Mustangs stampede depleted Lake Raiders

Saturday Nov 23rd 1:30pm -2:30pm. Missing their big goal scorer the Lake Raiders had their work cut out for them against the Mustangs. 4:48 saw Captain Kirk Ashman open the scoring with an unassisted effort, followed by a sweet backhander by Mike Iacovone (Kirk Ashman, Mitchell Stark) at 11:41, adding another at 12:50 assisted by Istok "The Rock" Vidmar bringing the first to close at 3-0. The scoreless second period saw the Lake Raiders D and goaltending make a solid attempt to keep hopes alive. In the third the Mustangs kept on coming with a unassisted Kirk Ashman marker at 6:35. Just when it seemed all hope was lost for the Lake Raiders; the Gritty Alicia Palma crashed the net, poking in her first (unassisted) of the season spoiling goalie Brad Gordon's shutout bid. 11:39 saw Kirk Ashman close out the period with his third for the hat trick and a 5-1 victory.