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Wildcats Tame Tigers 9-3
Coming off last weeks triple overtime win at Baldwinsville,
the West Genesee Wildcats got things back on track with
their 11th win of the season with a 9-3 victory (42nd in
a row) over visiting Bishop Timon St. Jude. The game was
played through an almost steady sideways and biting rain
that made things even more inhospitable to the Tigers from
Timon (2-2)
who traveled from the Buffalo area to take on the 'Cats
for the second year in a row.
It didn't take long for the motor to kick in for the 'Cats
as they advanced the opening faceoff upfield. Senior middie
Kevin Courtney lit it up first when he took the ball from
the right corner of the restraining line and mapped a direct
route to the cage. Courtney then bounced in a right-hander
past Tiger 'tender Jeff Conroy for a 1-0 advantage at the
10:56 mark. The Tigers took the draw and went on a patient
4 minute possession in an attempt to even the score which
junior Wildcat goaltender ate up when they made their move.
Junior middie Joe Pompo took a pass from sophomore middie
Ryan Barber and took off from outside the restraining area
straight on to the goal very reminiscent of his game winning
goal against the Bees four days earlier. Pompo then ripped
off a shot that resulted in a 2-0 advantage with 7:16 remaining
for the 'Cats. Junior attacker Collin Donahue got into
the mix when he cut from the left backside of the cage
and bounced a shot past Conroy for the 3-0 lead with 2:48
left in the period.
Genny capitalized on one of many Tiger penalties when junior
middie Tim Desko was on the receiving end of a ball
that touched the crosses of six different 'Cats en route
to a 4-0 lead with 9:41 remaining. Ryan Barber bumped that
lead out to 5-0 in a man-up situation when Collin Donahue
found him streaking in off to the right of the goal and
Barber notched his first goal of the evening with 5:20
to go.
Courtney sparked the 'Cats in opening the third period
when charging in the same route he took to start the games
scoring and hit senior attacker Chris Schmidt with a pass
as he camped out on the door step to tally his only goal
of the night at the 10:06 mark. Coach Mike Messere then
began to mix up his line ups with various combinations
on the attack and midfield lines to give some of the starting
groups a chance to rest and thaw out. The Tigers finally
got on the board when middie Spencer Mallia cut in from
behind the left side of the goal to place a bounce shot
past Galloway to make the score 6-1 with 6:50 remaining. Sophomore
middie Luke Cometti pushed the lead back to six when he
cut right then left after starting from the right restraining
line and unleashed a left handed shot that found the left
corner of the net for a 7-1 advantage. Timon answered back with
59 ticks remaining when middie Dan Krug hit the net to
cut the score to 7-2.
The Tigers took that momentum into the fourth when middie
Brendan Donavan placed placed a feed from Andrew Caldiero
off the right upright to make the score 7-3 a little
over a minute in. Collin Donahue notched his second goal
of the game with 8:13 to go whipped a right-hander from
ten yards off to the left of the goal to bump the lead
out to 8-3. Junior attacker Brian Donahue
got in the scoring mix off a fast break by the 'Cats when
a Galloway save advanced to Ryan Barber who found Donahue
straight on to tally the final score of the evening and
the 9-3 win.
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3 |
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Barber 1-1, Cometti 1-1, Courtney
1-1, Desko 1-0, B. Donahue 1-0, C. Donahue 2-2,
Pompo 1-2, Schmidt 1-0
SAVES: Galloway 10
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