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Tough Play
Jon-Luc Cournoyer 20 and Will Smith 16 apply pressure to Eagles forward. Courtesy photo.
The Woodstock Academy Ice Hockey team took home its first varsity win Jan. 8 defeating the Eastern Connecticut Eagles 5-2.
Points were registered by eight different Centaurs including multiple points by Will Liscomb, Nathan Deluca, Tyler Huhtanen and Jordan Lamothe. Points are recorded by a player scoring or assisting on a goal. This is Woodstock Academy’s first varsity season.
The game was relatively even in the first period when at 8:21 WA’s Tyler Huhtanen scored the first goal assisted by Nathan Deluca and Jordan Lamothe. The first period ended with Woodstock up 1-0.
The Eastern CT Eagle team tied the game on a short handed goal to even the score 1-1. WA finally broke the tie with 13 seconds left in the second period on a power play goal from Will Liscomb assisted by Senior Captain Will Smith. WA took a narrow 2-1 lead into the locker room after two periods.
Woodstock opened the third period taking advantage of an Eagles penalty scoring ninety seconds into the period when freshman forward Will Liscomb scored his second goal of the game assisted by Nathan Deluca and Jon-Luc Cournoyer to put the Centaurs up 3-1. Three minutes later Nathan Deluca found the back of the net from an assist by Jordan Lamothe as Woodstock now had a 4-1 lead. Woodstock would put the game away on a five on three advantage from a goal by Zach Burnham assisted by Cassidy Thorpe and Tyler Huhtanen to take a commanding 5-1 lead.
The defense held for the remainder of the period allowing only one other Eagle power play goal for the final 5-2 victory. Goalie Baylee Johns turned back 25 shots from the Eagles. The Centaur skaters are a surprising 2 and 2 on the season and continue play in Norwich on Jan. 17. The next home game is Jan. 18 at Jahn Rink.