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This Team is part of the 2015-2016 season, which is not set as the current season.
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Jan 17, 2016 | Terry Walker | 830 views
Girls Hockey Day - Bantam Blue Barn Burner
     What a great game against Woolwich for Girls Hockey Day!  The final score, 2-2, was indicative of how even the match was - both teams came to play.  The team had a little more jump at the beginning of the game thanks to Coach Dave’s request to get out of the gate earlier.  Abby opened the scoring by chipping a rebound over the tender's left pad follow a nice shot by Aspen who in turn was following up Avery’s shot on the initial drive - excellent pressure resulting in second and third chances.  Only minutes later, Woolwich came back with one of their own to knot it up.  You could feel that it was going to be a good game.

The team continued to carry the play early in the second as we continued to compete against a very strong opponent who finished ahead of us in the first half.  We had good puck movement and generated chances on the net, but their goalie was strong and turned away everything we could throw at her.  Woolwich press us just as hard and were finally rewarded with their second midway through the period.  With the lead in hand, Woolwich dug in to keep the lead. 
     Things didn't look good when we took a couple of penalties early in the third to face a 5 on 3 for over a minute when somehow, Avery pulled a Houdini and tickled the twine to even the score once again.  Pure magic!  Both teams worked overtime to try to get the winning goal, but neither could find a crack in the other's defense.  Chloe turned away a multitude of very good shots down the stretch to keep the score even and our Defense stepped up big to hold us in it.  D, you backed up your partners better than at any other time this year and were determined to keep good gap control - keep it going, it's a difference maker.  Well done Blue, we're off to a good start in the second half in A Pool.  Can't wait until the next one!

Coach Terry