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After building a big lead, the Carlson hockey team survived a furious third period comeback effort for a 7-6 victory over Huron Wednesday night.
When the third period started, the Marauders had a comfortable 7-2 lead over the Chiefs, but third periods are where the team often runs into trouble.
With 38 seconds left on the clock, the Carlson hockey team was holding its breath.
Huron had just pulled their goalie and scored, to pull the game within one goal.
“I think we got off our game plan and we were lacking focus,” Coach Dennis Gundick said. “In between the period we said hey, look. We know our past history with third periods. I said let’s just go out there, stay focused and stick to our game plan (but) we got off our game plan.
“Some bad goals to in and that could be a match to the fire. They started it, and hats off to Huron.”
Before their comeback attempt, the Chiefs got the scoring started when Jesse McGowan found the back of the net for his first of the night.
CJ Yacuone responded with a goal of his own, his first of three, to tie the game, and the Marauders took a lead they never let go ten minutes into the game when Pat Denison scored just seconds after the team got back to full strength.
The second period saw four Carlson goals in just five minutes.
Drew Hull, Ryan Holder and Yacuone all added to the Marauder score. Assists came from Holder, Denison, and Yacuone.
Yacuone finished the night with a hat trick and one assist in his last minute change to the first line.
“CJ’s finally playing the way we expect him to play,” Gundick said. “This week he’s had some real good practices (and) is really working hard out there. So we decided to revamp our number one line.
“We decided, let’s create a power line with Denison, Holder and CJ. It worked.”
Huron got back to scoring with just 28 seconds left in the second period, when Josh Simmers found the back of the net, assisted by McGowan.
In the third period, the teams switched roles, and the Chiefs scored three goals in four minutes after making some changes.
The Marauders did strike first, when Dylan Nixdorf broke through Huron defense, unassisted, but the Chiefs quickly responded.
“After going in there and making a few adjustments verbally, I think the kids came out with a little more fire than they started with,” Huron Coach Dennis Boomer said. “I think part of our problem was we handled Carlson 6-3 a couple weeks ago, and I think our kids thought it was going to be way easier than it was.”
Simmers scored first for the Chiefs, unassisted, for his second of the night.
Drew Summitt brought the game 7-4 with a goal in his first game with the team. Summit has only been skating with Huron for the past two days. He was assisted by McGowan.
McGowan then responded with his second goal of the night, assisted by Michael Laskey.
“Laskey, McGowan, Summitt. They were pretty good for us today, getting double shifted,” Boomer said. “Those are my three horses and those are the guys I play the most.”
With the game nearing an end, Huron stepped up the pressure and Summitt scored with 38 seconds left to tie the game, assisted by Simmers. The goal came just seconds after the Chiefs’ goalie was pulled.
Both teams took a quick time out and although Huron battled the last 30 seconds, they were unable to tie the game and force overtime.
“We got into a hole so bad when it was 7-2, that we just couldn’t come back,” Boomer said. “Going down 7-2, another two or three minutes on the clock, I think we would have caught them.”
Despite the close score in the end, Gundick was still pleased with the win.
“A win’s a win. I don’t care if we win 1-0 or 10-0,” he said. “We congratulated the kids for keeping their composure the last 30 seconds.”
This weekend both teams compete in the Southgate Showcase.
HOCKEY: Carlson survives late rally in win over Huron
When the third period started, the Marauders had a comfortable 7-2 lead over the Chiefs, but third periods are where the team often runs into trouble.
With 38 seconds left on the clock, the Carlson hockey team was holding its breath.
Huron had just pulled their goalie and scored, to pull the game within one goal.
“I think we got off our game plan and we were lacking focus,” Coach Dennis Gundick said. “In between the period we said hey, look. We know our past history with third periods. I said let’s just go out there, stay focused and stick to our game plan (but) we got off our game plan.
“Some bad goals to in and that could be a match to the fire. They started it, and hats off to Huron.”
Before their comeback attempt, the Chiefs got the scoring started when Jesse McGowan found the back of the net for his first of the night.
CJ Yacuone responded with a goal of his own, his first of three, to tie the game, and the Marauders took a lead they never let go ten minutes into the game when Pat Denison scored just seconds after the team got back to full strength.
The second period saw four Carlson goals in just five minutes.
Drew Hull, Ryan Holder and Yacuone all added to the Marauder score. Assists came from Holder, Denison, and Yacuone.
Yacuone finished the night with a hat trick and one assist in his last minute change to the first line.
“CJ’s finally playing the way we expect him to play,” Gundick said. “This week he’s had some real good practices (and) is really working hard out there. So we decided to revamp our number one line.
“We decided, let’s create a power line with Denison, Holder and CJ. It worked.”
Huron got back to scoring with just 28 seconds left in the second period, when Josh Simmers found the back of the net, assisted by McGowan.
In the third period, the teams switched roles, and the Chiefs scored three goals in four minutes after making some changes.
The Marauders did strike first, when Dylan Nixdorf broke through Huron defense, unassisted, but the Chiefs quickly responded.
“After going in there and making a few adjustments verbally, I think the kids came out with a little more fire than they started with,” Huron Coach Dennis Boomer said. “I think part of our problem was we handled Carlson 6-3 a couple weeks ago, and I think our kids thought it was going to be way easier than it was.”
Simmers scored first for the Chiefs, unassisted, for his second of the night.
Drew Summitt brought the game 7-4 with a goal in his first game with the team. Summit has only been skating with Huron for the past two days. He was assisted by McGowan.
McGowan then responded with his second goal of the night, assisted by Michael Laskey.
“Laskey, McGowan, Summitt. They were pretty good for us today, getting double shifted,” Boomer said. “Those are my three horses and those are the guys I play the most.”
With the game nearing an end, Huron stepped up the pressure and Summitt scored with 38 seconds left to tie the game, assisted by Simmers. The goal came just seconds after the Chiefs’ goalie was pulled.
Both teams took a quick time out and although Huron battled the last 30 seconds, they were unable to tie the game and force overtime.
“We got into a hole so bad when it was 7-2, that we just couldn’t come back,” Boomer said. “Going down 7-2, another two or three minutes on the clock, I think we would have caught them.”
Despite the close score in the end, Gundick was still pleased with the win.
“A win’s a win. I don’t care if we win 1-0 or 10-0,” he said. “We congratulated the kids for keeping their composure the last 30 seconds.”
This weekend both teams compete in the Southgate Showcase.
Last Updated: 1/10/2013 12:00:55 AM EST