Hockey's Season Ends After Overtime Heartbreaker in WHAC Semifinals
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
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0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Team Stats
Lawrence Tech
| Game Statistics | Lawrence Tech | Cleary (MI) |
|---|---|---|
| PowerPlays | 0 for 1 | 0 for 4 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 4 (8) | 1 (2) |
| Shots on Goal | 30 | 45 |
| Face Offs Won | 41 | 39 |
(Dearborn, MI)-- The Cleary Cougar hockey team entered the WHAC Tournament with a bye and a two-seed, but were upended in overtime 4-3 by the Lawrence Tech Blue Devils.
Neither team would score in the first twenty minutes of action, but the Blue Devils would strike twice within the first 11:10 minutes of the second period to take a 2-0 lead. Cleary would answer less than a minute later, when Landen Engles scored, with an assist from Braeden Bzovey, to make the score 2-1. That score would hold though the rest of the period.
In the third period, Braden Bzovey would tie the game at 2-2 five minutes into the action. Halfway through the period, with Cleary on the power play, the Cougars would turn the puck over, and the Blue Devils scored a short-handed goal to take a 3-2 lead. Later in the period, and with Cleary desparate to tie the game, the Cougars pulled goalie Nick Meyering. With 1:19 left, the extra skater on the ice paid off, as JC Garbacik scored, with an assist from Braeden Bzovey, tying the game at 3-3, and forcing overtime.
In the extra period, the Blue Devils would find the back of the net with 9:49 on the clock, to win the game 4-3.
Nick Meyering would suffer the loss in goal, making 26 saves on 30 shots faced.
Cleary ends the season with an 18-9-4 overall record.
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