Blades win!
Posted by japanstats on 2009 September 12日 Saturday
The Tohoku Free Blades hosted their first preseason game today in Hachinohe, Aomori against the Nikko Ice Bucks. And despite local reports that it was a rough game with lots of penalties against the Blades, the expansion team managed to pull off a wild 9-6 win over the stronger than usual Bucks squad. The shots on goal were Blades 35 – 36 Bucks, so it looks like the Blades have improved a lot compared to their first pair of preseason games in Nikko where they were clearly being outplayed. Apparently there was a decently sized crowd as well (there better be, as it was a weekend game, and the first one against an AL team at that.)
Edit: Official game sheet. There were 420 spectators, this’ll have to improve during the regular season.
Francois Lemay said
What was the attendance?
Francois Lemay said
Thanks for the edit and the score sheet!