Cardiff players
forechecked aggressively in their bid to fight back, while they fought hard to the end of a tough match.
"We just got every puck to the net, finished our checks and
forechecked hard,'' Shrewsbury senior defenseman Sean Hallice said.
They
forechecked us hard all night long and won the one-on-one battles.
The forwards
forechecked with abandon while the defensemen pitched in to keep the puck in Algonquin's end.
"I don't know if they're quite happy with how they
forechecked. We did a good job managing the puck and getting it out of the zone, but I think they're going to come a little bit harder and try to disrupt that."
The Colonials mustered only 13 shots against a stingy Tomahawks defense that routinely pressured the puck and
forechecked consistently.
"He's able to produce without taking away the element of his game, which is forecheck and hitting, and the way he
forechecked (today) gave us that tying goal that got us back in the game."
The power play was good, and we
forechecked well," Pearl said.
