When Animals Attack ! ! Hornets Maul Bruins ! !

The Battle of Boston began this morning as the Pittsburgh Hornets attacked the Boston Junior Bruins early on, scoring 3 of their first 4 goals on power plays, to earn a decisive 7-3 victory in opening round action of the Beantown Classic. The ferocious Bruins started the game off fast for the first few minutes, dominating play with their aggressive behavior and trying to dominate the Hornets into an early submission. Like the fiery insect that bears its name though, the Hornets moved fast and quick to withstand the intial Bruin flurry behind the solid goaltending of Pittsburgh Hornet Goaltender Ben Burns, then like a wounded animanl came out of the corner attacking the Bruins hard, stinging and flying all over the ice to move out to a 4-0 lead at the end of the first half.

The Hornets were buzzing all over the offensive zone with perhaps their best implementation of down-low cycling all year and wearing down the beast of Boston like a skilled matador does to a weary bull in the bullfighting ring. The Bruins, still smarting from these multiple Hornet scores, tried to change their luck by changing goalies in the second half, but by then the fatal damage had already been done, as both teams traded 3 goals each to round out a final 7-3 victory for the Pittsburgh Hornets. Mark Polidor and Pat Gaul led the way with 2 goals and 1 assist each, with additional Bruin-beating goals added by Chris Cerutti, Jeff Hannan and Ronnie Kramer as well. Furman South captued the “ Prince of Assists” title with 3 assists while Matt Celene and Andrew Blazeck each added 2 assists with a final assist chalked up by Brian McGinty.



<<<--- Actual game photo of Hornets swarming all over Jr. Bruin Defenseman.


Besting the beast of Boston is one thing, surving the challenge of cold, hard steel is another as the Pittsburgh Hornets face the Shattuck-St.Mary’s Sabres in continued tournament action later this evening.