p.m. – Breck

Game 11 (AHA game 23495)

Spiders final score:: 0
Fighting Loons final score:: 4

Final – 1/20/2024
Team	1	2	3	F
Spiders	0	0	0	0
Fighting Loons	1	2	1	4

That is what the Spiders had Saturday night, facing the undefeated Fighting Loons. With just eight skaters available for the early puck drop at Breck, in front of a raucous Loon whistle-friendly crowd, the Spiders had a game plan to forecheck the Loons into submission.

Well, the first period scoresheet tells the story, while the Loons were held to just a goal, the Spiders’ sticks could barely tickle the puck, generating nary a whiff of offense, with one lone shot on goal in the first period, tying the Spiders’ franchise record for fewest shots in a period (first set Dec. 2, 2007, vs. the Royals, and tied the following week, Dec. 16, 2007, vs. the Fighting Piranhas, and again Jan. 29, 2012, also vs. the Fighting Piranhas).

In the second though, the Spiders did find a little offense, but couldn’t quite solve the Loon netminding.

By the third, the Spider legs (and ankles) had about had enough, and the shots were lopsided again, 10 vs. 3.

By the merciful end of the 51 minutes, the only evidence the Spiders participated was in elevated TOIs, as they couldn’t even draw the ire of the officials, for the season’s first PIM-free game.

Final score: 4-rip

2023–24 C3 West Standings *(Week 11)*
Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	P	GF	GA	PIM
Fighting Loons	11	9	0	2	0	20	47	24	54
Marauders	11	9	2	0	0	18	47	25	40
Fighting Walleye Blue	11	6	2	1	2	15	36	29	40
Les Etoiles du Nord	11	7	4	0	0	14	41	24	44
Kan Jammers	11	6	3	1	1	14	37	35	82
Boreal Hockey Club	10	6	3	1	0	13	35	30	46
Pines	11	5	5	0	1	11	35	34	38
Spiders	11	3	7	1	0	7	31	47	60
Nordeasters	11	3	8	0	0	6	35	47	51
Troopers	11	2	9	0	0	4	20	40	62
Bold North	11	1	10	0	0	2	17	46	36