After a week-long hiatus due to a hellacious storm on Saturday that cancelled Williston\u2019s game against Gunnery, the Wildcats took to the ice against a talented Millbrook Mustang team who won the Pingree Christmas Tournament and had taken down top-ranked Salisbury and Gunnery this season.\u00a0 Williston played hard-nosed hockey today and took the first of two games this season, 4-2.<\/p>\n
Williston came out fast in the opening period putting pucks on net and driving for rebounds.\u00a0 Williston struck first at the 1:55 mark when Matt Pimental got the puck to defenseman Mitchell Hansen who let a wrist shot fly from the point.\u00a0 The puck took off like a Jeff Sluman drive on the first tee at Oak Hill rising slowly and beating a screened Cam Fernandez over the glove.\u00a0 The goal was Hansen\u2019s first of his Williston career.<\/p>\n
In the second after close chances by both teams, Brendan Nehmer got sprung for a breakaway by Jake Sacratini and beat Fernandez on a low shot in the lower right corner with seven minutes left in the period.\u00a0 Pimental picked up his second assist.\u00a0 The Wildcats went into the break, up 2-0.<\/p>\n
In the third, Tim Rego took a pass from Jack Purcell and flew up the left boards into the zone, fired a slick pass to Tommy Harty who drove down to the dot, cut to the net, caught the pass, and let a low blast go that found the back of the net.\u00a0 Millbrook would pull within a goal on two power play goals\u2014one with the goalie pulled\u2014only to have Rego seal the deal with his ninth goal of the season when, with the Millbrook goalie pulled, he corralled a puck to the side of his net and, from a knee, shot the puck into the open net.\u00a0 Williston arms went up and Millbrook spirits went down. Kyler Breland got the win for the Wildcats.<\/p>\n
The game puck went to Mitchell Hansen.\u00a0 Williston plays the Brunswick Bruins on Saturday at 1:30pm.\u00a0 Last year, Brunswick knocked the Wildcats out of the first round of the playoffs, 2-0.\u00a0 This year the clubs met at the St. Sebastian\u2019s Holiday Tournament and tied 4-4.\u00a0 This promises to be an excellent matchup.<\/p>\n
Also on Saturday, the Williston girls\u2019 team plays Hotchkiss in their annual \u201cPink the Rink\u201d game after the boys\u2019 game.\u00a0 There will be snacks and raffles for excellent prizes with all proceeds going to support breast cancer research.\u00a0 Bring your moolah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After a week-long hiatus due to a hellacious storm on Saturday that cancelled Williston\u2019s game against Gunnery, the Wildcats took to the ice against a talented Millbrook Mustang team who won the Pingree Christmas Tournament and had taken down top-ranked Salisbury and Gunnery this season.\u00a0 Williston played hard-nosed hockey today and took the first of … Continue reading Williston Breaks the Mustangs<\/span>