After a 5-1 loss the highlight reel for tonight’s game will be short.
The game started off at a quick pace with a lot of shots at both ends, but Guelph went down 2-0 early. Cam had a great rush on a breakaway, working hard to stay ahead of the 2 Milton defenders but the aggressive Winterhawks goalie kept him outside and his shot just had space to hit the post. Following that play, Benny took a penalty for “interference”, although no one's quite sure how a player can interfere with the guy who has the puck on his stick… A couple minutes later, after a Milton penalty for too many men, Gareth won a faceoff cleanly back to Evan, who fired it on net, where Ty found it for the tip-in goal. 2-1 Milton to end the first.
Through the second and third Sergio saw a lot of pucks and did his best to keep them out, but it was hard to do with so many blue shirts around the net. Period 2 ended with some good chances for the Gryphons, but some missed opportunities, misplays, and… it was 4-1.
The third didn’t see much in the way of a difference. There were, again, some good chances, including a nice series of shots from the blue line and some nice work behind the Milton net to wear the Winterhawks down, but in the end there were a few too many Milton players left unchecked, pucks left unchallenged, and Guelph passes missing their marks.
-PL