The book for Greece Storm: Paul Forte (1g-1a), Tyler Flanagan (2g), Trevor Gilliard (1a), Matthew McHale (1g), Nicholas Leonardi (1g), Jacob Holdaway (3g), Goaltending: Nicholas Chilano 9s/5ga = 64% (48 mins). The book for Churchville-Chili: Patrick Mitchell (1g-1a), Braeden Schmidt (1g), Alex Seaman (1g), Eli Chalmers (1g), Will Zimmerman (1g) Goaltending: Mitch Marsh 16s/8ga = 67% (48 mins).
Greece Storm Scores Five Straight in Win over C-C 2019-03-28 - Greece Storm scored five unanswered goals spanning the second and third quarters in their 8-5 win over Churchville-Chili. The Storm held the Saints scoreless for over 23 minutes in the contest. They also spread out their offense with six players making the offensive book. Jacob Holdaway led in scoring with 3 goals, including the last two. Churchville-Chili had each of their five goals scored by a different athlete.
Matthew McHale opened the game and Greece Storm's season just over two minutes into the game with an unassisted goal. Churchville-Chili opened their season with Braeden Schmidt scoring (also unassisted). Two minutes later, Greece goes back on top with Paul Forte assisting Tyler Flanagan. The Saints took the rest of the quarter to score back to back goals and take their first lead. It was the last time that the Saints scored until 1:31 remaining in the third quarter.
Greece added one three unassisted goals in the second quarter and two in the third quarter. The final Greece goal of the third quarter was scored by Holdaway with an assist from Trevor Gilliard. Will Zimmerman broke the Saint's dry spell with a goal late in the third quarter. Each team added a single goal in the final quarter (Greece - Holdaway and CC - Eli Chalmers).
LSM Ryan Makowski and defenseman Brandon Williams each recorded six ground balls for the Storm. Face-off midfielder Riley Maier finished at 7/12 and goalie Nicholas Chilano finished at 64% with nine saves. For C-C, midfielder Patrick Mitchell led with four ground balls. Defenseman Ricky Allen and LSM Liam Podszebka each added another three ground balls with Allen adding three takes and Podszebka adding two. In the cage, Mitch Marsh recorded 12 saves (60%). |