Submitted By Stephanie Wood on Monday, February 22, 2010 (2553 views)
Columbus,
Ohio – Athens Varsity goes undefeated in four games to claim the
2010 Blue Jackets Cup!
The Bobcats were off to a
rocky start as they faced Northeast Storm in the first game of the
tournament. Northeast was up by three seven minutes into play. The
tide turned at the end of the first period as Athens Senior, Alex
Gates, scored on a power play assisted by Pierce Reeves. The
momentum continued as Kyle Dean found the net with help from Ryan
Donnelly. Henry Smith tied the game with a beautiful short-handed
goal bringing the score 3-3.
The Storm scored again in
the 3rd period to take the lead but Bobcats Captain, Kevin
Deal, responded with another goal three seconds later assisted by
Smith. Northeast scored once again to take the lead with eight
minutes left in the game. The outcome was looking bleak as the
Bobcats worked hard but weren't able to score. Coach Jim Caesar
pulled Goalie, Alex Monterosso, with 1:30 remaining in the game and
Kevin Deal took advantage of the extra man to score again with just
seconds left to tie the game 5-5. Five minutes were added to the
clock for sudden death overtime and both teams fought hard to break
the tie but the clock expired. It was an NHL-like atmosphere as both
teams prepared for a shootout; Athens came out on top to win 6-5 with
a goal from Senior, Kyle Dean.
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