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monochameleon · 12-09-2015, 09:02 PM

[OUT OF UNIVERSE NOTE: From here on, I'm going to do a game of the day, news and scores, otherwise this is going to take longer than an actual season.]

PREMIER LEAGUE HOCKEY NEWS

- CENTRALS/NATIONALS PLAY OUT BITTER DRAW
- NEW VANCOUVER/SEATTLE RIVALRY BORN

Game of the Day:
Vancouver Giants 5 - 4 Seattle Nightmare
Key Arena, Seattle (Att: 16,150)

The Vancouver Giants' formerly fierce rivalry with the then-Seattle Vikings was such a key part of the 1950s and 1960s in the Atlantic League, an era in which the Vikings won 6 championships and the Giants 5. Since the Vikings moved to Winnipeg, however, that rivalry has cooled. A new Battle of the Georgia Strait has fired up today, however, as the Giants and Nightmare played each other for the first time.

When the leagues announced their merger, this is the kind of game they dreamed of: a new geographical rivalry opening in a thriller, a 5-4 win to the Giants that could have so easily gone the other way until Justin Moher's 3rd period brilliance saw him score twice in just 16 seconds to first level the scores, then take the lead. The whole game swung on a shoestring and as the third period ticked away, the tension in Key Arena mounted. Ed Merritt's goal to bring the Nightmare within 1 at 13:57 of the third lifted hometown hopes but the Nightmare couldn't convert on five further shots in the period and the Giants walked away with the win.

Elsewhere in the league today, the San Francisco Arrows were unable to overcome the Manitoba Vikings in a 2-1 finish; the a goal to Toronto's Chris Myers gave the Aces a 1-0 win over the Islanders in Charlottetown; the Nordiques pipped the Eagles with a 3-2 win in Denver; and the Centrals and the Nationals split 50 minutes worth of penalties between them in a 2-2 draw in Ottawa.

12-09-2015, 09:02 PM	#16
monochameleon Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: New South Wales, Australia Posts: 114	September 23rd 1985 [OUT OF UNIVERSE NOTE: From here on, I'm going to do a game of the day, news and scores, otherwise this is going to take longer than an actual season.] PREMIER LEAGUE HOCKEY NEWS - CENTRALS/NATIONALS PLAY OUT BITTER DRAW - NEW VANCOUVER/SEATTLE RIVALRY BORN Game of the Day: Vancouver Giants 5 - 4 Seattle Nightmare Key Arena, Seattle (Att: 16,150) The Vancouver Giants' formerly fierce rivalry with the then-Seattle Vikings was such a key part of the 1950s and 1960s in the Atlantic League, an era in which the Vikings won 6 championships and the Giants 5. Since the Vikings moved to Winnipeg, however, that rivalry has cooled. A new Battle of the Georgia Strait has fired up today, however, as the Giants and Nightmare played each other for the first time. When the leagues announced their merger, this is the kind of game they dreamed of: a new geographical rivalry opening in a thriller, a 5-4 win to the Giants that could have so easily gone the other way until Justin Moher's 3rd period brilliance saw him score twice in just 16 seconds to first level the scores, then take the lead. The whole game swung on a shoestring and as the third period ticked away, the tension in Key Arena mounted. Ed Merritt's goal to bring the Nightmare within 1 at 13:57 of the third lifted hometown hopes but the Nightmare couldn't convert on five further shots in the period and the Giants walked away with the win. Elsewhere in the league today, the San Francisco Arrows were unable to overcome the Manitoba Vikings in a 2-1 finish; the a goal to Toronto's Chris Myers gave the Aces a 1-0 win over the Islanders in Charlottetown; the Nordiques pipped the Eagles with a 3-2 win in Denver; and the Centrals and the Nationals split 50 minutes worth of penalties between them in a 2-2 draw in Ottawa.