The basic round of the NBLL season is slowly coming to an end and so the penultimate weekend for our Monarchs was in Radotin. With the Wolves from Radotin and the runners-up from Jizni Mesto, two tough opponents awaited our Monarchs.
On Saturday, we faced the LCC Wolves from Radotin. The Wolves got off to a good start on their home turf and it was clear that it was going to be a tough game. Radotin veteran Dominik Pesek opened the scoring for the Wolves after just 50 seconds and after 5 more goals, the Wolves went into the quarter break trailing 6:1. The only goal for our Boys in Blue was scored by Maximilian Salzbrunn.
The Wolves stepped up a gear in the second quarter and made their dominance clear. The Monarchs fought back with all their might, but on this day they had no recipe against the strong offense of the men from Radotin and so the second quarter was lost with a score of 9:0. After half-time, our boys finally got a grip on the game and were able to create chances. This was rewarded with 3 goals, Maximilan Salzbrunn, Greg Brenn and Gerhard Probst scored for the Monarchs. However, the Wolves held their own and the third quarter ended evenly poised at 3:3.
In the final period, the Wolves restored the old balance of power and brought the game home with a more the game by a more than comfortable 24:5. Nevertheless, there was some pleasing news in the Mark Kolodne scored his first NBLL goal in the final period.
The statistics for the game against the Wolves can be found here:
https://www.lacrosse.cz/rozpis-vysledky-results-fixtures-v#cmd=game-detail&gameid=51
The next tough game was against the runners-up SKL Jizni Mesto on Sunday. Similar to the Wolves the day before, the men from Prague's southern city got off to a good start. The Monarchs put up a spirited fight, but were unable to prevent a 5:1 deficit after the first period. The goal for the Monarchs was scored by Gerhard Probst, who would go on to score two more goals on the day.
The second quarter was similar to the first. Jizni Mesto again won the quarter 5:1 and Gerhard Probst again scored the only Monarchs goal of the period. goal of the period. The Monarchs went into half-time with a total score of 10:2.
The game continued in the same vein after the break, with Jizni Mesto pressing hard and our Monarchs putting everything they had into it. But on this day they were no match for the experienced South City offense and so they also had to concede 6:2 in this quarter. Greg Brenn and Gerhard Probst scored for the third time for the Monarchs.
In the final period, Jizni Mesto played the game dryly and routinely, while our defense gave everything and only allowed the runners-up to score one more goal. So this game was lost with a total score of 17:4.
Pictures of the game can be found here:
https://eu.zonerama.com/NBLL/Album/11516956
The statistics of the game can be found here:
https://www.lacrosse.cz/rozpis-vysledky-results-fixtures-v#cmd=game-detail&gameid=56
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