Jan 23, 2013 | Brad Heard | 912 views
Playoff Round Begins for the Mountain Wolves
Saturday Jan. 5th the Mountain Wolves hosted the St. Catherines Hurricanes at AMC. It seems the Wolves players had too many gingerbread houses & candy canes over the holidays because for most of the 1st period they just couldn't get the puck out of their end!!!
Great defensive skills by #10 Nolan Romhild
& beauty saves by #31 Ben Pendleton kept the Hurricanes from scoring. Just
over 2 minutes into the 2nd period the Hurricanes scored the 1st goal followed
by #5 Nolan Evans of the Wolves, tipping in the hard wrist shot of #22 Makhaya
Campbell to even it up at 1-1. Unfortunately quite a few of the Wolves had been
pond skating over the holidays & forgot to get their skates sharpened
causing them to fall often throughout the game, allowing the Hurricanes to get
around them to score 2 more goals in the 3rd. Final score 3-1 for St.
Catherines.
Sunday Jan. 6th the Wolves traveled to Brantford to face the 99ers for the 3rd time this season. 3 minutes into the game #44 Tyler O'Hearn hammered the puck into the top corner for a great start. A minute later however Brantford tied it up. A few minutes left in the 1st Brantford took a 2-1 lead. Beginning of the 2nd period #22 Makhaya Campbell burried the puck in the open slot under the goalies arm pit to tie it up 2-2. The game stayed a nail bitter until the beginning of the 3rd when Brantford regained their lead. Answering back, #68 Ethan Hay hammered a heater in the top corner. The game finished in a 3-3 tie.
#33 Mitch Simmons made outstanding saves to keep the Wolves in the game from start to finish. #7 Carver Combe had a great all around weekend & tried really hard.
Now that the Christmas cob webs are dusted off I hope to see the Wolves start winning again & push their way to the top. Come on boys, you can do it!