Williamsville gets first win of the season at WNYGVIH

BY RANDY SCHULTZ –

Genevieve Illos scored four goals to lead the Williamsville Girls Varsity High School ice hockey team to an 8-6 victory over the Niagara County Girls Varsity High School ice hockey team Tuesday afternoon at Dwyer Arena on the Niagara University campus. Sam Latini also scored four goals in a losing effort for Niagara County.

It was the opening match for both teams and the start of the 16^e season of Western New York Girls Ice Hockey Federation hockey.

Sam Draper opened the scoring for NC at 13:49 of the first period, giving her team an early 1-0 lead. Illos scored the first of her four goals just a few minutes later to tie the score.

Illos scored again just a minute later to put WM ahead, 2-1. Caydence Curran increased the WM lead to 3-1 at 8:03 of the first. NC closed out the scoring in the opening period when Ashley Mainstone scored with just over a minute left in the period to cut WM’s lead to 3-2.

Latini then scored the first of her four goals early in the second^i.e period to tie the score: 3-3. But WM jumped back in front, 4-3 after a goal from Scarlet Canna at 5:44. But less than a minute later it was Latini again who leveled NC, 4-4.

WM exploded for three more goals in the period after goals from Alison Besancon and consecutive goals from Illos, giving their team a 7–4 lead entering the third period.

Alena Lombardo increased the WM lead to four, 8-4 early in the final period. Latini scored the final two goals of the period for NC to cut the WM lead to two and make the final score 8-6.

GAME NOTES: Alison Besancon had three assists in the game for WM…Addison Stachura added two assists for WM…the only other player to record an assist in the game for WM was Mila Guigui.

Latini had an assist in addition to her four goals… Mainstone added two assists to her goal… Myla Chopyak had an assist… as did Elynn Schrader.

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