GREY vs. GREEN

After their impressive first game team Grey started hot again in their afternoon contest against team Green and just over 5 minutes in Todd Layton scored to make it 1-0 for Grey. Through the next 10 minutes team Green turned on the pressure but 20 year old goaltender Thomas Skelton made 3 spectacular stops on cross crease moves. This allowed Team Grey to keep the one goal lead until Greg Hennessey was able to bump that cushion to two at the 13 minute mark, of period number 1, slipping a puck underneath Landon Noyes. Grey took a 3 goal lead with a seeing eye wrist shot from the point finding the back of the net off the stick of American defenseman Tony Moser. With 2 minutes left in the first Josh Evans followed in a Beau Bertagnolli breakaway to score on the rebound to get team Green on the board. Grey responded with 10 seconds left in the first on a goal by Craig Cuthbert to make it 4-1 but then the comeback was on.
Less than a minute into the second frame Jordan Kolisniak moved in and cut the grey lead down to 2. Kolisniak is the younger brother of graduated Pontiac Brayden Kolisniak. Late in the second Chad Brears of Cold Lake made a nice backhand move and lifted the puck over the shoulder of Josh Paul to bring team Green back to within 1. The period would end 4-3 in favour of team Grey.
The 2-goal lead was re-established with 12 minutes left in the third, a period that had been earmarked by stellar goaltending, Greg Hennessey continued a strong camp with a dangle in front of the net before shooting low on Julien Laplante of Team Green. A minute and a half later team green’s Beau Bertagnolli scored on a breakaway and then with 9 minutes left Bertagnolli pushed another puck past Josh Paul to tie the game up for Green. With 5 minutes left Craig Cuthbert finished off a beautiful 3-way passing play to restore the Grey lead 6-5. Grey continued to control the play as time ticked down with a single handed effort by Marc-Antoine Juneau the only offence Green could muster before Hennessey potted an empty netter to ice it for Grey.