Red Army Floods Islanders 13-4

Sunday afternoon's game between the Red Army and the Islanders was out of contention before half way through the first period. After the Islanders scored to tie the game at 1, Mother Russia responded with seven straight goals to end the period. There isn't much to say, but here are the post game notes in bullet form.

• Welcome back Pat King. With five goals and three assists it is fair to say that Hat-trick Pat-trick is back. Now, can he remain the number two scorer on the team the rest of the way? Regardless, I'd venture a guess that we see some of the Hendricks King magic in the playoffs.
• Scott Hoefer tied his game high in points with a one goal, two assist performance. He has now played five games in the eight games he has skated in this season.
• Ryan Odell played.
• Mark Hendricks was involved in every goal the Red Army scored. He assisted on all five of King's tallies as well as Hoefer's lone strike and scored the others. His 13 point performance beat his younger brother Neal's nine point performance from two seasons ago and established a new Red Army franchise record.
• Steve Hand played goalie for the first time in his career and was solid, stopping a little more than half the shots he faced. That's what you ask for with cameo goaltenders, right?

So that's that. Five wins in a row brings the Soviet record to 6-1-1. At the start of the season I thought a ten win campaign would be a success for the regular season, hinting that the 11 game winning streak that ended last season was a bit of a fluke and the likelihood of experiencing another streak like that would be slim... I'll end that thought there... Game tonight at 10 vs the Hurricanes. Six in a row for win number seven? Here's hoping.