Post Game Recap - 19 & 20 July

The Blue Tongues continued their drive to make the top 4 Saturday night with a convincing 5-2 victory over the Canberra Knights. There exists a rivalry between these 2 teams since the Knights knocked the Tongues out of playoff contention last season, and Saturdays game had all the features of such a game; hard hits, lots of emotion and solid fast paced hockey. Bryan Lachance led the team with 2 goals and an assist for the game. Dave Upton stepped up his game with a 3 point game also; 1G 2A. CJ Anderson was solid between the pipes letting in just 2 goals off 20 shots. The other scorers for the Tongues were #22 Gaetan Royer and #21 Chris Martin.

Sundays game was an entirely different story. In the first period 6 players were tossed from the game, including the entire top line of the Blue Tongues (Royer, LaChance & Conner). The Blue Tongues 2nd and 3rd lines stepped up to the plate and played hard for over 40 minutes with standout games by #88 Dave Upton and #11 Matt Lehoczky. The Knights used the Blue Tongues missing top line to their benefit and without the hard checking play of Gaetan Royer and Bryan LaChance, the Tongues struggled to keep up with them. . The game ended 7-3 in favour of the Knights.

By Sam Hansen July 21, 2008

Upcoming Games

DATE	HOME	AWAY	TIME
23 Aug	Blue Tongues	A's	3:30pm
24 Aug	Blue Tongues	A's	3:30pm

Season Schedule

Previous Games

Home teams on top row

Date	Teams	P1	P2	P3	F
17 August	Bears Blue Tongues	3 2	3 2	2 0	8 4
16 August	Knights Blue Tongues	3 1	2 2	4 3	9 6
10 August	Blue Tongues Ice	1 4	0 3	0 2	1 9
9 August	Blue Tongues Ice	2 0	1 2	3 2	6 4

Game Results

AIHL Standings

Current as of 19 August, 2008
	GP	Pts
The Bears (Sydney)	26	58
Melbourne Ice	28	54
Newcastle North Stars	27	50
Western Sydney Ice Dogs	26	48
Canberra Knights	27	34
Gold Coast Blue Tongues	26	27
Adelaide A's	26	26
Central Coast Rhinos	26	21

Full League Standings

Individual Leaders

Current as of 20 August, 2008
Goals:	Gaetan Royer	22
Assists:	Bryan Lachance	21
Points:	Gaetan Royer	34
PIMS:	Bryan Lachance	138
PPG:	Gaetan Royer	5
SHG:	Gaetan Royer	3

GAA	Simo Mustonen	4.67
SV%	Simo Mustonen	86.38

Player Statistics