Sunday, January 12, 2014

No Luck for JV Puck

by Morgan Sawitsky

On Friday, January 10, the Blue Wave Junior Varsity Boys Hockey team was supposed to take on Hamden’s JV Boys Hockey team but it got cancelled. However, the Blue Wave JV team got to scrimmage the Winter Club instead. The game was held at Chelsea Piers in Stamford at 7:15 pm.

The first period was scoreless. Both teams could not place the puck in the back of the net. Darien had many opportunities but could not finish.  The defense on both sides was solid too, making it hard for shots to be taken.

At the 5:32 mark in the second period the Winter Club scored. Darien was down by one and started to dominate the game but could not seem to finish any of their opportunities. They out-passed and out-skated the Winter Club but could not seem to benefit from the other team's mistakes. The Winter Club scored again with only 1:44 left in the half, making the score 2-0.

Six minutes into the third and final period of the game, the Winter Club scored again.  Darien was struggling to put the puck in the back of the net. With 10 seconds to go in the game the Winter Club scored to make the final score 4-0 and give the Blue Wave Boys JV team a tough loss.

Junior Peter Grant said, "We did not show up to the game like we should have, making us unable to capitalize on the opportunities we got."

Come watch the Junior Varsity Boys Hockey team as they battle against Hamden at their home rink on Saturday, January 18th at 2:30pm.


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