How does a puck team beat a league heavyweight 5-4 on the road one night and get bombed 7-1 the next at home by a mediocre squad?
If you have the answer, call Ron Luniw. He's dying to hear it.
Actually, it's likely too late for a handful of Port Moody Black Panthers, whom Luniw said Monday "will be leaving" the team after Team Schizophrenic was stomped by six goals Saturday by the barely .500 North Delta Flyers at PoMo Rec Complex.
The lopsided Pacific International Jr. 'B' hockey league loss came one night after the Cats bolted back from a 4-1 deficit to shave the vaunted Pilots 5-4 in overtime in always-tough Abbotsford, giving PoMo just its third victory in its last 12 games.
"I just don't know anymore," Luniw, the Black Panthers general manager, spat. "We can play when we want to play but that's the problem, we play when we want to play. We're going to make some changes fast and it's going to be a bomb to everybody. I can't sit and watch this anymore, we're too good of a team."
The results left the Cats at 6-10-4-1 and soundly in third spot in the five-team Harold Brittain Conference, while the second-place Pilots slipped to 13-6-1-0. Meanwhile, the Flyers moved to 8-7-4-0 in third place in the Tom Shaw Conference.
The Flyers went five-for-10 on the powerplay and blew open a 3-1 first-period lead by netting the game's final four goals -- all with the man advantage. The Cats went one-for-three on the powerplay, with Dylan Friel's goal the lone tally PoMo could manage while getting out-shot 47-28 in the game.
In Abby, Trevor Kang's marker 2:07 into OT gave the Cats a dramatic come-from-behind triumph.
Julian Klaric stole the show for PoMo, whipping in three goals and assisting on two others. Cam Patterson notched the other marker.
ICING: The Cats host the 7-9-2-3 Grandview Steelers on Saturday at PoMo Rec Complex, 7:45 p.m.
