Dragons Down Green Knights 4-1

On Saturday, we took on our friends from Notre-Dame West Haven at their place. The Green Knights have been on fire as of late, and we were aware of this. The new leadership of Martone, Travaglino, and Merola seems to be the key, as they have already clinched a playoff spot.

As for us, we were coming in relatively cold. Fresh off a terrible display of defense in the West Haven game, as well as having to deal with the weather and cancelling LaSalle Academy twice last week, nobody was sure what was going to happen when we faced off.

Nobody but us of course. After working harder than ever on the days we were able to practice this past week, our defensive zone began to take shape early in the game and the forecheck looked flawless. Forwards were finishing hits and crashing the net, and defenseman were stepping up with confidence. After two quick goals thanks to the Lynch-Carignan-Burt trio, Brandon Martone answered with a goal of his own to make the score 2-1. Hoff made it clear that Martone's would be the only goal, as the sophomore played terrifically for the rest of the game, stopping everything else that came his way. 

We weren't done though, as Lynch buried another during the second period, and Connor Walsh sealed the deal with a tip through goaltender Greg Harney's legs off a Harley Pretty shot. Harney played well for the Knights, but there wasn't much more he could have done. 

Though four goals isn't a huge number, it is more than we have been putting in lately. We needed a semi-offensive night like such to get geared up for Prep on Wednesday.

On a separate note, I must wish nifty winger Justin MacGregor a speedy recovery from a bad case of the cold. He played a lot better than he felt, and hopefully he'll be healthy for Wednesday's battle.