Blue Waves Hockey Beats Westport

Blue Wave Fall Hockey Team beat Staples High School with a final score of 4-2 on Saturday. The game was played at Terry Connors Ice Rink in Norwalk. Darien came out flying with a quick goal scored by junior Christian Nielsen off of a two on one fore-check. Continuing the assault on the Staples' goaltender, junior Garren Fritz followed up five minutes later with a breakaway goal, ending the first period with Darien on top 2-0. After making his way through four opposing players, senior Luke Shea dialed in a backhanded goal at the start of the second period. The puck seemed to remain in Staples' zone for the remainder of the period, and with three minutes remaining sophomore John Baker sniped a shot to close the period on a high note for Darien. With the help of some unfortunate penalties, Staples managed to capitalize and score two goals during the third period, ending the game with a score of Darien -4, Staples -2. Next week Darien gets a by to the semi-finals against a team that has not yet been named.