Grand Beach Beer Bellies 1, Apocalypse Now 4

Melrose – December 7, 2014 – The season opener featured two teams attempting to climb out from the bottom of the Spongee standings. Last season, Apocalypse Now finished 8th in their division and the Grand Beach Beer Bellies 9th in their division. It was the 21^st time that these teams have met in regular season play but it’s been two years since they last played. The Bellies are much younger this year.

The home opener is always enjoyable,'' Michael Moore said after scoring the game-winner in Apocalypse Now’s 4-1 victory over the Bellies on Sunday night. ''I didn't get any sleep. I was excited. It felt good, especially for the first home game.'

“It’s been a long summer, thinking about this game,'' Jim Heim said. ''When the schedule came out and we saw that this was our first game, everyone was exited. There's not a better way for us to start the season, and for us to be able to come in here and have this kind of success, it's a big win.” Late Hits: Apocalypse Now improved their record versus the Bellies to 13-7-1 with 118 goals for and 97 against...Rob Moore scored the opening goal of the season for only the second time in his career. The last time was 18 years ago in 1996-97....Bryan Wiebe’s goal was the 50^th of his career…Guido Sever was playing in his 200^th regular season game…Michael Moore hit the 100 point mark in his career with his second goal. He did it in 27 games. The previous best was Sever who did it in 43 games…Myron Fiks’ goal gave him 350 points in his career. ..Jim Moore and Bryan Finney were out of the lineup.

Final Box

Final	1st	2nd	Total
Apocalypse Now	3	1	4
Grand Beach	1	0	1

Scoring Summary

First Half
R. Moore 1 (M. Moore)

M. Moore 1 (Fiks)

M. Moore 2 (Wiebe)

Second Half
Wiebe 1 (Nikolaus)
Pen: Nikolaus (3min) interference

Goalie: Jim Heim 1-0

Skaters	Goals	Assists
Guy Sever	0	0
Myron Fiks	0	1
Bryan Wiebe	1	1
Rob Moore	1	0
Jeff Wrobleski	0	0
Patrick Nikolaus	0	1
Jason Allard	0	0
Michael Moore	2	1
Tristan Carlson	0	0