Spiders can’t score, but lose 5–1
Feb. 21, 2026
Spiders at Fighting Loons Black
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026,
09:30 p.m. – Richfield 2
Game 15 (AHA game 27767)
- Spiders final score:
- 1
- Fighting Loons Black final score:
- 5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fighting Loons... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Got by with a little help from a loon.
The Spiders took on the juggernaut Fighting Loons Black late Saturday night at Richfield.
Despite being in the game until the third, the Spiders couldn’t find the twine at all, so the Loons helped out a bit early in third, knocking in an own-goal, sourced from either Mettee (who got the credit) or Ronneberg, who was in the vicinity.
The only highlight reel was in #69 Neary’s head when he potted the bookend with 1:22 to go after cherry picking in the neutral zone in a 4–1 blowout. Yay, dude!
| Team | GP | W | L | T | OTL | P | GF | GA | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growlers | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 60 | 37 | 84 |
| Wood Knocks | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 68 | 39 | 50 |
| Marauders | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 62 | 28 | 48 |
| Ice Cobras | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 71 | 40 | 74 |
| Kan Jammers | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 76 | 34 | 70 |
| Pines | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 54 | 35 | 64 |
| Fighting Loons Black | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 46 | 34 | 66 |
| Troopers HC | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 59 | 48 | 66 |
| Bold North | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 51 | 39 | 72 |
| Spartans | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 49 | 52 | 52 |
| Wildcats | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 57 | 41 | 116 |
| Blue Ox | 15 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 50 | 50 | 60 |
| Les Etoiles du Nord | 15 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 43 | 60 | 68 |
| Fighting Loons Red | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 72 | 36 |
| Fighting Walleye | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 64 | 50 |
| Saints | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 70 | 60 |
| Spiders | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 90 | 56 |
| Sharks with frickin lasers | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 86 | 60 |
Final score: 5–1
Lifetime against the various versions of the Loons Dynasty™, it’s 8–11–2 dating back to the 2013–14 season.
Next up for the Spiders, our summer season teammates (Team Zimbabwe), the Ice Cobras, who currently sit in 4th place in C3, at 11–3–1–0.
Last season, which was the first for the Cobras at C3, the campaign was a 1–0–0–1 split for the Spiders.
And in other C3 Cellar Dweller news, the Saints won a game to clime out of the three-way tie for last with the Spiders and Sharks with frickin lasers. So that leaves just the two teams left vying for the Toilet Bowl, even though official post-season elimination has now arrived.
Puck drop back at Charlie Brown’s Barn, on Sunday, March 1, at 8:10 p.m.
For details, see the box score and game summary.
