Way to go Trojans! Hockey and Basketball Victory!

Well, I've never before played, reffed, or coached in an arena that had the temperature listed on the scoreclock...until now.  It was -2 at the opening faceoff, that's right, inside the arena.  We got a pep talk from the Mayor of Kralupy and the President of the Kralupy Ice Hockey Club followed by both National Anthems and a ceremonial puck drop, which Max let the home team win.  The boys were incredibly pumped for their opening game and came out firing to a 3-0 lead after the first period.  Colin Babington scored at 4:54 and 18:09 and Jacob Reid threw one in between at 14:08.  The clock runs up over here, in case you were wondering.  In the intermission, the Kralupy coach must have given a much better speech than Coaches Z, Baker, or Reid because the home side scored 4 in the second to take the lead.  Babington finished off his hat trick with :47 left in the second and HSC limped into the intermission, coaches not at all happy.  A forecheck adjustment during the break aimed to stop the odd-man rushes paid off and stymied the Kralupy breakout early in the third leading to Jacob Reid's go-ahead second goal.  Kralupy answered again with less than 7 minutes in the game to make for an interesting finish.  With exactly 5 minutes left, Brock Camden took a kneeing penalty, putting the Trojans on the PK.  Max Lindsay won the ensuing draw and fed an amazing pass up the middle to Reid who converted with a rocket to the top corner on the breakaway, setting off a riotous cheer from the Basketball players and parents in the crowd.  This proved to be the game winner as the boys held on beautifully to the final buzzer.  Way to go boys, you did HSC proud with this one.  Game 2 tomorrow should be our toughest opponent of the tour.