CLIPPER REPORT

Dan Marshall

Taken from the Daily Nanaimo Clipper Report on 106.9 the Wolf.

AFTER 11 STRAIGHT LOSSES IT MUST FEEL LIKE A GIANT WEIGHT HAS BEEN LIFTED TODAY.

THE CLIPPERS GOT DOWN 3-1 LATE IN THE THIRD BUT CAME BACK ON TWO DEFLECTION GOALS BY BLAIN AND KRAMER TO TIE IT.

THE EMOTION FROM THE NANAIMO BENCH WAS ELECTRIC IN THE FINAL MOMENTS AS YOU COULD SENSE THEIR DESPERATION LEVEL WAS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH.

MAYBE THERE'S A LESSON LEARNED ABOUT HOW GOOD THEY CAN BE WHEN THEY DIG AS DEEP AS THEY DID AT THE END OF THAT GAME.

IN THE OVERTIME NANAIMO HAD TO KILL OFF A PENALTY BUT THEY DID AND THEN EARLY IN 3 ON 3 OVERTIME MYLES FITZGERALD MADE THE KEY PLAY TO SET UP CODY BREMNER FOR THE GAME WINNER.

AFTER THE WIN THE ENTIRE TEAM CAME OUT TO SALUTE THE FANS WITH THEIR STICKS RAISED IN THE AIR.

IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LOT OF FANFARE OVER ONE WIN - BUT IN THIS CASE I THINK IT'S WELL DESERVED.

THE CELEBRATION WILL BE OVER TODAY THOUGH AS THE TEAM IS BACK TO WORK - TRYING TO BUILD ON THAT WIN IN TWO TOUGH BUILDINGS - AGAINST ALBERNI AND VICTORIA.