We played a wild one down
in Saratoga the other day and fortunately our guys hung in there and pulled out
the W in the 2nd overtime. As Hugh
reported during the game, it was back and forth the whole way with 5 ties, 4
lead changes, and neither team able to build more than a 2 goal lead thanks to
some excellent goaltending by both teams.
The two guys who stood out
for us were Andrew “AC” Conner who finished with 5 goals on the day and Ryan
Deane between the pipes who had 18 saves by my count. AC now has 8 goals in the last two games and
is turning into a legitimate go to guy on the offensive end of the field. He’s always been able to shoot the ball hard
right handed and now has the confidence to come out of a dodge lefty and let it
rip. Ryan continues to show why I
believe he’s the best goalie in the conference, he’s outletting the ball beautifully and is making game changing
saves every time he steps on the field.
The biggest play of the game for us came after the Skidmore goalie
stuffed David Hild in the first overtime and the ball
quickly went the other way for a Skidmore fast break. The ball ended up in the hands of Skidmore’s
best shooter who has an absolute cannon (think Adam
Pascal, Holt Hopkins type shot) at about 12 yards with time and room. The kid stepped in and tried to roof it over
Ryan’s head and Ryan not only saved the ball but caught the shot. Unfortunately we weren’t able to turn the
ensuing fast break into a goal either!
The game winner came off
of a dodge from up top by Alex Englert who has
started to get more runs on the offensive end of the field for us lately. Alex drew the slide, dropped the ball into
the high crease to Tim Cahill who then dropped it down again to Mike Giordano
who was sneaking on the pipe right handed.
It was a great road win
for our team against a regionally ranked opponent by the NCAA which is a nice
thing to have under our belt this time of year. Next up is another regionally ranked team in
Trinity whose only loss so far this year was their last game out against Tufts
this past weekend. After watching some
film on the Bantams it looks like the new staff is allowing them to get out and
run a bit this year so it should be an exciting game down in Hartford this
weekend. Hopefully we’ll see some of you
guys down there!
Yeah Blue!