Jan 17, 2016 | Ron East | 814 views
Stars split weekend playoff games
The Peewee AE Stars played the 2nd and 3rd games of their first round series with Ennismore this weekend.
On Saturday night the boys played a strong team game skating to their second 5-2 victory in the series. Braden Bannon opened the scoring with the only goal of the first. The second period saw the Stars out score the Eagles 2-1 for a 3-1 lead after two periods. Scoring in the second period were Austin Catena with assists going to Scott Collard and Bannon, also scoring was Collard (GWG) with Gavin Goodfellow and Ben Huyck assisting. The third period would ultimately see the Stars out score the Eagles 2–1 again. Scoring was Bannon (with his second of the game) and Jake Reid and Ethan Martin drew the assists. Oronathye Green put an end to the scoring with an unassisted empty net goal with 40 seconds left in the game.
On Sunday, with a chance to close out the series the Stars came out flat struggling to find the back of the net with the ease they had in the first two games. The Eagles jumped on the Stars scoring twice in the first five minutes. The boys would finally respond when Johnny Hearns scored with Bailey Cook-Martin drawing the only assist. Dawson Wales tied the game with 13 seconds remaining in the first. The teams played a scoreless second period. In the third period some undisciplined play lead to Stars being shorthanded for eight minutes and the Eagles scored the game winner on the power play. The Stars pushed for the equalizer pulling their goalie with 1:30 to go, but surrendered an empty netter at the :50 mark.
Game 4 goes Friday night in Ennismore at 7:30.