Churchville-Chili Big Finish for Win

May 14, 2014 - Coming back today to finish last night`s game, after it was called due to weather, benefited Churchville-Chili as they outscored Hilton 3-2 to win the game 10-9. The Saints` Ryan Cosgrove scored the first goal today and assisted the second and third to secure the win for the Saints. The game was tied at 9-9 with 5:03 remaining in regulation. Churchville-Chili`s Aaron Buck scored the game winning goal (assisted by Cosgrove) with 3:46 remaining in regulation.

The first day of the contest began with a strong run by Hilton and finished with Churchville-Chili fighting back to a tie game with 10:37 remaining in the final quarter. The Cadets scored three unanswered goals in the first quarter. Their defense held Churchville-Chili scoreless for the first 14:02. There were eight penalties during the contest and seven of them were scored on (5 for Hilton and 1 for C-C). The opening goal was scored during man-up with Shawn Kimble scoring on an outside shot (assisted by face-off midfielder Harald Juergens). Kimble finished with 1g-1a for the Cadets. Juergens was a major factor in keeping the ball in5 Hilton`s possession. He finished 11/17 (65%) with a team leading 12 ground balls. Twenty seconds later, Teddy Alvarado picked up the loose ball behind the cage and fed Zeus Doser on the crease for the first of his three goals. Doser scored again less than 30 seconds later with a feed from the top by Tyler Farrel during another man-up play. Hilton led 3-0 after the first quarter.

Churchville-Chili came back in the second quarter and scored the first two goals. The first goal was a result of overly aggressive defense from the Cadets. They became out of position and Churchville-Chili capitalized with Buck assisted Ryan Cosgrove on the open crease. Trevor Hodgins scored the next goal with a drive from behind the cage. Doser scored his second goal during another man-up with an inside dodge. Buck scored again for the saints with another cross crease feed, this one from Hodgins. The Cadets scored the final goal of the opening half with Farrel scoring unassisted with a drive straight at the cage. Hilton led 5-3 going into halftime.

Churchville-Chili came out strong after the half with the first three goals to take their first lead of the contest. Their first goal was the only man-up goal for Churchville-Chili. Cosgrove assisted Buck from GLE on the right side of the cage. Cosgrove got his second assist of the game with an inside feed to Cameron Shipley on a high crease. Alex Goodermote scored the first goal to put Churchville-Chili in the lead after another inside feed to a high crease. This time Shipley assisted Goodermote. Hilton came back to finish the quarter with two man-up goals to retake the lead. The first was scored after a loose ball ground ball off a save on the crease. Alvarado picked up the ball and finished with the garbage goal. The final goal of the quarter was an outside shot from Farrel. Hilton led 7-6 going into the final quarter.

Churchville-Chili`s Cosgrove scored the first goal with a drive from behind the cage. Churchville-Chili won the face off, but before they could continue the game was stopped due to weather. The game was resumed today. Hilton`s Juergens scored both goals for the Cadets today. In the cage for Hilton, Jarod Kimble finished with nine recorded saves for the two days. Yesterday he finished with 8s/7ga and had a number of impressive point blank saves to keep the Cadets in the game. Churchville-Chili`s Mike Yehl finished the game with 8 saves. Defenseman Mike Caternolo finished with eight ground balls to lead his team.