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Dec 29, 2014 | rwojtow | 922 views
Day 3 and the Huskies Keep Rolling Along
The Huskies won both the quarter final and the semi final games in the third day of the Wayne Gretzky Tournament in Brantford.  

The first game of the day was the quarterfinal versus the Ancaster Avalanche, a team that they had just tied the night before.  Once again, it was not one of the Huskies better efforts despite winning the game 6-4.  The game was marred by sloppy play even though the win was never really in doubt.  Even the last minute turned out to be ugly as the team was penalized and had to play two men short, and did in fact give up a goal to make it interesting right to the end.  But the win allowed the team to move on to the semi final game later in the afternoon.  MVP for this game was Alex B.
The second game later in the afternoon was against the Kitchener Red team.  This was going to be a real test for the Huskies as this team is sitting high in the MD standings.  
It started off badly for the Huskies as the Rangers scored first to take an early lead, but Nate C. got the goal back a couple of minutes later on a pass from Alex B. out of the corner and Nate. beat the goalie high on the glove side.  But the team was just not competing after that and the Rangers jumped ahead to a 3-1 lead and carried that into the third period.  An early third period rush by the Rangers looked like it would put the game out of reach, but Matteo B. made a nice toe save to steer the puck into the corner.  That seemed to liven up the team and swing the momentum over to the Huskies.  A few minutes later Alex B. stole the puck at center ice away from a Ranger defence man and with two Kitchener players nipping at his heels, skated hard for the net.  He managed to bring the puck over to the right, literally crashed the net and tucked the puck in bringing the Huskies within one goal of the Rangers lead.  Now the team really controlled the momentum and continued to play with better intensity.  A minute later while an a power play, Matthew M. chased a Ranger player behind his net and caused him to lose the puck which sprung out to the corner of the net.  Kevin F. was in the right spot and with two pokes jammed the puck into the net to even up the score.  After another couple of good stops by Matteo at the Huskies end, Matthew scored the go ahead goal with the help of Kevin and David T. It was all about being in the right spot at the right time with his stick on the ice.   But the Rangers pressed hard and made it interesting by scoring the tying goal a couple of minutes later when a clearing shot went awry and trickled over to the empty side of the net where a Ranger was waiting.  
Both teams battled hard for the final six minutes but could not score.   Late in the third period with only 32 seconds left, the Rangers took a tripping penalty that carried over into the overtime period and with a one-man advantage the Huskies took no time to get the puck deep into Rangers territory.  Kevin controlled the puck and got it to the front of the net where Matthew M. crashed in and poked at the puck once, twice and scored the OT winner on his third attempt.  It was an awesome come-from-behind win for the Huskies.  The championship game awaits Tuesday morning against Cambridge.  The MVP went to Matteo B. who was credited for making some key saves to keep the Huskies in the game.
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