| Friday - Central-11 Over Western-8 |
July 27, 2007 -  Western started the scoring
with a goal from Joe Resetarits (assisted by Kyle VanThof) at 7:07 but the first three shots that
Central took each resulted in a goal. The first, Rob Grimm from Zac Guy, was scored after a cross-crease
pass. The ensuing face-off found defenseman Jake Smith picking up the ground ball and running it
straight to the cage for a face-off fast-break goal only 0:09 later. The third goal was scored
by Mike Fetterly (assisted by Tim Rommel) on another cross-crease feed.
Central had a 3-1 lead with 4:38 left in the first quarter but Western fought back and recorded two
of their own before the end of the first quarter to tie the score going into the first break. Casey
Rich (from Cade Norris) and Matt Pierotti (from Mitch Keefer) scored the two goals for Western
and continued then attack-based offense for Western.
Western’s Jeff Tundo, assisted by Joe Resetarits, scored on a extra-man opportunity only 0:20 into
the second quarter (after retaining possession). Western took back the lead for the second time
at 4-3.
Eight minutes went by before Central scored again, but the last three shots of the quarter were each
goals for Central. The first two, coming at 2:28 and 1:48, were scored by Guy and assisted by Grimm
on cross-crease passes. Before Central became too used to being in the lead, Western’s
Pierotti scored again (assisted by Norris) to retie the score at 5-5. With only 0:07 remaining
in the half, Central scored on a fast break as Steve Ianzito found the back of the net. Central
took a 6-5 lead into the half.
Adding to their 6-5 lead, Central’s Grimm and Guy hooked up for anther goal at 5:06 in the
third quarter, followed by Guy (unassisted) at 3:55. Norris scored the lone Western goal of the
quarter with 3:17 remaining, but Central increased their lead to two goals at the end of the third
quarter. Western had a late extra-man opportunity and used it to gain possession for the second
time in the game.
Western could not capitalize on their extra-man opportunity. Central scored the first three goals
of the last quarter and extended their lead to 11-6 before Western scored their final two goals
of the game. Guy (unassisted), Fetterly (from Guy) and Greely (unassisted) all scored before
2:46 remaining in the game. Greely’s goal came after he picked up a ground ball on the crease.
With 1:22 remaining Rich scored an unassisted goal. Joe Resetarits scored the final goal of
the game for Western (assisted by Keefer) at 0:33.
Central’s Mike Poppleton finished the game winning 14/18 face-offs and giving Central a clear
edge in that department.
In the cage both teams played one goalie for the entire game. Central’s AJ Fiore faced 13
shots and recorded 5 saves (39%) while Western’s
Scott Bement faced 16 shots and only stopped 5 saves (31%).
In the first two games Central relied on a strong single quarter performance to beat their opponents
but in this game that was not true. Instead on relying on a single quarter or time period the
Central team looked to a single player who scored on 7 of their 11 goals. Guy finished the game
with 7 points (4 goals and 3 assists) which is more then any other player in a single game so
far during the Games.
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