by Janet Schultz, NYHOL
It looks like snow was the winner this week as several games have been postponed.
The HEWS vs MonMar game has been rescheduled for February 4 at 3:30 PM at the North Town Center; KGIPort will play LIDA on Holiday on February 3 at 3:30 PM. MonMar will travel to Williamsville on January 27 at 4:30 PM and FOP will host HEWS at Nike Arena on January 29 at 4:30 PM.
CASH remains in first place with a 10-2 record in 12 games and 30 points. Behind them are LIDA and St. Mary’s with 24 points each, followed by KGIPort, FOP, HEWC, Williamsville, MonMar and NICO.
LIDA’s Leah Dowling still tops the leaderboard with 17 goals and 14 assists for 31 points. Right behind her and all in second place are Peyton Forcucci (LIDA) with 13 goals/13 assists, Sabrina Basamania (LIDA) 9 goals/17 assists and Teagan Willates (KGIP) with 12 goals and 14 assists.
In goal, CASH’s Ella Celej leads the netminders with 278 saves on 297 shots with a .936 save percentage and 539.42 minutes in net. Betsy Accurso had three shutouts for St. Mary’s and Lila Jones has spent the most time between the pipes for NICO with 549.95 minutes.
With no matches on Monday and Tuesday we went straight to Wednesday with St. Mary’s beating Monsignor Martin 2-1. This was a match originally scheduled for January 15th. Lily Sampson had the lone goal for MonMar, unassisted, and Grace Elliott served in goal, stopping 46 of 48 shots. For St. Mary’s it was Meghan Donnelly with assists from Tessa Kwiatowski and Shea Hall and the game winner came from the stick of Lauren Gilano, assisted by Olivia Salamone and Brooklyn Vitez. Betsy Accurso stopped 13 of 14 shots for the shutout win.
FOP won Williamsville 10-0 as Keira Keatan stopped eight shots for the “W.” Hannah Favata returned to FOP and scored an unassisted goal. Other goal scorers included Peyton Forcucci with two and assisted her sister on a goal; Kayli Tefft has two goals, Chloe Gearhart had two goals and an assist, Sabrina Basamania scored a power play goal plus two assists, and Brooklyn Forcucci had two goals and assists. Assists also went to Lila Bell, Jocelyn Smaczniak, Elizabeth Hollander and Kamryn Filighera. In other words, the entire team worked together for this victory. Anna Bacon of Williamsville faced 32 shots.
The weather didn’t stop CASH and LIDA from facing off at Riverworks, with CASH skating away with a 5-3 victory. CASH Captain Jenny Wild had an excellent evening with four goals: the match winner, two unassisted and an empty netter. Cece Watson scored the fifth goal of the match. Assists went to Kiley Breeze, Emma Elnicky (2) and Ventura. For LIDA it was Dowling, assisted by Caitlin Sinclair and Brynn Cafferty; Lucia Lawrence assisted by Sinclair and Dowling and Cafferty, assisted by Dowling and Hailey Muff. Celej was in net for CASH and Iris Schimenti for LIDA. Celej stopped 37 of 40 and Schimenti, 14 of 15.
KenGiPort defeated NICO 9-1 at Cornerstone Arena, with Ella MacKey getting the goal for NICO and Goalie Jones getting 46 shots. KenGiPort’s scorers included Madelyn Princess (2), Erin Krawczyk (2) (the game winner), Sheridan Jagow, Kiley Burke, Maddie Jagow, Willats and MacKenzie Kumrow. Assists came from Allyson Wager, Savannah Shaft, M. Jagow, Willats, Kumrow and Demery Colwell. Hadley Dahlgren stopped on 11/12 for the “W.”
All nine teams would be on the ice Thursday night, with Webster becoming the tenth team, a historic first. But Mother Nature had a hand in that and the HEWS/FOP and Webster/St. Mary’s matches had to be postponed due to weather conditions. Webster traveled to Paddock to play KenGiPort so St. Mary’s could play NICO, a match that was moved from December 16 to January 15.
Webster defeated KenGiPort in a non-league match 3-0. Smith had two goals for Webster, including the game winner, and Nappi had the third. Wambach made an 11-goal save for the SO victory. In goal for KenGiPort, Johnston stopped 20 of the 23.
MonMar lost 5-2 to CASH in Northtown with Avery McDonald and Lilly Sampson scoring, Sampson’s goal was unassisted and McDonald’s unassisted. Kate Kelley stopped 21 of 26. Celej stopped 12/14 for the win, with Addie Bizub scoring first, assisted by her sister Penny. Then it was Wild without help; a second goal, the match winner, unassisted, Polina Streiakova, assisted by both Bizubs and Elnick, assisted by Mila Dominik and Gabby Lindell.
St. Mary’s defeated NICO. No statistics have been provided.
The final game of the week saw LIDA play Williamsville in a rescheduled game from January 15. LIDA defeated Williamsville 9-4. Scoring for LIDA were Lawrence, Dowling Hauser and Sinclair. Dowling scored four goals, Hauser had a hat trick. Assists went to Emily Lysiak, Claire Whiteford, Alivia Sparfeld, Caitlin Sinclair, Emily Rodriguez and Lucia Lawrence, as well as Dowling. Schimenti stopped 11/15 for the win. For Williamsville, it was Madailein Schmidt, assisted by Scarlet Canna and Jaylee Kochan, who got on the board first; then Kochan, assisted by Canna for the second goal; Alison Besancon had a power play goal, assisted by Alena Lombardo and Lombardo had Williamsville’s final goal, assisted by Megan Loretz and Genevieve Illios. Bacon faced 44 shots on goal.
Snow is also forecast for the coming week. At the time of writing, all matches on Monday 26 January have been postponed due to travel conditions and snow.
These games have been added to the end of the schedule as make-up dates:
Mon. February 2, 3:30 PM KenGiPort at LIDA on Holiday
Wed. February 4, 3:30pm Monday at HEWS in Northtowns
Do. February 5, 3:30 PM HEWS at NICO in Paddock
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