On Saturday evening at the ice rink in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg's Tornado ice hockey team fought back to turn the game around after being 0-2 behind and took a very important 4-2 win against Reims.
The first period was pretty equal. In a 5-5 game it was hard to say which team was taking more control; however, after some unlucky penalties and unlucky mistakes, Reims managed to take 2-0 lead.
During the break, coach Fical cheered up the team and convinced that everything is still possible. During the second period, spectators could see a new hard-working and committed Tornado. Colm Cannon took his role as one of the key players and scored a goal after aggressive rush on the net, to make it 1-2. Not too long after that, 17 years old "wonder kid" Mikael Äijälä, released the birthday hero Lukas Föhr to semi-breakaway and Lukas’ accurate wrist shot found its way to the top corner. 2-2.
By the end of the period, Tornado had a 2-men powerplay and Colm Cannon scored a beautiful tic tac toe goal after being assisted by Ossi Uotila and Sebastian Grein.
In the third period, Reims got many chances on power play but the man of the match, Gilles Mangen, stood on his head and made a bunch of world class saves and did not let Reims tie the game. Just as Reims was unsuccessful, Tornado was not. Sebastian Grein took a wrist shot from the blue line and the puck found its way to the net after hitting the post. The goal tasted good for Sebastian as his family had become to watch the came from Sweden.
At the end of the game Reims had many chances to score but the man of the match, Gilles Mangen, with the help of amazing spectators, took care that it would not happen. It was amazing to hear “Tornado, Tornado” and “Mangen, Mangen” cheering at the end of the game.
