On Wednesday afternoon, Cushing Academy took an hour and half bus ride south to Easthampton to take on your Williston Wildcats.\u00a0 Williston has yet to beat Cushing in the modern era and was hoping to use a big win over Avon and a strong showing versus Salisbury to push them to victory.\u00a0 Sadly, it would have to wait until next year.<\/p>\n
The puck dropped at 3:30 sharp on Wednesday afternoon and that was pretty much the only interesting thing that happened in the first period.\u00a0 The play was sloppy on both ends with Cushing amassing six shots to Williston\u2019s five.<\/p>\n
While the second period pace picked up for the Wildcats, both teams entered the dressing room after eighteen minutes of play still knotted at zeroes.<\/p>\n
The third period started evenly with both teams continuing to trade opportunities.\u00a0 However, at the 5:55 mark, Cushing was able to beat Williston goalie, Xander Rogers on a 3 on 1 after the Wildcats failed to clear the puck out of their zone. Just under two minutes later, Williston again failed to clear the puck as a Cushing defender was able to keep the play alive. A pass went cross ice in the zone and a Cushing forward took a page out of Ovechkin\u2019s playbook placing a one-timer over Rogers\u2019 shoulder.\u00a0 A little over two minutes later, however, and on the penalty kill, post-graduate Logan Geisness won a puck in the neutral zone and barreled down the right side on a breakaway.\u00a0 As he cut to the left across the crease, he slid the puck between the goalie\u2019s pads to cut the lead to one.\u00a0 However, that was as close as the Wildcats would come.\u00a0 Even with a 5 on 3 to end the game, Williston could not solve the Cushing penalty kill. Williston was 20\/21 in shots while Rogers made 26\/28 saves<\/p>\n
Williston looks to get on the winning side of things on Friday night at 6pm as Academie St. Louis comes to town.\u00a0 We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Wednesday afternoon, Cushing Academy took an hour and half bus ride south to Easthampton to take on your Williston Wildcats.\u00a0 Williston has yet to beat Cushing in the modern era and was hoping to use a big win over Avon and a strong showing versus Salisbury to push them to victory.\u00a0 Sadly, it would … Continue reading Williston Battles Hard; Loses to Cushing 2-1<\/span>