13 saves in 1-0 loss
On the surface one would think that Farmington's 1-0 loss at Rochester Mayo, Tuesday, Dec. 21, would have given Tiger coach Jon Holmes a few gray hairs. To the contrary, he said that other than doing a better job of putting the puck away, he wouldn't change much about his team's play.
"It was one of those games where if you've been around hockey long enough, you've seen teams just not having any luck finding the twine," he said. "We outshot them 53-14 and I think the 14 for them was a bit generous.
"We played well. Our defensive end didn't need to even be resurfaced after each period because the puck was in their end of the rink almost the whole time."
Mayo scored the only goal of the night in the second period on a double deflection and at the time Holmes said it was of little concern.
"We didn't realize until half way through the third period how important it really was," he said.
Holmes credited Mayo goalie Rebecca Graham for her work (53 saves) and said the Spartan defenders did a good job of clearing the rebounds.
Still, he wonders how his team managed so many shots without a single score.
"There's not much we could have changed in our play," he said. "It's a head scratcher."
