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On His Way

Nathan DeLuca on his way to one of his four goals. Courtesy photo.

 

 

 

Forward Nathan DeLuca led the Woodstock Academy Ice Hockey team to its second straight victory defeating NFA-St. Bernard-Bacon Academy 5-2 on  Jan. 17. The freshman sensation recorded four goals and an assist to lead WA to its third varsity victory. 

Having not played a game in 10 days the Centaurs started out slowly ending the first period down 1-0. 

Woodstock tied the game on a two-man advantage at 13:41 in the second period when Will Liscomb found DeLuca outside the net for his first goal of the game. Later in the second NFA took the lead again with 9:03 left in the period on a power play goal of its own. 

With two NFA players in the box WA quickly tied the game on DeLuca’s second goal on an assist by Will Smith to end the period tied 2-2. The two teams went back and forth with neither side yielding a goal until 8:23 left in the third when Nathan DeLuca assisted on a Jordan Lamothe goal to take the lead for good.

Two minutes later Will Liscomb notched his second assist of the game when he found Nathan DeLuca in stride to record his third goal of the game. 

The final score of the contest was a Jordan Lamothe assist to Nathan DeLuca for his remarkable fifth point of the game on four goals and one assist. Woodstock's standout goalie Baylee Johns stopped 36 shots on the night. 

Woodstock improves to 3 and 2 on the young season and returns to play at noon Jan. 25 against Chicopee, Mass.