Blue Tongues drop back to back road games

The Blue Tongues were on their last road trip of the season this weekend, facing off against the Canberra Knights and the league leading Sydney Bears.

Saturday's game with the Knights was close, with the score being 7-6 at one point in time. A shot off the goalie mask saw a game equalising Tongues goal waved off.

A goalie change after the first period saw Simo Mustonen be replaced by Brenton Cooney. Lack of discipline and defensive breakdown was the downfall of the Blue Tongues, resulting in 5 of the 6 goals scored on Brenton Cooney being Power Play goals. The game ended with a 6-9 defeat. The scorers for the Blue Tongues were Bryan Lachance (2G), Gaetan Royer (2G) and James Lewis (2G).

Sunday the team traveled to Sydney to face one of the hottest teams in the league, the league leading Sydney Bears. Going into this game the Bears had double the points that the Tongues had in the standings, both having played 26 games.

The Bears came out strong and dominated with an open ice fast pace game. The Blue Tongues tied the game 4-4 at one point but couldn't hold off the Bears attack. Although the Blue Tongues outshot the Bears 16-12 in the 3rd period, the Bears kept them out of the net. Final score, 4-8 Defeat. The scorers for the Blue Tongues were Bryan Lachance (2G), Robert Orosz (1G) and Jack Conner (1G).