The Stingers and Gators met only once this season, and that match took place on opening day. Bees beat the Bayou Boys 3-2 on the heels of Roland Widmann’s two goals. Now the status of Widmann is uncertain. Will he play? In the aftermath of last weeks violent hip check, he now has a partially separated shoulder, so he may not be in the lineup. Earlier this week Dave Mulvey was placed on waivers, but so far no one has picked him up. Other than those two the Stingers will be loaded with their usual roster and ready to go. Now that Bruno is back, the Gators seem to be back to close to full strength.
Looking back at the history between the two teams here, this is a great rivalry. Last season they met one time with the Bayou Bunch taking the tilt 3-1. Two seasons ago the Bees took the Gators 6-0. So if you add it all together, over the past three seasons the Bees have a 2-1 edge on the Bayou Boys with a total of 10 goals to the Gators 5. If I was an odds maker I would probably have to go with the Stingers on this one. One thing this will be is a goalie battle. If both Dana and Bruno are on their game, it will make scoring very difficult to say the least. The Gators will be looking to Gunter for some offense, and relying on the Wolf and Gaydos to hold down the blue line. Stingers will be counting on Briscoe, Kang, and Carter to provide a spark for them.
This game will no doubt be a good one, two of the best teams in the league going at it, I still say the Bees walk away with a birth in the finals. But I could be wrong, the Gators are tenacious, and hungry for a championship. Especially with them not coming back in the league next season. This game could be the end of an era for the Gators, but don’t expect them to go down without a fight.
I say Stingers 4 Gators 3 shootout.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Stingers vs Gators
Posted by Killer Carlson at 2:14 PM
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I addition to Roland Widmann's shoulder, Steve Meek has a partially separated shoulder as well. Suffered from the endo he took on an excellent poke check during the Stinger's playoff game against Mid-Air last week. No telling how long it will take for that old man to recover from that!
steve meek is like a freak child of superman and chuck norris, he will be back before you know it!
I don't think if Superman and Chuck Norris had a baby it wouldn't be called a freak. I think we call that God.
I think it'd look better if you guys just got the bee from honey nut cheerios
If the the Stingers have to sit Meeks and Widman, Their offfense takes a big shot. The Gators are young have skated themselves into a great position here. I will go with the Gators in an Overtime thriller 2-1.
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As much I as I hate the Gators, I take them to win 4-0 on a BRUNO shutout.
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