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CYHO
WINS TOURNAMENT SPRING 2004 CHAMPIONSHIP !!
A
rejuvenated CYHO team responds in the David vs. Goliath
matchup in the Playoff finals on May 23rd, verses the
Mustangs. Small numbers make no difference to
God. There is nothing small if God is in it.
"If
you have the faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say
to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will
move. Nothing will be impossible for you"
Matthew 17:20.
The
game was well fought. A rough aggressive game left the
younger, smaller sized CYHO players often taking the brunt
of the checks. Cheers rang out from the crowd as the
players in blue hit the ice on their backs. CYHO
players took Proverbs 24:16 to a new level--"Though
a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again". (a
little humor?)
The 9
CYHO skaters were joined by Matt Marvin
half way through the game to make two lines vs. the 16
Mustangs. CYHO got up early this time on the power
play at 9:55 of the 1st period with a 3 on 2 break;
Keigan Mennetti was checked in the slot
area, leaving the puck for Chad Bednar, who
sent the blistering wrist shot over the goalies blocker
side. Then at 11:31 of the 2nd period, a relentless 2
man forecheck by as Chris Gurreri and Craig
Sherwood sealed off the back of the net, causing
the defenseman to throw the puck up the middle.
Center, Lucas Gsellman picked it off,
skated in untouched and deked the goalie on the glove side.
The Mustangs responded with a goal at 5:40 of the 2nd
period, as a shot from the point got through deflecting up
over Logan Gsellman off Greg
Oneacre's stick. Then at .41 of the 2nd
period a Mustang defenseman hits Gsellman in the shin guards
at center ice as the loose puck bounces between the two, Gsellman
sends it off the boards, assisting
Sherwood. Sherwood skates
hard breaking to the middle over the opposing blue line,
dekes the goalie on the blocker side with an unbelievable
move to seal the fate of the Mustangs. One last power
play goal for the Mustangs with 4:23 left in the 3rd period
brings the game within one, 3-2. Both teams called
timeouts. The Mustangs with 6 attackers were
relentless in the CYHO end, with many D to D passes, shots
and screens in front. CYHO players continued to clear
the puck out and run the time out for the Playoff
Championship win. Greg Oneacre,
Blair Wolcott, and Cory Stockard played a superb
game on defense. All forwards played with a lot of
heart, Mike Rudin, Bednar, Mennetti, Marvin,
Sherwood, Gsellman, and Gurreri. Logan
Gsellman had a nice game in net. Congratulations on
a fine Spring.
April
28th - May 16th, 2004
Peewee
Major Division of the Strongsville Spring League. Turned
out to be a tough day for the 7 CYHO skaters. Many were
out for other Spring activities. Keigan Mennetti,
and Jacob Cohen assisted Lucas
Gsellman's goal at 8:01 of the 3rd period as a last
ditch effort to catch up, down 4-1. The entire group
played with a lot of heart, Greg Oneacre, Chris
Gurreri, Cory Stockard, Chad Bednar, Logan Gsellman(goalie)
and those previously mentioned. The Mustangs finished
CYHO 5-1, with an empty netter with 44 seconds left.
CYHO
Spring teams advance to a 9-5 record,
losing 2 tight ones by a goal and one game
by two. Players fought hard after praying for our
troops tonight, but just weren't able to close the game.
Winterhurst had their full army vs. our 9 skaters--but it
was a tough nine. Both teams played hard. Goaltending
on both teams was excellent! Refs called a
pretty good game too. You win some--you lose some.
Kudos
to the Spellacy, Knipper, Geither boys--all
of you played well--but the only ones I know
personally--didn't see Eagan---speed.
Spellacy had the first goal for Winterhurst
coming directly across the slot left to right unassisted.
He also had the 2nd as CYHO went down 2-0
at 3:01 of the 2nd from Glover and Novack.
CYHO finally scored on a powerplay at 11:10 of the 3rd with
another net crashing goal by Cory Delsavio
from Chris Gurreri.
This
past Sunday we lost 3-1 to Cleveland Skating Club 3-1, our
only goal coming from Lucas Gsellman from Mikey
Rudin and Keigan Mennetti.
We played weak on defense giving up too many breakaways.
And
back on April 22nd--sorry guys-forgot to pick up the game
sheet--we lost to a very big Strongsville team 4-3.
They didn't fill out the game sheet so--I don't know who
actually scored for their team.
CYHO
scoring
was:
Lucas
Gsellman from Jacob Cohen at 5:37
of the 1st period
Keigan Mennetti from Jacob Cohen
at 2:42 of the 1st period
Cory Del Savio from either Craig
Sherwood or Timmy Lowther and
Keigan Mennetti. (not sure
whether that is a 9 or a 0)
April
24th, 2004
CYHO
team splits games
Thursday,22nd and Saturday 24th in the Strongsville league
pushing to a 9-3 record. A tough
physical battle erupted as CYHO met Strongsville rivals.
Players appeared to be all okay as a couple were picked up
each period usually from a hard check. Opposing
goaltender Matt Marvin played very well as
CYHO crashed the net and cashed in. Glad Marvin is
okay after getting stepped on by one of the Strongsville
players clearing the traffic, as Marvin also skates out for
the CYHO in the Garfield league. Logan
Gsellman receives his second shutout vs. the
Strongsville squad in the 5-0 win. Logan made
some great saves on a few 1-0's to complete the game.
Scoring
detail:
Mikey Rudin scores on a breakaway at 8:13
of the first period with a nice backhand move. At 5:22
of the first period, net crashing Cory Del Savio
scores from Rudin and Greg Oneacre.
Del Savio repeats, scoring off a blistering
slapshot from Cory Stockard on the
powerplay at 6:48 in the second period. Oneacre
scores as he rushes from defense, and Rudin
receives his third point of the game assisting at 8:48 of
the third. Then at 3:37 left in the game Jacob Cohen
bangs in a rebound off of Lucas Gsellman's
slapshot from the point.
Recap
on the game-
The team played great today, as all ten skaters contributed.
Lysaght, and Gsellman were
most physical on defense as Stockard and Oneacre
finessed the puck up the ice. The two forward lines
contributed immensely as the goon line, Rudin, Del
Savio, and Mennetti were
immovable in front of the opposition net. Bednar,
Peachey, and Cohen cycled and
worked their magic in the offensive zone. You could
see the practice drills with D to D passing and forward
cycling really paying off. Exceptional game fellas!
April
19th, 2004
Wow,
what a weekend! With the Tuesday post-game coaches
message ringing in their ears CYHO delivers a 3 game late
birthday present. Frustrated about a less than 100%
effort on the coaches birthday, he exclaimed, "You guys
owe me---you owe me 3 wins this weekend for that
effort--today was my birthday you know!" The team
responded in front of a sellout crowd, with the Toronto
Roadrunners AHL team looking on (although a few pros played
soccer in the corner of the rink. The Baron's AHL team
was preparing for their playoff series game with Toronto
just an hour later and many CYHO players planned to stay for
the great match-up.)
CYHO
players and coaches knew we were in for a tough game against
a well seasoned Winterhurst team with some of last years
Squirt Select All-stars who moved up with the returning
Winterhurst Peewees.
The CYHO
team got off to a late start going down 2-0 in the first
period. The coaches message was "We need to get a
goal or two this period to get back in this game, and not
get scored on." The team responded again with a
goal by Cory Del Savio from Chad Bednar at
9:28 of the second period. With only 1:16 left in the
period, Chris Gurreri banged in a rebound assisted
from a defensive rush of Lucas Gsellman from Timmy
Lowther. Then at 8:13 of the 3rd Del Savio (the
ice man) delivers the final game winning goal from Gsellman
and Michael Rudin.
Cory
Stockard reminded the coach afterwards in the locker
room--"Coach, your birthday present was a box, inside a
box, inside a box." Thanks for the diamond ring
inside the box, Stockard--- well I guess a total team
effort and game winning goal from Del Savio will have
to do!
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