Saturday, February 9, 2013

Rapid Reaction: Middlebury at Williams

Middlebury   2
Williams      6   FINAL

1st period.: Senior Eph Evan Dugdale (F, Sr.) nets his fifth goal of the year with about 8 minutes to play to put Williams on top 1-0 after 1. Middlebury had a flurry of shots at the end of the period, but sophomore blueliner  Brian McNamara  (D, So.) blocked several shots in a strong defensive effort for the Ephs.  Sean Doughtery (G, So.) in net for the Ephs. Dan Fullam (G, So.) for Middlebury.  No penalties in the first period. Williams without leading scorer Peter Mistretta (F, So.) because of concussion symptoms.

2nd period: Action packed second period. On the first power play of the game on a trip from Matthieu Castonguay (D, Sr.), Paul Steinig (D, Jr.) put in a rebound about four minutes into the period for his third goal of the year to put Williams up 2-1. Player to watch Louis Belisle (F, Jr.) then went top shelf on Dougherty to make it a 3-2 game. Later, John Wickman (F, Sr.)  put what the Williams announcers called a "casual wrister" in on net; Fullam couldn't handle the routine play and the Ephs went up 3-1. Coach Beaney then made the goalie switch, putting in Nick BonDurant (g, Jr.) for Fullam. BonDurant didn't do much better, letting up  two goals to make it 5-1.

3rd Period: Wickman gets his second goal of the game at 10:08 in to put Williams up 6-1. Robbie Donahoe (D, Jr.) sniped one past a screened Dougherty at 16:59  but it was too little too late, as Williams wins 6-2. Sean Dougherty ends the game with 34 saves.

Williams takes over sole possesion of second place from the Panthers, with both teams going at it again tomorrow afternoon at 4 at Middlebury. In the post game show on 92.1 WVTK (Addison County Vermont Radio), the announcers selected Dugdale as the third star, Dougherty as the second star and Wickman as the first star of the evening. 

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