Lions Take Over the Ice

By: Morgan Blechschmid, Jonathan Drake, and Lexi Jenkins

January 9, 2020

Over the winter break, the Hurricanes hockey team played in a tournament where they tied one game and lost the other two.  The Canes did not move any further in the tournament partially because they did not have their goalie, Jason Edmonds (illness). 

When asked about the tournament, freshman Colin Pope said, “I enjoyed playing, but if we had Jason, we would have done a lot better.”

As classes resumed and looking to regain their winning ways, the hockey team faced off against the Orange Lions at home on Thursday, January 9.

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The starting line-up was made up of Ian Krall, Nick Baldwin, Aaron Wrost, Jacob Peña, and Gavin Supek. Junior Alan Fernandez substituted as goalie for a second time while Edmonds was absent for the first period; he did return at the beginning of the second period.

In the first period, Supek scored the first goal of the game at the 12:14 mark. Orange had a tripping penalty giving the Canes a slight advantage.

Wrost was injured just before the period was over, but he was able to recover. 

Orange came back and scored twice, ending the period leading 2-1. 

The Lions started the second period with a goal, making it 3-1. Derek Wrost was given a penalty for tripping, putting the Lions on the power play. 

Aaron Wrost scored for the Hurricanes at the 5:03 mark, though the Lions ended the period with another goal making the score 4-2. 

Krall said that “[Our team can improve on] catching, passing, and shooting.”

The third period was rough for the Hurricanes as the Lions scored three more times which started a running clock because of their five-goal lead. The Hurricanes lost 7-2.

When asked how he believes his team can improve moving forward, junior Jed Williamson said, “Mostly showing more effort and laying a body on someone to take some advantage in the game.”

The next game will be on Thursday, January 16, at home against Stow High School. The match will begin at 8:45 p.m.

Be sure to come out and cheer on our Hurricanes!