Coming up: Fox Lane Thursday at 7:55 pm, Byram Hills Friday Jan 20
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
by Bruce Yablon
Greeley Hockey lost three of five games last week beginning with a hard fought battle against Pearl River at Brewster Ice Arena. After Greeley gave up the first goal of the game Nick Girardi and Sam Mishkind found the back of the net a few minutes apart and Greeley led 2-1 going into the third period.
A scramble in front of goaltender Neil Hershman led to a Pearl River goal half way through the period and with less than two minutes to go Pearl River scored again for a 3-2 victory over Greeley. This was Greeley’s third loss of the year, each by one goal.
Next up was undefeated Rye, the fifth ranked team in NY State Division 2 schools. Rye quickly outskated Greeley to start the game but the Quakers battled and a goal by Sam Spar put Greeley up 1-0 after the first period. Greeley knew Rye would come out flying in the second period and they did, scoring two quick goals and finishing with three more in the period on way to a 7-1 victory over Greeley. Greeley hockey has improved greatly this year but the depth and talent of the Rye team was simply too much.
Greeley followed the Rye loss with an easy 4-3 victory over Newburgh Free Academy, controlling the play of the game throughout.
In a game that the Quakers expected to win, the busy week ended with Greeley losing with 10 seconds to go in overtime to Mt Pleasant 3-2. Despite pressure on the Mt Pleasant goaltender, only Blake Davis and Owen Gatto were able to score in another disappointing one goal loss.
This week Greeley skates at Brewster against Fox Lane on Thursday at 7:55 pm and on Friday Jan 20 vs. Byram Hills.
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