by hamburg hawks posted 11/27/2009 11-22-09
Squirts
Islanders 5 Stars 3
A Sunday night standing room only crowd jammed the Nike Base for a hotly contested Squirt Division matchup of two talented teams. The Islanders and Stars came out defensively and it took nearly half the first period before one team could break the ice, but when they did, it was with alacrity.
The Stars Ben Taylor set up Hangen at 6:12 of the first period to give the green and black a 1-0 lead off a shot from the point. Less than a minute later, the Islanders answered with a highlight reel goal by Jonah Kozak (Click here to see Islanders' first goal) on a hard working pass by Nick Hornquist to tie the game at 1-1.
The Stars would take the lead once again with a little more than a minute remaining in the first when Hangen found Matt Bull on a pretty break out to give the Stars a 2-1 advantage at the end of one period of play.
The hard skating Islanders needed only seven seconds from the second period opening faceoff to tie the game once again. Owen Bean sent away Erik Pawelski with a perfect pass that Pawelski deposited in the Stars net to tie the game at 2-2. Exactly two minutes later, the Stars took the lead again when Fitzgerald scored on an assist from Gasiewicz to up the score to 3-2 in the Stars advantage.
