The Express rolled into Wellesley Dec. 7th hoping to have a good showing in the Silver Stick Qualifier Tournament. The team played with determination for 3 full games attempting to come out with enough period points and game wins to advance to the semi’s.
Game 1 vs. Niagara-On-The-Lake
Ingersoll’s Carmeuse Lime Midget AE’s Garrett Maier won the
opening face-off and scored unassisted 6 seconds in. The 2nd goal came just a minute later by Ryan Allard
(Austin Webber, Joel Couse). A power play goal scored from top of the face-off
circle by Jeff Couse (Maier, Webber) seen the 1st period end with
Ingersoll up by 3. NOTL got on the board very early in the 2nd, but
Maier answered back quickly with help from Jeff Couse and Luke Zegers. NOTL
continued with plenty of pressure. A nice glove save by NOTL net minder
prevented a good shot from point man Joel Hall from finding the back of the
net. Midway through the 2nd,
the fans were entertained by Joel Couse’s nice dangle with the puck around 2
NOTL players and he roofed it in (unassisted). The period ended in favour of
Ingersoll 5 2. A goalmouth scramble
resulted in NOTL scoring early in the 3rd. Ingersoll’s scoring was
rounded out with a goal by Adam Dyzngel (Jeff Couse, Matt Foster)
Final
score: Ingersoll 6 NOTL 4
Game 2 vs. CALEDONIA2
First period seen even back and forth play with no penalties
for either team. Ingersoll had one power play opportunity. Jesse Wilson
continued his fine ways in net with great saves. Both TC goals were scored in the 2nd period. Game final:
Ingersoll 0 Caledonia 2
Game 3 vs. Collingwood
This was a must-win situation for Ingersoll to advance on in
the tournament. Scoring in the game wouldn’t begin til the 3rd
period and with the tourney’s point system, we appeared out of contention. This didn’t seem to deter the players as all
battled hard start to finish. Pucks were ‘out of play’ ALOT in this game. Early
on, Ingersoll needed to be stick ready and keep the puck down in the other end.
The players demonstrated that they were
looking for each other as the crowd witnessed 2 nice stretch passes on the tape
this game. We had some good chances during the power play and were moving the
puck well. Schneider rung a hard point
shot off the far post. Short time later, another D, Webber let a hard shot go
from the point, but their goalie came up with a great save. Malchesky made some
great glove and pad saves throughout this game for Ingersoll. No score end of 1st
and 2nd periods. Three mouth
guard violations were called during this game. Only minutes into the 3rd,
Webber (Graham, Foster) got the Express on the scoreboard. The lead was short lived as Collingwood tied
up the game 2 minutes later. The D was
moving the puck up well. Maier had a couple shots at close range but no
luck. A lot of passing and pressure was
happening in the 3rd period. With 3 minutes remaining and the game
tied, the bench staff elected to pull our goalie with a dash of hope to advance
on. Collingwood scored an empty netter
with .2 seconds on the clock. Game goes to Collingwood 2, 1
TOURNAMENT Positive: 1 PENALTY FREE GAME by Ingersoll.