Sunday, November 22, 2009, Highland Park (North Rink). For the second week in a row, the Northern Horde defense stole the show and held the Maroons to one goal in a 5-1 win. The scoring started early in the first when Jeff Nelson knocked down an ill advised pass from the Maroons defenseman and took it to the house to get the scoring started. With the pressure mounting in the Maroons defensive end, Horde defensemen Tyler LaMont and Suneel Arora held the puck in at the point and fed wing Dan Bolles who beat the Maroons netminder. Less than a minute later, defensemen Brian Hinderks picked up a Chris Haack pass in the high slot and ripped another goal giving the Horde a 3-0 lead in the first period. At 15:26 of the second period, the Horde gave up their first shot on goal, which caught a napping Pete Morrow by surprise. That would be the only puck to get past Morrow on a night where he would ultimately face 15 shots. In the third, the Horde scored again when Liam Monahan, who has been on fire the past two games, scored his first goal of the season, with assists from Dana Cudo and Tyler LaMont. Jon Zimmerman’s shot from the slot was slowed slightly by the Maroons netminder, but winger Mark Paska skated in to push it into the open net to get his first of the season to seal the victory. Liam Monahan had the second assist on that final goal giving him a two point night. Overall, the Horde’s forwards really stepped it up. Will Schultz was knocking people all over the ice and Jon Nygren twice hit the post. The D was suffocating as Dan Kline put the Maroons forwards on lock down.
