The Williston Wildcats traveled to Cushing on Wednesday afternoon to do battle with the Penguins at Iorio Arena.\u00a0 While Williston battled hard, they did not play a full 54-minute game letting lapses in the defensive zone put them on the wrong side of a 4-3 game.<\/p>\n
James Belleavoine got the Wildcats on the board in the first period when Shaul Mitton drove down the slot, let a shot go which was saved by Cushing goalie Joe Sharib, a Union recruit; Sharib made the save but Belleavoine was there to drive home a rebound at the 12:50 mark.\u00a0 Alex Berg got the other helper.<\/p>\n
In the second, Cushing tied the game on a power play and then went up at the 13:45 mark of the period.\u00a0 Mitton would tie the game on the power play when he drove hard to the crease and tipped in a hard pass from d-man Tyler Varin.\u00a0 Cushing would get another that period but with .03 seconds remaining in the period and with the goalie pulled, Brendan Nehmer put a puck past Sharib off a faceoff to knot the game at threes.<\/p>\n
Cushing would take the lead and the game in the third with 5:55 remaining on the power play.\u00a0 Williston battled, and hit the post two times in the remaining minutes but could not even the score.\u00a0 Williston played hard and came close but did not play as hard as they needed to in the defensive zone.<\/p>\n
Sharib earned the win making 22 saves; Kyler Breland took the loss for Williston making 30 saves.<\/p>\n
On Friday night, Quebec City\u2019s Acad\u00e9mie St. Louis entered Lossone to take on the Wildcats.\u00a0 Williston took the cheese in this one, 5-1 bringing them to .500 on the season.<\/p>\n
Williston got on the board just 34 seconds into the frame when ASL took a penalty at :07 mark on a hit from behind.\u00a0 On the power play, off a shot from Jake Sacratini, James Belleavoine put in a hard-fought rebound.\u00a0 Tim Rego got the other assist.\u00a0 Then, a little more than two minutes later, Jake Sacratini got his first goal of his Williston career making it 2-0 when he drove hard to the net and caught a pass from Rego and made good on the opportunity.\u00a0 Tyler Varin also earned his first of the year when he let a shot go from inside the blue that was too much for ASL goalie Emile Savoie.\u00a0 Assists went to Hunter Sarro and Hunter Wilson.\u00a0 ASL got off the schneid at the 13:27 mark on an errant play behind the net by two Williston defensemen.\u00a0 The \u2018Cats went into the dressing room after one period up, 3-1.<\/p>\n
In the second, Shaul Mitton garnered the fourth Williston goal at the :21 mark of the game when he let a shot go from the slot beating Savoie on the far post.\u00a0 Tommy Harty and David Novotny earned the assists.\u00a0 Then at the 13:11 mark, the line earned the Kodak moment of the game when Mitton took the puck at the red line and made a short two-foot pass to Novotny who blazed into the left side of the ASL \u00a0zone and then slowed down waiting to hit a trailing Harty in the high slot.\u00a0 Harty took advantage of the time and space created and buried his first goal of the season.<\/p>\n
In the third, Williston worked to maintain the lead and when the buzzer sounded Williston won and the bell would be rung.<\/p>\n
Trevor Corsello earned the win saving 16 shots.\u00a0 Williston outshot Acad\u00e9mie St. Louis, 47-17.\u00a0 The game puck went to Tyler Varin for his first goal and continued consistent and smooth play.<\/p>\n
Tonight your Wildcats welcome The Gunnery School Highlanders to Lossone for a 6 o\u2019clock tilt.\u00a0 If you need a break from shopping and spreading holiday cheer, stop by the ol\u2019 hockey barn for a much-anticipated game!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Williston Wildcats traveled to Cushing on Wednesday afternoon to do battle with the Penguins at Iorio Arena.\u00a0 While Williston battled hard, they did not play a full 54-minute game letting lapses in the defensive zone put them on the wrong side of a 4-3 game. James Belleavoine got the Wildcats on the board in … Continue reading Williston Loses to Cushing; Beats Academie St. Louis<\/span>