ROLLER HOCKEY PLAYOFFS : Bullfrogs Sweep San Diego, 9-7, Knocking Rival Out of Playoffs
Anaheim Bullfrog Coach Grant Sonier sat in the stands two hours before Sunday’s Roller Hockey International Western Division semifinal playoff game and talked about discipline.
“Tonight,” Sonier said, “is not the night for personal vendettas.”
The Bullfrogs, nonetheless, took great delight in eliminating the San Diego Barracudas, 9-7, in the second game of a three-game series before an announced 8,541 at The Pond of Anaheim.
The Bullfogs won five of six games this season against San Diego, but the Barracudas provide plenty of emotional distraction.
“It’s a love-hate relationship,” Sonier said of his team’s arch-rival. “We love to beat them and hate to play them.”
Darren Perkins, the Bullfrogs’ fourth-leading scorer, had his first three goals of the playoffs Sunday.