On
Saturday night inside the Nelson Center, Mike Fazio and the Springfield Jr.
Blues showed all of the faithful fans what the holiday is really all about—and if
you were there, it certainly wasn’t a game that many, if any, will forget for a
long time.
After
Janesville tricked us into thinking they were going to shut Springfield out,
the Jr. Blues treated the home crowd with a dramatically-impressive come from
behind win with three goals in the final seven minutes and made the teams’
official “Halloween Night” a truly successful event.
Fazio,
who is this seasons’ team captain, scored the go-ahead goal with less than
three minutes remaining in regulation—then followed it up with an empty-net
goal to seal the deal at 3-1 with less than 15 seconds to go. Brett Skibba tied
the game at one apiece with just fewer than four minutes left after the team
was scoreless and trailing 1-to-0 throughout much of the first 53-minutes of
the game.
Before
and after the game, fans and kids lined up for the official candy handout and
had a special treat for the little kids that wore costumes to the game as it
was the teams last home game inside the Nellie before the official holiday that
will occur this up-coming Wednesday.
It
was truly an amazing atmosphere inside the arena, especially in the final
minutes of the game as the home crowd was a huge lift for momentum in the
comeback. They had a costume contest at intermission and announced the top-ten
winners, which can viewed on the left side-bar, as well as on a “Halloween
Night” photo album that I have put together.
Thanks
in large part to the blogs’ new official photographer, Samie Nichols, many
photos have been uploaded and are set for everyone that was or wasn’t there at
the game to view.
As
this was first-year head coach Tony Zoaswki’s first “Halloween Night” of his
career in Springfield, calling it an ultimate-success is saying the very least
of all gestures. Saturday night’s win was a great all around fan experience for
the kids, and an amazing game that was well worth the price of admission for
all of the fans that attended.
The
Jr. Blues won for the fifth time in their last six games and is starting to
make a move in the standings in the North division. Overall on the season, the
team is currently 6-8-2 (14 points) and will be heading on the road next
weekend to take on the Johnstown Tomahawks before four straight home games back
inside the Nellie starting again on Friday, November 9th.
If there are any photos that you would like uploaded to the album or that I happened to miss, please send them to my email at cobbtyler025@yahoo.com and I will upload them as soon as possible.
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