Gananda in One Goal Win Advances

May 25, 2016 - Gananda took an early 3-0 lead on their way to an 11-10 victory over Pal-Mac. Although the Blue Panthers held a 3 goals lead twice in the first half (3-0 and 5-2) the game was tied at 5-5 at the half. In the second half the score was tied each step of the way with both teams taking turns leading.

Coming out of a 5-5 halftime, Dylan Joy scored (unassisted) to put the Panthers back on top. One minute later, James Blazey scored for the Red Raiders for another tie. The game continued on for another two minutes before Pal-Mac took their first lead of the game. Kasey Gallina scored with a feed from Joe Lyko with 7:22 remaining in the third quarter. They held on for five minutes before Gananda tied the game with another goal from Joy (assisted by Remmy Glod). Glod finished 13/22 at the draw and with a team leading nine ground balls. Joy added another eight ground balls for Gananda. Pal-Mac scored the final goal of the quarter with AJ Hems scoring unassisted. They held an 8-7 lead after 36 minutes.

Glod scored an unassisted goal only 0:24 into the final quarter to tie the game for the fourth time. The Red Raiders took the lead again at 8:34 with Lyko scoring unassisted. This time they only held the lead for 0:06. Joe Fisher scored with a feed from Ryan Finnegan. Gananda went back on top with another quick goal only 0:29 later. Kyle Lombardozzi scored his second and third goals to finish out the game (both unassisted). The final Pal-Mac goal was scored by Hems.

In the cage for Pal-Mac, Jared Hurlbutt finished at 50% with 11 saves. Jake Root also recorded 11saves (52%) for the Blue Panthers.