GAME SUMMARY: Hogs let one slip away vs The Great Unknown

FINAL SCORE
Sweat Hogs 2
Great Unknown 4

With 2 games to go in the regular season, the Hogs have clinched a playoff spot so these last contests are fine tuning for the post-season. Tonight was a good indication of what we're set to face when the ball drops in 2 weeks. Facing the Great Unknown (8-10-2) the Hogs put up a solid fight, and even led at the half, but a couple errant plays and a bad call by the ref on a ball on the goal line cost us the game.

We opened the scoring on a great feed from Dom Peluso, who threw a behind the back back-hand pass to Barton at center who put it away for the 1-0 lead. Minutes later, Desjardins, returning to the Hogs after missing 2 games, put one away from the point that trickled past the Unknown keeper for a 2-0 lead. The Great Unknown got one back near the end of the half, but the Hogs held the lead down 2-1.

The second half saw the Hogs play a more defensive game, not putting up as many shots as they could have, and playing a lot of man-to-man defense. This resulted in the occasional bad pass onto the Unknown sticks and Dave bailed us out a few times, but a couple got past. The goal to make it 4-2 was a crippler, as the ball sat on the goal line, with the net slightly askew, and the ref called it a goal. The Hogs lost all momentum, and dropped the game 4-2.

All things considered, missing only Aaron on the night, the team played a solid team game, and when you look at our previous game vs this team, an 8-0 loss, this is a vast improvement. The Sweat Hogs will look at next week's game vs the North Stars as a chance to build some momentum and confidence going into the B Pool Playoffs in 2 weeks.