{"id":619,"date":"2018-01-03T09:14:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T14:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/boyshockey\/?p=619"},"modified":"2018-01-03T09:14:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T14:14:55","slug":"williston-takes-four-points-in-post-christmas-soiree-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/boyshockey\/2018\/01\/03\/williston-takes-four-points-in-post-christmas-soiree-in-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Williston Takes Four points in Post-Christmas Soiree in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Williston won their second and third straight games after Christmas defeating Nobles 3-2 and St. Sebastians 4-3 in OT.\u00a0 The two wins put the team\u2019s record at 5-3-1.\u00a0 In last season\u2019s pre-\/post-Christmas games, Williston went an unimpressive 1-4.\u00a0 This year, they turned the tables and went 3-1-1.<\/p>\n

Wildcats from across the United States reunited at the Noble\u2019s rink for an hour skate last Thursday night in preparation for their two contests.\u00a0 For being off for just under two weeks, the club looked solid and crisp and became reacquainted with one another rather quickly.\u00a0 Following the skate, the team met family and friends at The Chateau in Norwood for an Italian dinner that couldn\u2019t be beat.\u00a0 The dinner has been a staple for Williston hockey as it has brought parents and players together for the past number of years and has been a really great kick-off to the meat of their season.<\/p>\n

The following day, Williston had the late game at St. Sebastian\u2019s versus a talented Nobles team.\u00a0 Greg Iverson got the nod in goal for the game and did not disappoint making 30 saves to secure the win.<\/p>\n

Tim Rego got the \u2018Cats on the board at the 9:08 mark of the first period when he took a pass from Billy Smith and ripped a shot from the point thought a screen beating Nobles\u2019 goalie Matt Lane.\u00a0 Then, just three minutes later on a power play and with Williston setting up a shooting gallery in the offensive zone, Rego got his second of the game.\u00a0 After ringing the cross bar, Rego remained patient, took a pass from the left hash mark and drove to the net from the left side and beat Lane again.\u00a0 Logan Geisness earned the helper.<\/p>\n

In the second, Nobles got their first goal off a rush up the ice from a shot that was tipped, beating Iverson.\u00a0 The teams ended the period 2-1.<\/p>\n

In the third period, freshman David Novotny scored his first of two game-winning goals on the weekend when cleaning up on a Sam Milnes breakaway miss that got jammed on the right post.\u00a0 Novotny with the quickness of a jackrabbit pounced on the rebound.\u00a0 Nobles would score to cut the lead to one but Williston\u2019s stingy defense and goaltending kept the lead secure for the win.\u00a0 The game puck went to Tim Rego for his two-goal night.<\/p>\n

The next day, Williston crossed to the other side of 95 to Dedham to take on a strong St. Sebastian\u2019s team that contains five Division I commits.\u00a0 Williston got out of the gate rather sluggishly and looked flat for the first third of the period.\u00a0 St. Sebastians, on the other hand, came out swinging and in the first six minutes beat Williston goalie Xander Rogers three times.\u00a0 The opening goal came off a 5×3 power play opportunity and the second shortly after still man up 5×4.\u00a0 Trying to change the momentum, the Williston coaching staff decided to replace Rogers with Iverson.\u00a0 There was no scoring in the rest of the period but Williston\u2019s play altered and they gained a number of opportunities.<\/p>\n

Williston entered the second period with the mindset of chipping away at the Sebs\u2019 lead.\u00a0 It took some time as both Williston and St. Sebs battled back and forth for much of the period.\u00a0 However, at the 11:13 mark of the period, Billy Smith broke the juggernaut.\u00a0 On a pass from Alex Berg, Billy crossed over the Sebs\u2019 blueline on the right side, cut to the middle and let a Hyde Park Howitzer go from three feet inside the line, deflecting off the Sebs\u2019 goaltender\u2019s stick and finding the back of the net.\u00a0 The goal energized the Wildcats and they entered the dressing room with a glimmer of hope and some intensity.<\/p>\n

In the third, Williston and Sebs traded blows with neither team budging until the 10:23 mark when, on the power play, Logan Geisness worked the puck to Brendan Hansen who fired a shot that was tipped in by Sam Milnes to bring the score to within one.\u00a0 Then, after a time-out with under two minutes to go, Williston was able to get the puck into the St. Sebs\u2019 zone and with just twelve seconds left, Milnes put a dart of a shot into the short-side top corner of the Sebs net from the goal line.\u00a0 With a delayed penalty at the same time, Williston went into overtime on the power play.<\/p>\n

In overtime, Williston was unable to get anything going with the man-up and after an offensive breakdown, had to haul down a Sebs player on a breakaway resulting in a penalty shot. Penalty shots are rare, and in overtime would be considered non-existent, however the call was warranted and Iverson stood tall making the much needed save. Play went back and forth with few chances for either side until a loose puck corralled by Milnes in the neutral zone led to a 2-1 with David Novotny driving the net.\u00a0 Milnes held onto the puck looking to shoot and at the last moment made a saucer pass just over an outstretched Sebs\u2019 defender\u2019s stick that Novotny drove into the net.\u00a0 Game.\u00a0 Set. Match.\u00a0 Williston 4. \u00a0St. Sebastian\u2019s 3.<\/p>\n

Novotny earned the game puck for the night and Greg Iverson pitched a shutout saving all 27 shots he faced.<\/p>\n

Williston\u2019s next game is on Wednesday when they take the mini busses down into Connecticut to face a very strong Canterbury Saints club.\u00a0 Good seats are still available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Williston won their second and third straight games after Christmas defeating Nobles 3-2 and St. Sebastians 4-3 in OT.\u00a0 The two wins put the team\u2019s record at 5-3-1.\u00a0 In last season\u2019s pre-\/post-Christmas games, Williston went an unimpressive 1-4.\u00a0 This year, they turned the tables and went 3-1-1. Wildcats from across the United States reunited at … Continue reading Williston Takes Four points in Post-Christmas Soiree in Boston<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hockey-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/boyshockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/boyshockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/boyshockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/boyshockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/boyshockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/boyshockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":621,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/boyshockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions\/621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/boyshockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/boyshockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/boyshockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}