Danbury News-Times photo
The New England Stars are off to a 2-0 start on the fledgling NEHL season, winning their home opener yesterday at the Danbury Ice Arena over the Findlay (Ohio) Freedom. Perhaps indicative of the talent level of the 4-team league, the Stars outshot the Freedom 64-20 on their way to a 14-1 rout, scoring 7 times in the second period and 5 times in the third.
The game drew a healthy crowd of 1300 fans, including many holdovers from the Danbury Trashers' crew of fans in Section 102, according to a story today in the Danbury News-Times:
With Section 102 shouting at Freedom players and directly at Findlay goalie Dennis Canfield, the Stars scored again. Dave LoPresti found the back of the net on a one-timer from Chris Seifert at 15:47 of the first period.
When Canfield was briefly injured on a slashing penalty, the section gave the visiting goalie a standing 10-count before a mock sympathy call upon his standing up.
"This is good for the core group of fans," said Rick Ziegler of West Haven and a proud resident of Section 102. "To be honest, we were all skeptical, but so far, so good."
"We're just rolling it over like a pension plan," said Ziegler, who, like many in the section, still proudly wear their Trashers jerseys. "Noise, that's what were known for in this section."
Danbury News-Times photo
Findlay came into yesterday's game undefeated at 2-0, while the Stars had won their season opener a week earlier against the Mohawk Valley IceCats, 12-2.
For some much better photos of the game, go to TrasherPics.net.
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