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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 a week ago.
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 its goalie and scored, to pull within one goal.
“I think we got off our game plan and we were lacking focus,” Coach Dennis Gundick said.
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 10 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 total. Assists came from Holder, Denison, and Yacuone.
Yacuone finished the night with a hat trick and one assist.
“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 No. 1 line.
“We decided (to) 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, 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 timeout and although Huron battled the last 30 seconds, it was 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.”
In the SEHL showcase over the weekend, the Marauders lost to Anderson in overtime.
After a rough couple of games, Southgate turned things around with a 3-2 overtime win over the Marauders, despite outshooting them 32-18.
In what Gundick called an-up-and-down game, the Titans came out first and took a two goal lead in the first period.
Matt Cooper got the scoring started, unassisted, and six minutes later Mac Slowik gave the Titans their two goal lead. He was assisted by Kelly O’Brien and Casey Wieleba.
Yacoune scored, unassisted in the second to bring Carlson within a goal and later, on a penalty kill, the Marauders tied it.
Drew Coleman passed to Tyler Purcell who got the puck to Drew Hull and Hull scored a nice shorthanded goal.
A scoreless third period forced the eight minute overtime and with 3:45 left to play there was a scrum in front of the Carlson net and the Titans got a stick on it for the victory.
Slowik netted the goal, his second of the night, assisted by Wieleba and Nick Spagnol.
“It was one of those slow games, jockeying for position back and forth,” Gundick said. “It was one of those games where whoever wanted the puck won.”
Gundick believes his team could have won the game in regulation but the power play did not click for them.
“We try to instill the power play break out in every practice to brush up on it, but nothing was working Saturday,” he said. “Our break out wasn’t there (and) our two power play units weren’t working.”
Anderson Coach Pat Jesue thought the game was one of the better games the Titans had played in awhile.
“It was a pretty trying week and I give them a lot of credit for battling through the adversity,” he said. “I thought they played well.”
The Titans have changed their lines up some and Jesue said he believes they have now found four lines that will work for the team.
The team captains stepped it up during the third and overtime periods.
“They just went out there and moved it and had opportunities,” Jesue said. “I think the guys got energy for us.
“I think it’s just a matter of change a little bit of who we are to adapt.”
Earlier in the week, Anderson fell 6-5 to Dearborn Unified.
The Pioneers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first seven minutes of the first period, but a goalie change from Trevor Presnell to Chris Dusik helped get the Titans back on track.
Two minutes later, Anderson started their scoring and saw three goals in just over three minutes.
Andrew Witz got the scoring started halfway through the opening period, assisted by O’Brien.
Kyle Seymour netted one two minutes later, helped out by Austin Simpson, and O’Brien added a goal to his assist to finish the scoring in the first period. He was assisted by Devon Yon.
The Titans took a lead early in the second period when Josh Miruk found the back of the net, assisted by Ryan Curry, but Dearborn responded three minutes later to tie the game.
The Pioneers added two more goals in the third period and with three minutes left Slowik pulled the Titans within one, but they were unable to finish the effort.
He was assisted by Spangol and O’Brien.
Despite outscoring Dearborn 31-22, the Titans were unable to capitalize and force overtime.
This week Anderson will again face tough teams in the form of Ann Arbor Pioneer and Trenton.
“If you don’t’ have your game going into either of those games, it’s going to be a long week again,” Jesue said. “It’ll be interesting. I just hope the guys are prepared.”
When the team saw Pioneer earlier in the season they did not get the victory they had hoped.
The Titans played an undisciplined game and Pioneer did a fantastic job executing according to Jesue.
“They beat us in every aspect as far as I’m concerned,” he said.
Trenton is the opponent most other teams are using as their measuring stick, and the Titans are no exception.
“It’s a good indicator of what the end of the season’s gonna look like for us,” Jesue said. “Win, lose, or draw, it’s really just a good opportunity to see what we’re all about.”
The Marauders play Cabrini tonight before hosting Allen Park on Friday.
HOCKEY: Carlson survives Huron comeback, Anderson wins in OTPHOTO
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 its goalie and scored, to pull within one goal.
“I think we got off our game plan and we were lacking focus,” Coach Dennis Gundick said.
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 10 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 total. Assists came from Holder, Denison, and Yacuone.
Yacuone finished the night with a hat trick and one assist.
“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 No. 1 line.
“We decided (to) 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, 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 timeout and although Huron battled the last 30 seconds, it was 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.”
In the SEHL showcase over the weekend, the Marauders lost to Anderson in overtime.
After a rough couple of games, Southgate turned things around with a 3-2 overtime win over the Marauders, despite outshooting them 32-18.
In what Gundick called an-up-and-down game, the Titans came out first and took a two goal lead in the first period.
Matt Cooper got the scoring started, unassisted, and six minutes later Mac Slowik gave the Titans their two goal lead. He was assisted by Kelly O’Brien and Casey Wieleba.
Yacoune scored, unassisted in the second to bring Carlson within a goal and later, on a penalty kill, the Marauders tied it.
Drew Coleman passed to Tyler Purcell who got the puck to Drew Hull and Hull scored a nice shorthanded goal.
A scoreless third period forced the eight minute overtime and with 3:45 left to play there was a scrum in front of the Carlson net and the Titans got a stick on it for the victory.
Slowik netted the goal, his second of the night, assisted by Wieleba and Nick Spagnol.
“It was one of those slow games, jockeying for position back and forth,” Gundick said. “It was one of those games where whoever wanted the puck won.”
Gundick believes his team could have won the game in regulation but the power play did not click for them.
“We try to instill the power play break out in every practice to brush up on it, but nothing was working Saturday,” he said. “Our break out wasn’t there (and) our two power play units weren’t working.”
Anderson Coach Pat Jesue thought the game was one of the better games the Titans had played in awhile.
“It was a pretty trying week and I give them a lot of credit for battling through the adversity,” he said. “I thought they played well.”
The Titans have changed their lines up some and Jesue said he believes they have now found four lines that will work for the team.
The team captains stepped it up during the third and overtime periods.
“They just went out there and moved it and had opportunities,” Jesue said. “I think the guys got energy for us.
“I think it’s just a matter of change a little bit of who we are to adapt.”
Earlier in the week, Anderson fell 6-5 to Dearborn Unified.
The Pioneers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first seven minutes of the first period, but a goalie change from Trevor Presnell to Chris Dusik helped get the Titans back on track.
Two minutes later, Anderson started their scoring and saw three goals in just over three minutes.
Andrew Witz got the scoring started halfway through the opening period, assisted by O’Brien.
Kyle Seymour netted one two minutes later, helped out by Austin Simpson, and O’Brien added a goal to his assist to finish the scoring in the first period. He was assisted by Devon Yon.
The Titans took a lead early in the second period when Josh Miruk found the back of the net, assisted by Ryan Curry, but Dearborn responded three minutes later to tie the game.
The Pioneers added two more goals in the third period and with three minutes left Slowik pulled the Titans within one, but they were unable to finish the effort.
He was assisted by Spangol and O’Brien.
Despite outscoring Dearborn 31-22, the Titans were unable to capitalize and force overtime.
This week Anderson will again face tough teams in the form of Ann Arbor Pioneer and Trenton.
“If you don’t’ have your game going into either of those games, it’s going to be a long week again,” Jesue said. “It’ll be interesting. I just hope the guys are prepared.”
When the team saw Pioneer earlier in the season they did not get the victory they had hoped.
The Titans played an undisciplined game and Pioneer did a fantastic job executing according to Jesue.
“They beat us in every aspect as far as I’m concerned,” he said.
Trenton is the opponent most other teams are using as their measuring stick, and the Titans are no exception.
“It’s a good indicator of what the end of the season’s gonna look like for us,” Jesue said. “Win, lose, or draw, it’s really just a good opportunity to see what we’re all about.”
The Marauders play Cabrini tonight before hosting Allen Park on Friday.
Last Updated: 1/15/2013 2:03:10 PM EST