Tararua Real Iced Coffee Southern Stampede v Botany Swarm

Queenstown Saturday 21st August

The Tararua Real Iced Coffee Southern�Stampede were encouraged by the previous nights game and believed that they could take the Swarm in this their last game of the season. The first two periods were played at the same high pace that we saw on Friday night and there was no score going into the third.

The Stampede opened the scoring when Michael O'Keefe scored an equal strength goal at 14.06. The Stampede had plenty of possession but couldn't seem to get quality shots on goal. The Swarm came back with the equaliser at�11.30 when K C Ball scored assisted by Corey Down. The attacks were coming at both ends but with no further scoring the game went into overtime. Both teams played themselves to a standstill in the 5 minute overtime period but there was no score so the penalty shoot out was on.

The Swarm started the shootout and goals were scored and shots were saved until it came to Bert Haines to score the decider for the Stampede. He made no mistake, driving the puck past Zak Nothling and giving the Stampede the win much to the delight of the players and fans.

Shots on goal Stampede 25 Swarm 47

Penalties Stampede 16 Swarm 38