Beaver Staff
The Napanee Novice B Crunch are even 1-1 with Peterborough in their playoff series after losing Game 1 by a score of 3-1 and then rebounding to win Game 2 by a score 3-1 as well.
–The United Restaurant Atom B Crunch Played Game 1 for Provincial playdowns against the Kingston Ice Wolves and tied 1-1 against an Ice Wolves team that won their division in the LLFHL. It was a great effort by the Crunch and they dominated the play for most of the game. They led 1-0 up until the final 2 minutes of the game on a goal scored by Kailee Jacklin.
The Crunch also played the Cornwall Typhoons in Provincial Playdowns, tying them 2-2.
The Midget BB Crunch have punched their ticket to represent the Crunch at the Provincial Championships. They knocked off the Cornwall Typhoons in 2 games by scores of 2-1 and 3-1.
–The Peewee BB Crunch beat the Kingston Ice Wolves on Tuesday last week, 2-0 in Game 1 of the Provincial Playdowns. Diana Wharton earned the shutout including a save off the shaft of her stick on a breakaway in the second period. Krissy Sutton recovered from a hard trip that sent her crashing, head first into the boards after being tripped on a breakaway by the goalie. After taking a breather on the bench for two shifts, she came out and scored a beauty on a pass through the crease by Alaina Holmes. Ava de Almeida also assisted. Hailey Lay opened the scoring assisted by Claire McConnell and Hayley Maracle.
Game 2 against Kingston was on Saturday. This one ended in a 0-0 tie, which forces a Game 3 Thursday night at 6 p.m. in Napanee. Keyra Herrington earned the shutout.
The Crunch also started round 2 of the Lower Lakes playoffs, versus the Whitby Wolves. Whitby opened the scoring early in the first period, but the Crunch didn’t let them gain any momentum. Kaya Richardson chipped a nice pass off the boards behind the defenceman, and McConnell won the race for the puck and took it in on the breakaway and buried it past the goalie to tie it up. Kristen Sutton buried another assisted by Stella Sutton a few minutes later. Lay would riffle a puck off the inside of the post, assisted by Sienna Eberle, mid way through the third period. McConnell made a nice block of a pass and carried the puck in on another breakaway and blasted it over the goalie’s glove hand. Kristen Sutton got the fifth goal on a sweet move. Holmes shot the puck which went off a defender’s stick and up in the air. Sutton caught the puck with her stick in mid air, set it down and deked out the goalie to the far side of the crease.
Game 2 is this Saturday in Whitby and then Game 3 (if necessary) is in Napanee on Sunday at 2 p.m.