May 21, 2008 - In an exciting overtime win, Greece Ath/Ody (Thunder)
beat Bath 8-7. Meanwhile, Geneva beat visiting Timon/St. Jude (Baffalo) 9-3.
Greece Ath/Ody 8 - Bath 7 Overtime
The
Thunder struck hard in the first quarter with Nate Wallenhorst scoring two
minutes into the game with an assist from Phil Lane. Greece scoring four unanswered
goals in the first quarter, but it was a defenseman from the Ath/Ody that
set the stage for the 8-7 win over Bath in the second overtime period.
After
a halftime break with the Thunder up 5-2, Bath came back with three goals ending
the third with the Thunder still up, 6-5. Zach Reed scored the tying goal and
then the go-ahead goal (7-6) with 4:11 left in the game. At the face-off Coach
Perry switched his starting face-off man with Phil Lane, who won the face-off
and took a fast break down the field and fed to Nate Wallenhorst on the crease
which tied the game and took it into overtime.
In the second overtime and a man-down, with 3:34 seconds left, the Thunder
was called for two more penalties: a push and a trip. With three men down on
defense Joe Prestigiacomo, Danny Conway, and Nick Gallina played amazing defense,
causing the Bath man-up team to drop the ball several times. Goalie Andrew
Hosenfeld made two key saves. Brandon Cheeseman was released from the box just
as Joe Prestigiacomo stripped the ball from a Bath player at the top of the
box. He recovered the ground ball, and passed it to the box as Brandon Cheeseman
was released. Brandon started a fast break and fed Nate Wallenhorst for a no-look
shot for the final goal of the game at 2:44 in the second overtime.
Scoring for Greece were Nate Wallenhorst (5g-1a), Phil Lane (1g-3a), Phil Bond
(2g-1a), Brandon Cheesmen (2a) and Danny Vyverburg (1a). Andrew Hosenfeld had
12s/7ga (53 mins) for Greece Ath/Ody (7-8) who finish the regular season at
Gates Chili.
Scoring for Bath were Dave Harris (3g), Zach Reed (3g-1a), Mark Martuscelo
(1g), Cole Beebe (2a) and Mckenzie Durham (2a). Bath Goalie Chris Wolfer had
16s/8ga for Bath (7-7) who will earn a better than 500 season if the can beat
Midlakes on Saturday morning.
Geneva 9 -Timon/St Jude 3
Geneva ended
their 14-4 regular season with a 9-3 win over visiting Timon/St Jude (Section
6). The Panthers led at the half, 8-0 and played against a tough Timon defense
in the second half.
Scoring for Geneva were Alex Love (5g-2a), Boncaro (1g-2a), Jim Warner (2g),
Willie Rago (1g), Eric Legott (1a) and Frank Triana (1a). Ross Dinan made 12s/2ga
(45 mins) and Kyle Brimm added 2s/1ga (3 mins).
Stats were unavailable for Timon/St. Jude who finish their regular season at
12-3.
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