Yanks fall apart late, but salvage 5-5 tie.

"Five goals should be good enough for a win, not a tie," said Rick Armand as he exited the Yankee dugout, after his team blew a late 5-4 lead. "I should have gone to the pen."

Though we probably won't have another season in which everyone goes 6-6, the parity is not as bad this season as in seasons gone bi.

"Week one was a mirage," said Paul Maffa of the 7-1 win over these same Lakers. "Since then our goalie has about a 9.00 GAA."

"It's only 8.89," replied Cooz. "Let's not exaggerate."

The two teams played a much different game this time around, and it came down to a last minute tying goal by Dan Santanello that forced OT.

There was a goal scored during a delay by the offending team, but that's a story for another day.

This one ends in a tie.

BOXSCORE

Hockeytown; 05-Feb-2010 06:00 AM; 2010 Regular; Friday

Lakers (Friday) 5 vs Yankees (Friday) 5  OT

First Period

1. Lakers, Wilkinson, Jim (Unassisted) 07:55
2. Lakers, Osbahr, Bill (McCarthy, Dan / Long, Andy) 08:55
3. Yankees, Chapman, Mike (Albano, Paul / Maffa, Paul) 11:30
Penalties - None.

Second Period

4. Lakers, Santanello, Dan (Long, Andy) 10:04
5. Yankees, Maffa, Paul (Teal, Marc) 15:08
6. Yankees, Teal, Marc (Chapman, Mike) 16:25
7. Yankees, Albano, Paul (Armand, Rick) 18:05
Penalties - None.

Third Period

8. Lakers, Hanson, Trevor (Unassisted) 03:04
9. Yankees, Teal, Marc (Albano, Paul / Maffa, Paul) 03:30
10. Lakers, Santanello, Dan (Wilkinson, Jim / Coughlin, Ed) 18:25 (gt)
Penalties - Hardy, Steve - Yankees (Tripping) 07:45

First Overtime Period

No Scoring.
Penalties - Chapman, Mike - Yankees (Interference) 01:08


Goal - Lakers: Benassi, Mike; Yankees: Bocuzzi, Mike

Power plays - Lakers: 0-2; Yankees: 0-0

Officials: Mark Karas, Vin Morano, Sharon Gardner