LINDGREN CARRIES THE PEPPER WITH 4 GNOTES

The season didn't start out the best for the pepper last night. The young team of speedy signs came out and hung 5 in the first to give them a 5-0 lead going into the second. "Nepple and I were really close to pulling wilson and sending him back to the California inline league, and put our back up goalie joe bryan in, but we decide to stick it out and that was the right decision" said tellmann after the game. With a positive speech, from jimmy rich, between periods lindgren put the pep on the board early with a pair of goals from sprehe and J. Smitty. "i was just trying to get open and sprehe hit me with to backdoor passes" lindgren said. But good old lindgren wasn't done there. Like he does for Sioux home games, (he is the lamp lighter at sioux home games), he lit the lamp again in the second making the game 5-3 going into the third. "it was huge for us to get the game close and get on the board, lindgren was able to get us right back in the game...this is why bethke signed him to a 10 yr 3 grinder a week contract to keep him around, we cant lose a guy like that" said nepple.

The third period started off good for the pep. Going hard to the net and getting good chances but were unable to capitalize. With 10 min left in the 3rd tofte gave bydal a glorious saucer pass tape to tape and bydal was able to score. "that pass was unreal, i couldn't believe it, one of the better passes in pepper hockey history....if bydal didn't score on that he would have sat the rest of the game"said coach tellmann. For the next 8 minutes there was a lot of neutral zone play but with 1 minute remaining wilson was pulled and "hot stick" lindgren was sent onto the ice. Lindgern got a great pass from tellmann off the boards and shelved a twister wrister over the glove of the goalie. "this is a great night for me, i worked really hard with burgraff on my skating and shooting this summer it is great to see all of that time paying off" said lindgren

Game went to a shoot out and pepper lost, but the game was good for the pep. "i was proud of the team tonight, great way to start the season. Would have liked to have the W but they will come" said tofte

BOXSCORE:

Player of the Game..............bydal.....kidding lindgren it was you

1
SS
SS
SS
SS
SS
2
RP, Lindgren (spehre, J Smitty)
RP, Lindgren (spehre, J Smitty*)
RP, Lindgren (nepple)
3
RP, Bydal (Tofte)
RP, Lindgren (Tellmann, J Smitty*)

SO
SS
J.Smith---X
SS
Bydal--X--triped on the hash marks and went flying into the boards, out 2-3 weeks with broken ego

Quote/Action of the night:
Our new free agent, Kilgore, is so talented he plays on two teams. Well after his first game he came into our locker room with his bag, stick, and one busch light can on top of another. Tofte was impressed to say the least. After the game we get into the locker room and kilgore says "what this team doesnt bring beer" (we forgot beer last night). Then he took off his gear and said "papa bear is getting fat, mamma bear might need to say...hay quit eating". then he showered and went to the bar......great first night for our new free agent.

Record is 0-1 with an afternoon game with OVETIME next week