On Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, I called one of the most interesting games ever…. Here’s an excerpt (which I wrote) of the game itself:

On Sunday at the Oval, the Canadians again outshot the Giants, this time by a margin of 40-28. GVC goaltender Liam Leslie stopped all 25 shots he faced, as the only Giants goals were empty-netters, with the Canadians employing a 6-on-5 attack (or 6-on-4 during some power plays) at various points during the contest (at least eight separate occasions). Joshua Mytton scored two goals in the first two periods as the two teams battled to a 2-2 tie in the second before Aidan Yao gave GVC a 3-2 lead with 3:35 left in the period. The Giants tied it up with 8:17 remaining in regulation, their third empty-netter of the game, but Neven Heer scored only 21 seconds after that to give the Canadians the lead for good. Aidan Mark then added an insurance goal with only 1:27 left to close out the victory.

By my count (because I was actually looking at the goalie and at the bench to see if/when the coach would signal the goaltender to skate to the bench), there were eight separate times that this tactic happened. The first time it happened, it was in the first minute of the game and completely threw me off.

Also, in this game, at the start of the third period, the camera person had not returned from the intermission break, so I manned the camera for four minutes. All in all, an interesting day.