Atom Home Run eak out win against Mooretown, News, Atom LL2, 2014-2015 (South Kent Minor Hockey)

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Feb 22, 2015 | smcclenaghan | 1155 views
Atom Home Run eak out win against Mooretown
The Atom Home Run team played a tight checking game against Mooretown Black and took the contest 2-1.  The kids spent more time in their own end than they were used to, But Evan White stood tall and made many key saves to earn the win. 

Both teams traded early chances and the goalies were forced to make some great saves.  Southkent got on the board halfway into the first off the faceoff.  Karys Van De Wiele won the draw cleanly, the puck was passed between her forwards and back to her at the top of the circle.  Karys then fired a hard shot in the corner of the net, assisting on the opening goal was Dylan DeBrouwer and Laurel Johnston.
Both teams continued to trade chances as the game continued.  Southkent was trapped in their own end late in the second but they survived the pressure and managed to get the puck out.  James Larsh made a great clearing pass to Karys as she carried the puck down the ice.  Karys took the puck into the corner and made a prefect pass to a wide open James.  James made no mistake and increased the lead to 2-0.
Mooretown responded 5 minutes into the third to cut the lead to 2-1, but that was all they could get past Evan as the team defense tightened up.
Evan White earned the game puck and Karys Van De Wiele earned the golden jersey for her play all game.
Home run is currently 2-0 in tri-county playoffs and play 3 games this week.
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