Tornado Luxembourg Ground Gaulois Chalons 2-11
05 October 2013
On October 5th in their own building, the Gaulois Chalons played the Tornado Luxembourg, where the Gaulois Chalons were resoundingly defeated 2-11 by their guest. The Tornados are now first in the standings.
The visiting team was stronger than their opponent in the first period. It was Arnaud Briand who opened the scoring for the hosts at 5:52 after being assisted by Julien Delaunois. At 16:53, Yannick Hamri put the scores level at 1 all on an assist by Colm Cannon. Colm Cannon added another goal only 3 minutes later. At the end of the first, the visiting team was leading 1-2.
The visiting team didn't give up on the lead and kept dominating the game throughout the second period. The guests kept the momentum on their side, as Teemu Hinkula scored 3 minutes into the period after being assisted by Colm Cannon. Frédéric Davidson tallied again for the Tornado Luxembourg at 29:23 on an assist by Teemu Hinkula. Yannick Hamri scored another goal for the guests at 33:48. The teams were heading into the break with a 1-5 score.
The visitors held on to the lead and kept control of the game throughout the third and last period. Yannick Hamri scored another goal for the guests at 42:58. Another goal followed quickly after, as Bob Schneider scored another one for his team. At 48:54, Yannick Hamri scored another goal for the Tornado Luxembourg. Yannick Hamri added another goal only 23 seconds later. Colm Cannon put another goal on the sheet for the guests at 55:15. Charles Delgove scored at 57:15 to make it 2-10. Just 56 seconds later, it was Bob Linster who found the back of the net for the Tornado Luxembourg on an assist by Colm Cannon and Frédéric Davidson. At the final whistle, the score was 2-11.
"It was a tough game, playing only with a total of 11 players, so it was really important to stay out of the penalty box this time! The team did really good and everybody was working hard. There is still some work needed to improve our game in the defending zone to make our goalie's job a bit easier. Breaking out is starting to get better game by game and our forwards managed to find the back of the net quite often. If we manage to keep up the hard work and the team-spirit, this could be a good season for Tornado!", Ronny Scheier of the Tornado Luxembourg said.
"Je suis très satisfait de notre match ou nous avons connu un début difficile mais nous avons réussit à revenir au score et à tenir un jeu collectif et physique même réduira 13 joueurs. On confirme notre première victoire contre 2 prétendants direct aux playoffs ce qui peut je pense nous laisser espérer une bonne saison avec une bonne équipe qui commence à être souder et à trouver des automatisme nécessaire pour développer un bon jeu", Hamri added.
Yannick Hamri and Colm Cannon were the topscorers of the game with 6 points each, and Hamri got elected "Best Player of the Game". Out of these two teams' last 9 encounters, the Gaulois Chalons won 77.78% of the games (7 out of 9). Next on the schedule for the Tornado Luxembourg is Deuil-Garges on October 12th.