Game 2 October 03

Marc-Andre here, breaking down yesterday's fallout from the studio. I'm riding solo for this recap... keeping that second seat tightly locked until a podcaster from an Original 6 town earns the right to share this air and join the feed.
Our boys stepped right into the furnace to face the flock on their own turf.
Cornfield didn't waste a single second. Less than four minutes into the opening frame, he snapped a laser home to draw first blood and quiet the local mill workers.
But by the second period, the script completely inverted. Dobeš was left totally out to dry in the sludge, staring down a brutal 5-1 deficit after the flock poured on four unanswered goals.
With less than two minutes left in the frame, The Violinist answered the bell. He struck a sharp, brilliant crescendo right from the faceoff dot, cracking their industrial cushion and signaling that Ste. Catherine wasn't done playing yet.
The third period caught absolute fire. Two quick strikes off the cycle, and suddenly the flock's comfortable cushion vanished into thin air. SlipNslide crashed the blue paint to make it 5-4, and Semigod completely weaponized the offense to score and lock the game at 5-5, dragging them kicking and screaming right out of their comfort zone to force it past regulation.
Then came overtime. Five minutes of pure, chaotic ice fatigue where every single stroke felt like trying to skate through cold molasses.
And just like that, they executed a lethal 2-on-1 rush out of nowhere, snapped a perfect cross-slot pass, and the waddling sidewalk-scavengers stole the extra point.
A moral victory doesn't buy beer on Ste. Catherine. We take our single point from the road, wash the rust out of our gear, and prepare for the next drop.