Official Press Release

- GUPPIES LOOK UGLY IN 10-8 OVER THE KNIGHTS -

Glastonbury, CT April 30, 2003. ZRink - Killingworth Guppies victory number TWO of spring 2003 season.

4/30/03- The Killingworth Guppies came out Wednesday night in strong fashion with Rookie Tim Poulin (1-3-4) scoring early to give the the one goal lead. However, the Guppies would give back that lead only nine seconds later which set the tone of this game. The Guppies would retake the lead when Rob Murphy(3-0-3) scored on a great individual effort. Later Brian Mulcahy(2-1-3) would bury a pass from Dave Armenia(0-1-1) ro give the Guppies a two goal lead. However, on this night there wasn't a lead large enough for the not to blow. The Guppies would let Knight's forward Matt Zuba score on them at will all night. "We had an awful defensive performance tonight" stated the Guppies Captain Brian Kelly (1-1-2) "We are making bad choices and they are costing us". Mulcahy and Marc Crayton (1-0-1) added goals late in the first giving the Guppies the 5-4 lead at the half. The Knights scored early in the Second half to tie the score at 5 but the Guppies again would storm back with Goals from Murphy and Jason Zito (2-1-3). "it went back and forth all night" stated Guppies Defenseman Tom Mierkiewicz" We never could put the final nail in the coffin". The Knights would score the next three goals to take the lead for the first time 4:39 remaining in the game. Rob Murphy responded just seconds later scoring the tying goal with 4:13 on the clock. The Gupps called a time out with a little over 2 minutes remaining to work out a plan of attack. It paid off as Tim Poulin took a pass from Jason Zito and walk in with Brian Kelly on the 2 on 1. "I held onto the ball as the Knight's defenseman went down, I knew that with the Dek he would eventually stop sliding and I could get the ball over to Kelly" Poulin slid the ball over down low and Kelly tipped it in for the go ahead goal with just 20 seconds remaining in regulation. Kelly added "Tim made a great pass and I was lucky enough to tip it into the opposite corner of the net". Zito would add a late goal to secure the victory for the Guppies. Joe Linskey had another off night stopping just 13 of the Knights 21 shots. The Guppies face off next Wednesday night at 700pm vs the Sabre Cats. We'll see you there!!!

Side Notes:
- Brendan Leahy was a healthy scratch Wednesday night
- Despite their awful effort the Guppies were only losing for 26 seconds during the entire evening
- Knights forward Matt Zuba had 5 goals on the Guppies, maybe we should put someone on that guy.
-The Guppies out shot the Knights 26 to 21

Wednesdays Nights Goal Scorers
Murphy - 3
Mulcahy - 2
Zito - 2
Crayton - 1
Kelly - 1
Poulin - 1

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