One Hat…All Glory as the Ms. Conducts Look to Get Ham'd at the Ham

Colleen Callahan (#21) scores her first of four goals Saturday night against the Maine Coon Cats.

Although the ice outside was thicker than the ice inside the Ham Arena, the Ms. Conducts pulled off a lopsided victory against the Maine Coon Cats late Saturday night.  Defenseman Colleen Callahan got the Ms. Conducts on the board with an end-to-end unassisted goal in the first period sending the momentum flying in the team's direction.  Callahan added to the lead with her second goal of the period  on a sweet pass from Lori Gress, pushing the Ms. Conducts further ahead of the 'Cats. 

The effortless second period began with Amelie Gagnon's miraculous goal from behind the net, proving that good things happen when you put the puck on the net.  With the Ms. Conducts up 3-0, the girls began to find seams and scar the 'Cats (meow).  Despite no hats thrown in her honor, Callahan completed her hat trick on a top-shelf snipe from an offensive zone face-off.  Left wing Gress took the puck behind the net and threaded it to Keri Capobianco who one-timed it past the Coon Cats frustrated goaltender.  Julie Dalton added to the Ms. Conducts lead with a backhanded shot over the goalie's shoulder to end the second period.

Defensman Sandy "Stiletto" O'Sullivan gets ready for play.

With a  6-0 lead, the Ms. Conducts began the third period on running time and tasked with protecting goaltender Michelle Donnelly's shutout. Defensemen Katie Castagno, Trisch "Alabama" Grimes, Callahan, Sandy "Stiletto" Sullivan, Dusty Beeley, and Carol Lowenstein held the Coon Cats at bay while Colleen Callahan finished her four-goal evening with a tap-in goal as time ran out on the deflated 'Cats.  The Ms. Conducts finished the game earning all five points for winning all three periods of play and the overall game victory.  With the tournament victor still undecided, the Ms. Conducts went to the locker room with heads held high and a celebratory night ahead of them.