Mother Nature intervened again to postpone all games from Monday, January 29. However, things looked better on Tuesday morning and our players went to the rink.
Four games were held on Tuesday, including St. Mary’s at HEWS, played at the Northtown Arena, a make-up game from January 26; FOP went to Niagara County, Monsignor Martin played Williamsville, another make-up game; and LIDA went to Paddock to play KenGiPort.
NYHOL went to Northtown for the St. Mary’s of Lancaster/HEWS match. HEWS defeated the Lancers 6-3 as Ella Buczynski stopped 26 of 29 for the win. Scoring for HEWS were Morgan Cooper, Sophia Phillips, Brynn Holland, Meghan Waskielewicz, Allie Schmirl and Clare Sokolowski. Assists came from Holland, Kelsey Barrett, Phillips, Sokolowski, Mackenzie Benker, Brooke Vetter and Waskielewicz. For St. Mary’s, Avery Szczesek had two goals, both unassisted and one goal shorthanded, while Meghan Donnelly got on the board first, assisted by Sophia Quinn and Brooklyn Vitez. Betsy Accurso was in the net stop of 14 of 20.
Then we went to Monsignor Martin’s game in Williamsville. An exciting match that ended with a 3-2 victory for MonMar. Both of Williamsville’s goals came in the first period, one from Alena Lombardo and the second from Alison Besancon. St. Mary’s answered both of these by adding two goals before the end of the first. One by Kate Embler and the second, unaided, by Lilly Sampson. Sampson got an assist on the Embler goal.
MonMar scored one goal in the second, by Avery McDonald, assisted by Claire Kloetzer. The third period featured only penalties and no goals, giving MonMar the 3-2 victory. In goal, Kate Kelley stopped 17 of 19 for the W. Anna Bacon kept St. Mary’s out of the net 40 times on 43 shots.
A quick trip to Paddock for the LIDA at KenGiPort competition and a celebration of KenGiPort’s seniors. LIDA hit the boards first with 42 seconds left in the first period when Mia Hauser was joined by Emily Lysiak and Claire Whiteford. The first ends with LIDA leading 1-0. In the second period, KenGiPort’s Madelyn Jagow, unassisted, and LIDA’s Cafferty, also unassisted, scored, ending the period in LIDA’s favor. However, in the third inning, Sheridan Jagow tied the score unassisted and the game ended at 2-2. There is no scoring in extra time and the match ends in a draw. Ella Johnston, in goal for KenGiPort, stopped 30 of 32 and Iris Schimenti for LIDA stopped 31 of 33.
FOP went to Dwyer and defeated NICO 6-2. NICO’s Sam Latini had both goals for NICO, the second assisted by Ashley Mainstone. Lila Jones stopped 29 of 35 shots. For FOP it was Kamryn Filighera with an unassisted in the first period; Peyton Forcucci and Hannah Favata, both scored unassisted goals in the second and Peyton Forcucci had two more goals in the third for a hat trick, one unassisted and the other assisted by Jocelyn Smaczniak and Sabrina Basamania. Evelyn Costanzo scored a goal, assisted by Marinn Amplement and Kayli Tefft. Rachael Fix stopped 15 of 17 for the W.
LIDA picked up a 4-0 win over Monsignor Martin on Wednesday, with Dowling, Lysiak and Hauser (2) having goals, Schimenti stopping 9 shots for the shutout win. Kate Kelly retired 38 of 42 for Monday.
There were three games on Wednesday, two of which were rescheduled due to postponement.
FOP and CASH ended their match in a 2-2 draw. Scoring for FOP was Gearhart, assisted by Basamania; Brooklyn Forcucci on the power play and assisted by sister Peyton and Smaczniak. Fix was in goal and stopped 19 of 21. For CASH it was Lyla Kinney, assisted by Cece Watson and Mila Dominik and Addie Bizub of Watson and Cece Bizub. Ella Celej stopped 20 of the 22.
HEWS defeated Williamsville 5-2 with Ellie Grabowski scoring an unassisted goal; Schmirl, assisted by Brooke Veter and Mea Foster, Amelia Anderson the game winner, assisted by Kelsey Barrett, Phillips assisted by Madelyn Wojcik and Morgan Cooper on the power play, assisted by Phillips. Netminder Katelyn Larson stopped 10 of 12 shots. For Williamsville it was Genevieve Illos, assisted by Besancon and Alena Lombardo, assisted by Scarlet Cana and Jaylee Kochan. Anna Bacon stopped 41 of 46 sog.
Eight of the nine teams were on the ice on Thursday evening.
It was CASH’s senior night and they celebrated with a 3-0 win over HEWS and winning the Federation Championship. CASH scored the first goal in the first period by Kiley Breeze, assisted by Cece Bizub and Lindell. Then it was the second period where they scored two more. The first from Rafi Ventura, assisted by Lindell and C. Bizub and then the last goal of the evening in the second period on the stem of Polina Stremiakova, assisted by Maya Adimey. Celej was in goal and put in 22 sog for the shutout. In goal, Buczynski stopped 24 of 27 for HEWS.
It was Senior Night at MonMar when they took on Williamsville and came away with a 3-2 win. Sampson scores with help from Embler and Hurley; Sampson a second goal, assisted by McDonald and then Kosich with the match winner, assisted by Addison Cherry. Kelley stopped 29 of 31. For Williamsville it was Besancon with a goal and Stadimer with a goal. Assists came from Loretz, Illos and Laudico. Bacon was in goal and stopped 23 of 26.
KenGiPort played FOP on FOP’s Senior Night and the home team won with Gearhart, P. Forcucci and Smaczniak as the game winners. For KenGiPort these were Willats from Bowden and Kumrow from Dettbarn. In goal, Dahlgren stopped 22 of the 25.
LIDA played St. Mary’s. Szczesek had a hat trick to help St. Mary’s to a 5-1 win over LIDA. In addition to Szczesek, Donnelly scored an unassisted goal and a power play goal to round out the scoring at 5 goals. Assists came from Donnelly, Dee and Lowell. Accurso was in net for St. Mary’s and topped 39 of 40 for the W.
On an unusual game day, Sunday, HEWS played FOP at Cattaraugus Arena. Also unusually, NYHOL was told they were playing on unhardened ice as there was no one to flood the ice before they continued and games had been played the night before. So let the game begin.
HEWS Phillips had the match winner in a 3-0 win. Goals were Kylie Wegrzynowski and Ellie Grabowski. Those two goals were empty-net goals and Sokoloski got an assist on Wegrzynowski’s goal. Buczynski faced 23 shots for the shutout win. Fix stopped on 15/18.
The week ended with Dowling in first place on the leaderboard in points, followed by P. Forcucci and Basamania.
Celej remains at the top in goaltending with a .935 GAA. Buczynski and Accurso both have 3 shutouts and Bacon has given up 332 shots this season.
Detailed stats will be available when we conclude the regular season this week.
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