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By David LaBash<\/strong>
\nWarrior Utica HS
\n1st Place
\nDivision 3, Yearbook
\nSports Reporting<\/p>\n

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As the boys looked to turn a rough start to the season around, they came up\u00a0against the Avondale Yellow Jackets, a cross division rival who beat the team the\u00a0previous year. The boys arrived to the rink a little over an hour before game time to\u00a0warm up and prepare before the game. About five minutes before taking the ice,\u00a0head coach Matthew Burke came into the locker room to address the team one last\u00a0time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a huge game for us, especially after last year. They handed us our first\u00a0loss last season,\u201d Burke said. \u201cI knew it was going to be a tight game from the start.\u201d\u00a0From the drop of the puck, both teams came out flying. With Avondale taking an\u00a0early penalty, the boys knew they had to capitalize on the power play. As Avondale\u00a0failed to clear the puck out of the crease, senior captain David LaBash knocked in the\u00a0loose puck to put the Chieftains ahead early.<\/p>\n

As the teams intensely battled through the first period, Avondale scored a late\u00a0goal, sending the teams into intermission tied at one.<\/p>\n

While both teams headed into the second period, the message was clear that\u00a0the intensity of both the teams and fans was rising. Avondale came out strong, and\u00a0scored quickly to go up by one. The boys were battling hard, and received another\u00a0power play. With a great pass from senior forward Evan Gizinski, senior Alec George\u00a0scored off the one-timer to tie the game at two.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew I had to one-time it to beat the goalie,\u201d George said. \u201dIt was a critical\u00a0time in the game, and we needed to score.\u201d<\/p>\n

The teams were still working hard and putting up a fight. They were headed into\u00a0the third period with a five on three power play. Going three for three on the power\u00a0play, LaBash scored his second goal of the game to go ahead three-two.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn between periods, Burke made it a huge point how critical the power play\u00a0was,\u201d LaBash said. \u201cAfter that goal, they looked defeated.\u201d<\/p>\n

With just over three minutes left in the game, a Yellow Jacket player dumped\u00a0the puck in the zone, and it de ected o a Utica defender and trickled past\u00a0goaltender junior Jacob Lawson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it went in the net after going o my stick,\u201d junior Anthony\u00a0Taormina said. \u201cThe feeling was indescribable. I felt awful.\u201d<\/p>\n

With only a few minutes left in the third period, the boys pushed to try to score,\u00a0but the clock expired and forced the game into overtime.<\/p>\n

As overtime started, all of the fans were on the edge of their seat watching\u00a0anxiously. Avondale came out strong, and a Yellow Jacket broke free, but was denied\u00a0a goal by Lawson. With the Chieftains receiving a power play, Gizinski broke free and\u00a0scored, leading the Chieftains to defeat Avondale 4-3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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