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Originally posted by cicvi17:
My attempt at an unbiased analysis of the Ghost-O'Hara game:

Ghost came out and scored first, which I think was a big weight off their shoulders after a sloppy game on Monday. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th goals for Ghost were tricklers, outside of a good shot from Paul Burns for the first goal. A different bounce in a couple instances could have kept it a 1-1 game.

The biggest play of the entire game came when Ghost was leading 3-1 with just over 8 minutes to go and O'Hara on the power play. Murray came through on a 2-1, criss-crossed with Coll and backhanded a shot past Berardi. The goal was disallowed by the referee however, saying Coll was in the crease. It was a pretty close call, and I think the only reason it was called is because it did appear to prevent Ghost's goaltender Berardi from coming across the crease to make the save. About a minute later, Ghost scored the other way to make it 4-1 and pulled away a bit.

One thing I will say is that Ghost got sloppy and a little careless towards the end with a 5-1 lead and about 3 minutes remaining. O'Hara actually pulled the goalie and scored twice to make it 5-3 before Zemzik scored an empty netter to ice it. I give a ton of credit to the Lions for continuing to battle and fight even though it was a 4 goal defecit. They battled hard and played until the end.

One final note: As always, the game will be archived on www.wbcb1490.com - just go to the sports section on the lefthand tab and scroll to the bottom for all of the Hockey Night in Bucks archives.