Alpha Rococos (4-2-0) vs Foxtrot Trottyfoxes (3-5-0)

The second half of a home and home saw the Trottyfoxes outplayed by the Rococos for the second game in a row. First period action began with a nifty pass to the slot from Trevor Johnson at the point into the waiting hands of Casper Harnstrom where he netted his third of the tournament, and the game's first, goal. The Trottyfoxes continued a great offensive press well into the first period when a mix up on the offensive zone blue line caused a three on one with Chris de Siren netting his fourth of the tournament. With a flash of the stick Yompy Stearf backhanded a pass to Vladimir Pokozov who managed to psyche the defense out and get a pass to de Siren who scored stick side on Sam Lowery. Shortly after that Paul Atredies scored his fifth of the tourny on a beautiful pass from Love Beck that managed to needle through a pair of densemen's sticks from center ice to catch the winger. Near the end of the first the Trottyfoxes managed to tie it up with a hard slapper up the slot from Harnstrom which Wilhelm Schumacher managed to tip into Jason Voorhees' five hole.

The second period started off with the quickest goal to start a period of the tournament thus far, at 0:04 seconds Chris de Siren managed to dump a knucklepuck toward Lowery which bounced awkwardly toward the netminder and over his stick at the last moment giving the American his second of the evening. It began what would end up being a poor period for Lowery and Jerry Huuveri as well. Just over a minute and a half later de Siren managed his third of the evening after a mix up by Foxtrot gave the puck up to Shane Rinne who managed to storm into the slot and pop a shot off that hit Lowery's mask causing the netminder to lose concentration on the puck. Quickly de Siren managed to smother the net with a flurry of shots and that began the downward spiral for Foxtrot.

For the Trottyfoxes it became an all too familiar feeling, with the memory of the thrashing they took in the first period of the last game fresh in their minds at this point. Back to back goals like this became the M.O. for the Trottyfoxes as the scoring continued with Huuveri now in net. Not more than a minute later Axel Meszaros managed a beautiful wrap around goal when he skated into the offensive zone and made a brilliant move to outmaneuver the defense and score on Huuveri. Along with Meszaro's goal the Rococos managed to score again with de Siren netting his 4th of the game while the Trottyfoxes have two goals scored by Lligma Broomstick.

By the beginning of the third the score lay at 6-4 in favor of the Rococos. Things didn't look up for the Trottyfoxes though as quick succesion goals near the midway point broke the Trottyfoxes back, with de Siren scoring his fifth of the evening near the end of the game. For de Siren, it was a great showing of the skill that's been scouted as of late. When TSPN caught up with the young winger he felt the best part of the evening was the team's work toward winning the tournament. "Don't get me wrong it feels good to score a hat trick during the prospects tournament, but you know at the end of the day this is about the team and showing the scouts in those bleachers what we can do." The third line winger may not feel at home not on the top line but that hasn't bothered him; "Wherever I'm playing, no matter the line, I will do what I can to work hard and make sure we win."

The Rococos play the Charlie Angels next while the Trottyfoxes face the Ofthevoids.

1 - Chris de Siren (AR)

2 - Vladimir Pokozov (AR)
3 - Shane Rinne (AR)