Grizzlies through after a nail biter

After last week loss and moving into the finals series the Grizzlies were ready for a big game. There was a full turn out except for Crusty who's interstate at the time which gave us a massive bench.

Cheesey, Ned, Max, Killa and Martian
Floppsy, Big Nob, Gaffers, Scotty and Lynchy

We all managed to get to the pool on time this week and were reved up and ready to. when the buzzer was supposed to go we were itching to get into it and TSDC only had five in the water. Unfortunaterly for us the bloody A-graders went in to extra time and we had to wait around for over five minutes. In the meantime bloody TSDC players drifted in including smeggy Jared Coombe so that when we finally started they were up to 8 as well as Dave the Uberfuhreur with red hat on. To balance things up though Marty and Angus were also keeping an eye on the game.

Our level of intensity and hunger for the puck was absolutely brilliant right from the kick off. We were out and after that puck that a grizzlie after the last dim sim at the pub on a Wednesday night. We were so keen we got the first two goals after that it went one for one. Max stuffed up when he went to the surface just as Lynchy was passing to him which left a huge hole up our middle that TSDC gratefully burst through. Lynchy was so crapped off that he vented his frustration which Marty took offence to and gave him a minute on the side for his trouble. To Our credit we gave 'em hell right up to the end of the first half getting our fourth and restoring our two goal buffer right on the half time siren.

There was no time to rest on our laurels though, we have consistently slowed down in the second half and we were going to have to continue to play well to maintain our lead. Gaffers got thrown out for a professional foul and although he had stopped a goal we let one in while he was warming the bench next to the ref. With 6 minutes to go we were 6 :4 up and hoping to get the next goal to give us a safer buffer but bloody Coombe got though us again to draw within 1 goal. Then horror of horrors they bloody equalised and we were looking down the barrel. But cometh the moment cometh the man and Lynchy, after playing a blinder of a game (although we all paled into insignificance alongside Gaffers) gets the puck and makes a break into space for the goal, the Silver back comes down to tackle but Lynchy dodges around him, all but for the Silverback's arm through his. This blatant foul prevented Lynchy from scoring and Marty had to award a two on one (although he said he was being generous to them as he could have awrade w penalty goal). Lynchy and Gaffers take on Andrew Fisher, the buzzer has gone, it's all down to this or we go into extra time.

Gaffers goes wide and Lynchy nails it.

Grizzlies win by a goal and are through to the Grand Final.

It was a jubilant pack of Grizzlies bar Gaffers who headed up to the PoW for a couple of ales. We got a good serving of food a load of cheap jugs, Nuts dropped in for a yak (he shared Ned's) and we ended up winning our second raffle for the year. Not only that but there was talk of people actually going to training next week and we all managed to get home safely. Things are looking up.