The Panthers improved to 3-0
yesterday in front of a good midweek crowd on Kohn Field. After being -5 the night before the temperature warmed up into the high
30's by game time.
It seems
that after all the success Wesleyan has had in the past few years by playing
zone that it has caught on with some other programs.
We got on the board first by
scoring a man up goal a few minutes into the first quarter. Senior Will
Simpson (St. Alban's) scored his first goal of the season off
of a nice feed from Matt Ferrer (
Once again
we controlled the face of x, both Pete Mellen and
Dave Campbell (the player) have shown they are going to be two of the best
face off men in the league. Our wing play has also been excellent with junior
Glenn Bickley (St. Alban's) and sophomore James Guay (Deerfield) both up on the wings for most face
offs. We've seen a few other teams play with 2
poles on the wings but there aren't many longsticks
who can pick the ball up in traffic better than James and Glenn.
Defensively we had a better
performance all around by our middies as well as our close defenseman.
The story of the day had to be the play of senior goalie Alex Palmisano. He finished with 18 saves and as usual
some of them he had no business making. Although it felt like we were in
control of the game from start to finish, had Alex not played the way he did it
could have easily been a 1 or 2 goal game.
We're turning it around pretty quickly in order to get
ready for Bowdoin on Saturday at 1pm. They are coming off
of a big win against St. Lawrence who has been playing very well so far
this season. It is shaping up to be another classic,
I'll let you know how it goes....
As always, thanks for your
support and keep in touch!
Dave