Surging icemen win a pair for Scotty
By Jay TurnerA day after burying their friend and former teammate Scott Herr, the CHS boys’ varsity hockey team returned to the ice following two cancellations and offered a fitting tribute in the form of two blowout victories: 5-0 over Stoughton and 9-1 over a frustrated King Philip team.
Head coach Brian Shuman said the Stoughton game, played on home ice less than 24 hours after Herr’s funeral, was “understandably hard” to get up for, yet it was also “nice to get back in the swing of things” after an emotionally draining week.
“It wasn’t our best game,” Shuman said afterward, “but I was really proud of our guys for dealing with a tough week and going out and playing well considering the circumstances.”
The Bulldogs still managed to get on the board early and often, led by team leading scorer Kevin Rooney, who had two of Canton’s three first period goals. Sophomore Matt Malloy notched the other goal on a nice hustle play, assisted by senior defenseman Ryan Bogosian.
The second period featured a lot of penalties on both teams, but Canton was able to add to its lead when Bobby Hayhurst scored on a power play two minutes into the period – his first career goal. Bogosian then got his first on another power play five minutes into the third, which rounded out the scoring for the Bulldogs. Both goals were assisted by senior captain Matt Buckley, who is having another outstanding year so far for the green and white.
On Saturday, the team traveled to King Philip for what looked to be a close game, but it was far from it as the Bulldogs embarrassed the Warriors on their home ice with nine unanswered goals.
KP actually struck first, going up 1-0 about three minutes into the game, but the players lost their cool after that and wound up collecting an unsightly 12 penalties for the game.
Although impressed by the Canton offensive outburst, Shuman said he was even more pleased that his team “stayed classy and stayed under control the whole game.”
And with so many Warrior penalties, Canton had the advantage almost the entire afternoon. Overall, the team scored two in the first period, three in the second, and four in the third.
Rooney was able to pad his league-leading total with five more goals and an assist, while senior captain Frank Eckler also had a hot hand, finishing with two goals and one assist. Other goal scorers included senior captain Billy Duggan and Bogosian, while Buckley and freshman Nick O’Connor each finished with two assists.
With the two wins last week, the Bulldogs improved to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the Hockomock League; however, their two games this week were against opponents with a combined league record of 7-0-1: Oliver Ames at home last night and at rival Franklin Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
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Posted by Jay Turner
on Jan 14 2010. Filed under High School, Sports.
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