After a solid December that saw them move up the standings and catch the second-place Frederikshavn White Hawks, the Pirates opened 2018 at home against the Herlev Eagles who sit in tenth-place of the eleven-team league and were 37 points back of the Pirates going into the game today. Herlev's season is virtually over already as they sit fifteen points back of ninth-place Sønderjyske, but they are still playing for pride as they take to the ice in the second-half of this season. The only problem is that they ran into an Aalborg Pirates team that is playing inspired hockey as they charge up the standings in an effort to catch the first-place Herning Blue Fox.
How inspired was it? Let us count the ways, color-coded for easy reading.
- At 2:39, Kirill Kabanov scores from Jeppe Jul Korsgaard and Martin Lefebvre (1-0).
- At 5:00, Kirill Kabanov scores from Henry Hardarson (2-0).
- At 16:18, Henry Hardarson scores from Emil Marcussen and Sebastian Brinkman Andersen (3-0).
- At 17:21, Martin Højbjerg scores from Mikkel Højbjerg and Julian Jakobsen (4-0).
- At 19:00, Jeppe Jul Korsgaard scores on a power-play from Christopher Frederiksen and Karill Kabanov (5-0).
- At 21:11, Olivier Hinse scores from Jeppe Jul Korsgaard and Clay Anderson (6-0).
- At 21:42, Nikolaj Carstensen scores from Kristian Kodal and Henry Hardarson (7-0).
- At 40:31, Mikkel Højbjerg scores from Martin Højbjerg and Julian Jakobsen (8-0).
- At 42:44, Kim Staal scores from Frederik Bjerrum and Thomas Søndergaard (8-1).
- At 44:19, Martin Lefebvre scores on a five-on-three power-play from Olivier Hinse and Christopher Frederiksen (9-1).
- At 44:37, Mikkel Højbjerg scores on a power-play from Martin Højbjerg and Julian Jakobsen (10-1).
- At 47:29, Pierre-Olivier Morin scores on a power-play from Martin Højbjerg (11-1).
- At 50:24, Julian Jakobsen scores on a power-play from Olivier Hinse and Jeppe Jul Korsgaard (12-1).
- At 57:33, Clay Anderson scores from Kirill Kabanov and Jeppe Jul Korsgaard (13-1).
Make no mistake in that this was a good, old-fashioned butt-whipping by the Pirates, so we'll see if this offensive explosion can continue as they play aforementioned ninth-place Sønderjyske on Friday before squaring off with the team they're chasing in the Herning Blue Fox at home on Sunday. Head coach Brandon Reid hasn't made any indication as to when Peter Quenneville will add his scoring touch to the lineup, but it's going to be hard to mess with the 13-goal chemistry that the Pirates have found early in 2018!
Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!
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