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After suffering a clear defeat in Tampa by the hands of the Tampa Juniors  (5-1) the Eels Elite team deliver a crushing blow by the score of 10-3 to even the two game home and away series. This was all Eels from the drop of the puck. You could see it from the 1st couple of minutes as the Eels started to unravel the Juniors defenders and net-minder.  The Eels shot close to 30 shots on the Tampa goalies. The Eels throttled 5 past the goalies crease.

1st Period-1, Florida Eels, Valpeteris 8 (Ghafari, Diaz), 2:11. 2, Florida Eels, Di Re 13 (Valpeteris, Cermak), 9:46 (PP). 3, Florida Eels, Cermak 16 (Ghafari, Burke), 11:40. 4, Florida Eels, Di Re 14 (Marchetta, Valpeteris), 12:33 (PP). 5, Florida Eels, ClIngerman 20 (Marchetta, Di Re), 15:50 (PP).

Then the Eels got one from Florida Eels, Ghafari 4 (Cermak, Valpeteris), 11:09. and continued with 4 more in the 3rd as the Juniors changed their goalie: Florida Eels, Marchetta 20 (Diaz, ClIngerman), 10:17. 11, Florida Eels, Di Re 15 (Marchetta, ClIngerman), 10:59. 12, Florida Eels, Cermak 17 (Valpeteris, Colton), 15:14 (SH). 13, Florida Eels, Marchetta 21 (Colton, ClIngerman)
In net Jake Mork turned away 26 of 29 shots for a huge win.

The Eels Premier team returned to the Fort Myers Skatium to complete their home and away weekend series vs the Tampa Juniors and they handed them a clear and  and convincing defeat: 6-1

The Eels have been Red Hot of late downing the Blades in two games (5-0 and 5-1) Palm Beach (7-2)  and the Tampa Juniors in 2 contest. (3-0 and 6-1) That is only a stingy 4 goals against in 5 games.That is 5 goals in 15 periods of play. The goal scoring has been very balanced. This is a team on a mission. The only hi-cup was when they played the Metro Jets but that was their 5th game in the showcase Yess their 5th game! In that very showcase they only allowed 9 goals in the previous 4 games. In fact their goals for was incredible. 29 yes 29 in 5 games. That is almost 6 per game. In the past 5 games they scored 26 goals

Scoring data for the Tampa game was as follows:

1st Period-1, Florida Eels, Kiyawasew 15 (Deshaies, Ziemba), 11:10. 2, Tampa Bay Juniors, Beugen 6 (Neckar, Duhaime), 16:09. 3, Florida Eels, Kiyawasew 16 (Wainman, Zebley), 18:15. 4, Florida Eels, Moore 16 (Godbout, Patterson), 19:09. Penalties-Studebaker Tbj (tripping), 5:32; Walsh Tbj (interference), 11:58; Walsh Tbj (cross-checking), 19:48; Hennessy Eel (bench -interference with an official), 19:56.

2nd Period-5, Florida Eels, Zebley 6 (Phillips, Maltais), 1:19. 6, Florida Eels, Shepherd 7 (Budgell, Wainman), 1:40. 7, Florida Eels, Deshaies 3 (Trathen, Bzovey), 6:08. Penalties-Beugen Tbj (boarding), 3:39; Hennessy Eel (boarding), 15:44.

3rd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Walsh Tbj (high-sticking), 9:58; Godbout Eel (hooking), 10:20; Shepherd Eel (bench -too many players on the ice), 16:19.

Shots on Goal-Tampa Bay Juniors 7-14-7-28. Florida Eels 18-15-10-43.
Power Play Opportunities-Tampa Bay Juniors 0 / 6; Florida Eels 0 / 15.
Goalies-Tampa Bay Juniors, Mons 7-10-0-0 (43 shots-37 saves). Florida Eels, Rouleau 3-0-0-0 (28 shots-27 saves).
The Eels move up the standings with 56 points That is 16 ahead of the 2nd place Madhatters. 19 ahead of the Typhoon and 21 ahead of the Jr Blades

Congrats guys great job

The Eels Elite team were upended twice by the Jr Blades in OT last week but today they responded with a clear crushing defeat over their cross town rivals the Jr Blades. They were out to avenge their losses and this was a loud statement in that direction. The Blades struck first but then it was all Eels with two goals in the first period. Valpeteris 6 (Kaiser, Campbell), 6:44. 3, Florida Eels, Colton 7 (Di Re, Carnes), 18:56.

In the 2nd period the Eels struck again for two making the score 4-1

Valpeteris 7 (Di Re, Cermak), 1:08 (PP). 5, Florida Eels, ClIngerman 17 (Marchetta, Di Re), 5:23.

You could tell going down by 3 goals really was taking a toll on the Blades as they saw their two game winning streak and push for a playoff spot dwindle. Body language was telling the story for both teams. The Blades a bit slower and the Eels with a huge surge

In period 3 the Eels saw blood and tuned up the throttle with 3 more goals and a shut down performance by veteran Net minder Jake Mork. (23 shots-22 saves).

Di Re 12 (Cermak, Valpeteris), 1:47 (PP). 7, Florida Eels, ClIngerman 18 (Marchetta), 3:28 (PP). 8, Florida Eels, Cermak 15 (Di Re, Colton), 4:40.

What was amazing in this game was those top Eels players missing from the game because of sickness or injury. Great job guys

Gagnon. Ward, Duden,  Libby and Cole

The Eels Premier team frustrated the Jr Blades once again with a 5-1 clear and convincing win. In period one both teams were a bit tight and the Blades created a road block on their blue-line  but the Eels managed to adjust a bit and  got  on the board with a goal from Moore 13 (Hennessy, Godbout),

Then in the 2nd period the Eels opened things up after changing things up a bit and turning up the offense and extended the lead to 5-0 scoring as follows:

Godbout 10 (Patterson, Ziemba), 5:13. 3, Florida Eels, Moore 14 (Crupi, Hennessy), 6:16. 4, Florida Eels, Godbout 11 (Zebley, Goddard), 8:45. 5, Florida Eels, Hennessy 17 (Moore, Crupi),

In the 3rd the Jr Blades scored 1 but it was still a mountain to climb and regrettably for them it was a mountain to climb without a backpack. Too much for any team to crack the Eels at that point.

With another phenomenal game in net for the Eels by Rouleau   (26 shots-25 saves).

He has now earned 2 wins 0 losses and only allowed 1 goal in 6 periods of play.

The Eels travel to Tampa on Friday to take on the Juniors and return home on Sunday for their home-stand vs the Tampa Juniors