| Penf, Mid, PY and AQ Win on Tuesday |
April 1, 2008 - There were five games on the first Tuesday night schedule.
Penfield won a close game with Thomas (11-8). Midlakes won their opener
9-2 over Batavia. Penn Yan was the 13-0 winner over visiting Mynderse while
Aquinas won a close game against Churchville-Chili. West Genesee was a 7-4
winner over host Irondequoit.
  Penfield used a third quarter surge to defeat Thomas 11-8 in the opening contest for
both teams.
The game began on a dark note, as the power was off and the lights would
not turn on at McAvoy Park. Although the darkness was coming, the coaches decided
to start the game and see what would happened.
The first quarter saw good defense by both teams. The weather also played a
factor as neither team took many shots and both teams looked sluggish with
the cold weather bearing down. That did not last long as by the second quarter
(and more so in the second half) the two teams showed they were ready to go.
Penfield scored the first two goals as Gian Maggio (assist to Kyle Denhoff)
and Denhoff (assist to James Dwyer) gave the Patriots the lead. Thomas scored
the next four goals to take a 4-2 lead into the half including a score that
was inadvertently knocked into the goal by a Penfield defenseman with only
0:04 remaining in the half.
At halftime, the coaches decided to continue to play for as long as there was
light. However, about half way into the third quarter, the lights came on and
the game continued to its conclusion.
The third quarter was all Penfield. The Patriot offense scored six goals while
holding the Titans to four shots (only two on cage). Additionally the Patriots
won the ground ball battle 20-9 and the face-off battle 7-1. Over the entire
game Kyle Van Thof demonstrated great skill at the draw, winning 15/20 draws.
A significant factor both on face-offs as well as the entire game was Alex
Nowak who picked up a total of 8 ground balls during the game as well as
three one-on-one takes.
By the time the final quarter came around the Patriots had an 8-5 lead. Thomas
showed the same drive they had in the first half and tied the quarter 3-3,
scoring two goals within the last two minutes as they attempted to fight back.
Thomas showed dedication and never gave up the fight. Leading the charge, as
well as leading scoring on both teams, was Nick Scalzo who finished the game
with 4g-1a including the final two goals for the Titans.
In the cage, Thomas split halves with James O'Neil playing the first (6s/2ga)
and Austin Fox playing the second (7s/9ga). Brady Del Pozzo played the entire
game for the Patriots at an even 50% (8s/8ga).
Scoring for Penfield were Denhoff (3g-1a), Connor Rice (2g-1a), Maggio (2g),
Van Thof (2g), Tucker Nelson (1g) and Nowak (1g).
Scoring for Thomas were Scalzo (4g-1a), Max Gurowski (2g-1a), Kyle LaVallee
(2g) and Brad Hutton (1a).
 For
a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full
statistics.
 In
their penning game of the new season it was Midlakes with
a 9-2 win over Batavia at a game played at Waterloo.
After taking a 2-1 lead at the end of the first quarter, the Eagles added one
more for a 3-1 lead at the half and with the Blue Devils very much still in
the game. In the third quarter, Midlakes opened it up with 5 unanswered goals.
In the last quarter each team added one goal. Coach Rich Doan was pleased with
the win. "Batavia is an improved team. We needed to put more shots on (Matt)
Landfried." Midlakes
out shot Batavia 40-15.
Scoring for Midlakes were Tyler Brooks-Lambert (3g-2a), Conor Hogan (2g-2a),
Nick New land (4g), Tom Cheney (1a). Senior goalie recorded Jared Schoonerman
(10s/2ga).
Scoring for Batavia were Joe Muoio (1g), Will Mulcahy (1a) and Scott Way (1g).
Matt Landfried recorded (12s/9ga) for the Blue Devils. No report from Batavia.
In
an exciting game, Aquinas defeated Churchville-Chili 8-6 to
move to 3-0 on the season.
Aquinas started off strong with Jasen Torres scoring the lone goals of the
first quarter. Aquinas continued to play well taking a 4-1 lead into the
half. Gino Marcello scored the lone Saints goal of the first half.
After half time, each team scored one goal (Marc Brondon for Aquinas and
Jon Hemink for C-C). The Little Irish continued to lead 5-2 into the third
quarter.
Churchville-Chili exploded in the fourth quarter. After allowing one more
Little Irish goal (Austin Gorman), the Saints scored four straight goals to
tie to game at 6-6. Coach Jerry Dawes had used his time-outs and Churchville
scored ( Jeff Langschwager from Ryan Yunker) after
a broken clear. Keith Preston then won the face-off for the Saints and after
running down to Marcello (who passed it back), scored a fast-break goal. Preston
won another face-off and sent the ball to Yunker for the tying goal.
Aquinas reasserted themselves at that point and scored
the last two goals of the game. The final goal
of the game was Gorman scoring on a fast-break.
The game demonstrated that both of these teams
are going to have strong seasons.
Scoring for Aquinas were Gorman (3g-2a), Cameron Corsaro (2g), Brondon (1g),
Anthony Bianchi (1g) and Torres (1g). In the cage, Kraig Heston recorded 6s/6ga.
Scoring for Churchville-Chili were Yunker (2g-1a), Preston (1g-1a), Marcello
(1g-1a), Hemink (1g-1a) and Langschwager (1g). In the cage, Sean Kettles recorded
9s/9ga.
Churchville-Chili
sent a stat sheet.
Check out the full
statistics.
"We
had less than 12 minutes of possession time and ground ball (production) keep
the ball on the PY end of the field," said Coach Joe Caraher after Penn
Yan recorded a 13-0 shutout at Penn Yan.
Scoring for the Mustangs were Adam Trombley (2g-2a), Matt Osgood (4g), Cole
Castle (3g-3a), John Linnan (1g), Jordan Owen (1g), Adam Stork (1g), Dana Wilber
(1g) and Anthony Luppino (1a). Goalie time was split with Ethan Kamholtz playing
3 quarters and recording 3 saves while Justin Galusha played 1 quarter and
also made 3 saves for the Mustangs in their season opener.
Mynderse goalie Brad Dove recorded 20 saves for Mynderse.
The
Section Five Class A defending Champions from Irondequoit hosted an early season
game with the Class A NYS runners up from West Genesee. The
Wildcats took home a 7-4 win behind scoring from senior middie Luke Cometti
(4g), senior attackman Mike Fetterly (2g-1a) and junior attackman Ike Hopper
(1g).
Irondequoit saw scoring from junior attackman Drew Coholan (2g), senior attackman
Greg Wright (1g-2a) and senior attackman Tony Micelotta (1g-1a).
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