The Huskies Maintain Their Competitive Play and Split the Weekend

The Huskies continued to show their competitive nature as the preseason progressed this weekend. They lost to the Bulldogs for a 2nd time, 4-2. Huskies goals came from Matt #64 and from Noah #91 assisted by #30 Harsh.

On Sunday the Huskies played a very physical team, the Virginia Wild. The Huskies beat them 6-4 and kept their spirit and offense up through a hard fought battle. The Wild racked up 9 penalties for 18 minutes and Noah #91, assisted by #30 capitalized on that advantage with the only PP goal.

The Huskies have shown all lines of offense can score. The scoring started at 11:06 in the first, on a bang bang play. Alec #6 was fed a beautiful pass from #8 Drew. They both broke in the zone with speed and #8 put a pass right on the tape of #6 and with a quick shot... it was 1-0. Scoring can be contagious. At 10:43 and 10:14 the Huskies scored two more goals. Jimmy #12 picked the puck up in front of the net and deked the goalie for goal number two. He was assisted by #44 James. Matt #11 scored the third goal, unassisted. #11 fought for the puck along the boards and won the battle. He took a step to the net and fired a wrister top shelf, clanging the metal. A great sound!

AJ #62 scored the fourth goal while falling across the crease. He was able to lift the puck over the goalie. The #91 Noah PP goal also came in the 2nd. The Huskies were up 5-0 only to see the Wild spark a four goal comeback over a 10 minute span. The Wild didn't quit and scored two short handed goals in that flurry. With 2:58 to go in the 3rd, the pressure was on. The Huskies scored their sixth goal from #11 Matt who set up at the net. #8 Drew fired a pass through 2 defenders and #11 one timed it into the net. With 90 seconds left the Wild were on the PP and pulled their goalie. The Huskies stopped a 6 on 4 flurry to win 6-4.

Something to think about:
Keep your head up. Keep your head up. Especially in the neutral zone.
Don't celebrate until it's over.

*The scoresheet doesn't always show the assists but Sean's videos do.
#14 Nick chased the puck down to keep it in the zone. He fired a pass from near the blue line, through traffic, to #62 AJ and set the goal up. Great job Nick!