Saturday, January 21st, VFC vs. Cap City Vipers

This team is 5th in our division, so when we were leading the game 2-0 midway through the 1st period the spirits were high.  However, we soon started losing the grasp on that lead.  Late in the 1st period the game was tied.  Then a fellow defenseman went out of the game with an injured knee.  Shortly after that, Zak took a hit that crashed him into the boards shoulder first and he immediately headed to the bench...you could see the pain on his face from the stands.  By the start of the 3rd period we were losing 5-2.  About midway through the 3rd we scored and brought the game to 5-3.  Zak rejoined the game shortly after that and had a few great last shifts, including a beautiful breakaway that the goalie stopped (stupid goalies).  All in all, we ended up losing the game 6-3, but it was a hard fought battle and we gave a much higher ranked team a run for their money.