Shark Bait!

It all began when little Nemo swam off defiantly from his father. P. Sherman from Wallaby Lane in Sydney captured him while deep sea scubaing, and the adventure was on. Once in the tank at the good dentist's office, he became known as.... Shark Bait! Ultimately, Shark Bait helps the other fish escape the tank as he is reunited with father and they all live happily ever after, and the neurotic clown fish who really was not funny learns a valuable lesson. A beautiful, touching story that has nothing to do with this game except to make up a new nickname and link it somehow to something.

Anyway, much like Nemo was renamed Shark Bait, so has Jordan Sigalet's, after facing more than thirty shots against the San Jose Sharklings. Despite the onslaught, Sigalet held on to claim the victory after being bailed out by his teammates Chris Berti and Andreas Lindstrom with their late power play goals to outscore the Sharklings - just like Shark Bait/Nemo was bailed out by Gil during an escape attempt.

Providence struck first when Rick Kozack scored at 03:23 of the first period, whistling the puck past Patrick Ehelechener for his twelfth of the year. Pierre-Luc Edmond and Martin Samuelsson recorded assists on the play.

Offensively, the rest of the period was silent, but much like Bruce, the blood thirsty shark who reminds you that "Fish are friends, not food", the Bruins were out for blood. Jaakko Harikkala beat up Mark McRae, with both earning time alone in the box at 07:11 (the time, not the place). Shaone Morrison levelled Tomas Slovak as he was called for boarding three minutes later, and Jiri Jakes earned a misconduct penalty after roughing up several of the Sharklings' weaker players - that is, all of them. The period came to an end with the Bruins holding a 1-0 lead, despite being outshot fourteen to five in the period.

Period Two was a scoring draw. Brett Nowak scored a power play goal for his eleventh of the year - assissted by Andrej Meszaros - at 09:44 and Milan Jurcina scored his second of the year eight minutes later. In between, San Jose added the fourth goal of the year by Ryan Caldwell. San Jose cut the deficit to one as Martin St. Pierre scored with just eighteen seconds left in the period, poking the puck past Sigalet.

In terms of bloodlust, though, Boston won big. True to form, the blood made the Sharklings draw closer, similar to their sealife counterparts. Fred Slukynsky and Mark McRae fought to a draw, which ended with McRae's ejection from the game, just 01:17 into the period. Jevon Desauntels and Tomas Slovak were singled out for roughing and hooking calls that resulted in the five-on-three power play. One minute later, Nowak put biscuit to basket. Once again, the Bruins went to the lockerroom up one goal, though losing momentum.

Providence saw that momentum fall flat on its face and get kicked a few times in the third. Marcel Rodman scored at 05:11 to continue to piss on Sigalet's night.

Two minutes later, tempers ran high as Paul Gaustad beat down Andreas Valdix in an easy victory. Ryan Caldwell attempted to extract some revenge, but ended up finding himself penalzied for a major spearing call. At 10:57, Sigalet gave up a shorthanded goal - a cardinal sin for Providence's head coach. As Michal Pinc celebrated, the Bruins tried to regroup.

Chris Berti scored as the Caldwell power play wound down on a break away which beat Ehelechner like a marble statue to tie the game at four-up. Caldwell, hoping his energy and vigor would make up for his stupidity, wound up getting his hauled back into the box for cross-checking.

This moronic penalty with two minutes left ended up costing the Sharklings the game. At 19:06, Andreas Lidstrom went glove side on Ehelechner and made him look like swiss cheese for the power play game winner.

Boston was three for four on power plays - the real game difference maker - as Jordan Sigalet improved to 15-30-1 on the year with twenty-seven stops on thirty-one shots. Patty Ehelechner fell to 20-20-1 on the year.

Despite being losers, Brad Schell and Marcel Rodman took stars one and three. Milan Jurcina claimed the second star.