Saturday, December 15, 2012

Wave Puck defeats Hamden in Home Opener


Brendan Ferguson

This Wednesday at the Darien Ice Rink, Darien Boys Hockey defeated #3 seeded Hamden High School 2-1, showing that they are contenders for it all this year.

The action started 28 seconds into the game where senior captain Brendan Hathaway put one past the Hamden goalie to make the score 1-0.  Hathaway comments on his performance, “Hamden is a very good team, but we came out amped up and ready to get the win.”

The outcome of the game was unexpected because of the temporary loss of key players, juniors Nick Allam and Connor Davis.

Hamden came back with a lucky goal past senior Michael Collins with about 5 minutes left in the first period to tie the score at 1 apiece. Collins finished the game with 19 saves for the night.

While the second period was uneventful in terms of goals, the Blue Wave crowd kept the game entertaining. “Shout out to the fans for getting rowdy and helping wave puck throughout the entire game,” says Hathaway.

Junior Tommy Watters put the Wave ahead with 9 minutes left in the third after a dangle and tic-tack-toe work of his line mates, juniors Owen Koorbusch and Robbie Juterbock.

Helping the Wave keep Hamden shots to a minimum were defensemen senior captain Dana Wensberg, junior Kevin Love, junior Jack Massie, and sophomore Nic Tuz. “Although we didn’t really play our game of puck possession and relentless for-checking we pulled out a win. Our studs like Watters and Hathaway stepped up when we needed them too. This year we will hear a lot about those two [Watters and Hathaway],” Wensberg says.

Come and check out the Wave take on West Haven High School tonight, Friday, December 15, 2012 at 5:00pm at Darien Ice Rink! “We look forward to more exciting games with the team and with the help of the superfans” Hathaway says. 

Caption: Junior Tommy Watters celebrates after his goal

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