Sabers take Smythe title
Both teams put it on the line Friday when they met for the Smythe
Division Winter League championship at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center
in Huntington Beach, but it was the Sabers, behind a stingy first half
defense, who were able to hold off the Blades by a 3-2 score in the title
match.
The Sabers limited the Blades to just one goal through the first two
quarters (in a three quarter match), with that score coming from
Christian Williams off a Jacob Hill assist, giving the Blades a 1-0 lead
after the first quarter.
But the Sabers struck back with a pair of second period goals, the first
coming on a Garrett Ono score off a Bryon Berryhill assist, the other, on
a Brandon Prince goal.
Both teams added a goal in the third period, with Jonathan Little scoring
off another Hill assist for the Blades, and a Jordan Beideman goal was
set up by Berryhill’s second assist of the match for the Sabers.
Blades goalie Marc Cooney recorded 25 saves, while the Sabers’ Jacob St.
Dennis had 16 saves.
In other championship matches:
CAMPBELL DIVISION
Thrashers 1, Avalanche 0
Defense dominated this match, and it took a John Aldinger goal (off a
Destiny Mills assist) at the 13:03 mark of the third quarter, to lift the
Thrashers to the victory and the title. Avalanche goalie Daniel Ane
stopped 15 shots on goals, and the Thrasher’s William DeWitt turned away
12 shot attempts.
WALES DIVISION
Dragons 3, Atomic Pucks 2
Ryan Doyle scored twice, Kevin Lachman had one goal and an assist, Josh
Rice assisted one goal, and goalie David Lachman recorded 14 saves as the
Dragons stopped a later charge by the Atomic Pucks to win the division
title.
Jake Thistle and Jeff Bisso both scored once, Christopher Torres had an
assist, and goalie Nicholas Ferreira had 16 saves for the Atomic Pucks.
LEMIEUX DIVISION
Jackamo 6, Blades 4
Jaclyn McKie scored twice and also assisted two other goals, Trevor
Zantos, Shaun Rakhshani, and Tyson Spataro all scored once, and goalie
Scott Schaefer stopped 29 shots on goal to power Jackamo, who took
command of the match with a four goal outburst in the second period.
Stephen Sandberg scored twice to lead the Blades, who also received
single goals from Chris Corsaro, Kris Ehret, and Greg Pearce, and 32
saves from goalie Casey Becking.
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