PLAY-BY-PLAY
QUARTER 1
Huening wins the swim-off, the
ball goes down low to Himmel but gets taken away by Sekula
Curia scores the opening goal
for Green on their first possession
Shkiler evens the game at 1-1
with a goal from the right side
Sekula gets a hand on Himmel's
shot from 2m and deflects it out-of-bounds; he makes another save on
Dowdle's 4m shot
Wickes forces a turnover and
Shkiler scores on the other end for White
Himmel draws an ejection but Shkiler's 7m shot is blocked by Farmer
O'Connor with a save to keep the game tied
Curia scores a counterattack goal from the left side to give Green a
2-1 lead
Huening responds with a goal from 7m to tie the game at 2-2
Valdez tries a backhand but O'Connor is in position to make a save
Sekula and O'Connor both make saves late in the period and Valdez closes
the half with a shot that rattles the crossbar
GREEN 2 WHITE 2
QUARTER 2
Heuning comes away with a loose
ball after Green drew an ejection
Zieler skips a shot in from
7m to give Green a 3-2 advantage
O'Connor blocks Farmer's 4m shot
Jurevicius' 7m shot is
slightly deflected and goes in to tie the game at 3-3
Valdez feeds Veldman after
his drive to the right side, and the Sandburg senior scores to give
Green the lead
Himmel uses a bit of trickery
to tie the game from just outside 2m for White
Dowdle gives White their
first lead, scoring from inside 5m
Mulcrone draws an ejection but
Wickes hits the crossbar
Mulcrone increases the White
lead with a goal from just outside 2m
In the closing seconds, O'Connor
blocks a shot that lands in the surprised hands of Curia, who finds
the back of the net...
...but the goal is disallowed as
halftime has arrived
WHITE 6 GREEN 4
QUARTER 3
O'Connor saves Dowdle's shot
from 7m
Kelly assists Farmer, who
scores his first goal from 4m
Valdez finds Kelly wide-open
on the left side, and his first goal ties the game at 6-6
Mulcrone gets a hand on Palmer's
attempt from the left side
Sekula and O'Connor trade saves
Muclrone's 4m chance is saved by
Sekula
Palmer hits the post on the
other end
O'Connor tips Veldman's 2m
attempt off the crossbar
Sekula blocks Dowdle's shot from
7m
Valdez breaks the deadlock in
the final minute with a goal from 7m
GREEN 7 WHITE 6
QUARTER 4
Farmer scores from 5m to give
Green a two-goal lead
McGuire blocks a shot on the
other end
McGuire denies Shkiler's chance
from the left side
Mulcrone scores a breakaway
goal to trim the lead to 8-7
Palmer finds Farmer driving
to 2m and he scores for Green
Himmel's lob shot from 7m
fools McGuire and cuts Green's lead to 9-8
The game is tied after Himmel
notches his third goal from 4m
O'Connor's save leads to a
breakaway chance for Katz, but the defense converges to deny a shot
attempt
White timeout
Double ejection called on Farmer
and Himmel
Katz makes a steal to deny a
close-range shot by Veldman
Both teams just miss with their
final shots as regulation ends with the score tied at 9-9
GREEN 9 WHITE 9
SHOOTOUT GOALS
Green - Himmel, Shkiler, Huening
(3)
White - Kuchta, Valdez, Curia,
Palmer (4)
GREEN 10 WHITE 9
