LANDON HOCKEY 13 WINSTON CHURCHILL HS 1

LANDON HOCKEY 13 WINSTON CHURCHILL HS 1

Yes, your eyes do not deceive you. The Bulldogs have been a close competitor against the Bears over the years– WCHS has been  eight time MASL champions including 2019 and WaPo’s preseason #4 in the DMV (#3 in 2018-19 with a 16-7-2 record). WCHS entered the Bears Den with a 5-3 record this season with the losses (average 3 goal losses) all against WCAC and GP teams.

This was Landon’s third game, all wins, but the home team looked really good in  this early season test. Having followed them since 2010, initial matches had two common characteristics—slow to start and passing/spacing/positioning was rough. The December 3 match in the Bears’ Den was different. The white-sweated team started with high energy and passes connected up the ice. Unselfish play, quick transition, dominance in the 1 v. 1 encounters, solid fore and back-checking and SHOOTING. The home team put at least 50 shots on the visitors’ goal and 13 of them beat the Bulldogs G who had a 1.6 GAA in MoCo play.

THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST MAJOR TEST IN THE SEASON, hopefully the same effusive comments will be repeated after games 4, 5,…

FIRST PERIOD

QUICK ON THE SCOREBOARD: Landon tallied 4 goals in the first third of the game:

Time      GS                A1                      A2    Comment

12:33     Jake Cohen Jordan Dinesman

10:47     Joey Graham Will Lawrence- Ryan Giles  

9:15      Jake             Tommy Kenary   Jordan

0:32.6  Jake             TommyTRICK, #4 3As

0 Penalties

Landon 16 SOGs Max Weinstein 1 save

END OF 1^ST PERIOD BEARS 4 BULLDOGS 0

SECOND STANZA

Another period in which Landon moved the puck faster than the WCHS D could. Bears showed more energy than the Bulldogs

Time      GS                  A1                     A2    Comment

14:44     Will                Ryan

11:44     Jordan         JH Lages

8:28       Matt Brille    Kyle Radimer  rush from blue line/ hit far corner

[WCHS scored a goal on a rebound at 6:41]

0:49.2    Will              Joey                    Ryan

0:23.5    Oscar Smink  JH              Matt      

0 Penalties

Landon 36 SOGs Max 5 saves

END OF 1^ST PERIOD BEARS 9 BULLDOGS 1

LAST 15 MINUTES

No let up and what was really impressive (actually through the game) was the contribution by all three lines and the five defensemen (1 frosh, 2 sophomores, 2 juniors and 1 senior; one sophomore injured)

Time      GS                  A1                     A2    Comment

14:49     Kyle             Matt                  Oscar

12:35     Will               Ryan            TRICK,

4:37         Jordan            Ethan Goldman    Ryan #8 5As

3:13         Joey                Jordan                            #4 5 pts

1 Penalty WCHS

Landon  15 SOGs Max 6 saves

FINAL SCORE BEARS  BULLDOGS 1

GAME TOTALS

LANDON SOGs 51

Landon goals 13

Landon assists 19

Landon pims 0

next game Friday @ Bears’ Den  v. Delaware Prep AT 6PM.

Roster : 5 Delawareans 2 Canadians, 4 Pennsylvanians, 2 Marylanders, 1 North Carolinian  beat the Hun School 3-2;  played StA (no result), lost to Gonzaga (no score) beat  Germantown Academy 6-2