UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

Whalen Cup Finals

ODDS:	Jacks by 1
OVER/UNDER:	5

In the 2019 Whalen Cup Finals we have the second seed Tuck hosting the fourth seed Jacks. Tuck advanced to the Whalen Cup Final with a 4-3 win over the Gamblers and the Jacks knocked off the top seed Blues by the score of 3-2. Tuck is no stranger to the Whalen Cup game as they have won 5 of the last 6 Championship games dating back to 2013. Tuck also won the season series 2-1 but look for this game to be a very good match up. Both teams have been playing great hockey since coming back from the holiday break, this will be a back and forth game where the Jacks will prevail as the Whalen Cup champions by the score of 3-2.

In the Whalen Cup final we had the number two seed Tuck, hosting the four seed Lumberjacks. Tuck got into the finals by knocking off the Gamblers last week in the first semi final game and the Jacks got their by winning their play in game vs the Whalers, as well as knocking off the top seed Blues last week to advance to the finals. The game started out with both teams wasting no time getting chances but it was Tuck who would get on the board first with a power play goal from Chris Mahoney at 4:14 mark. Tuck would keep their foot on the gas as Andrew Cox would put Tuck up 2-0 with 3:03 remaining. The Jacks would cut Tucks lead to one after Jake Robinson sent a twisted wrister from the point into the back of the net with 2:27 left in the period. The period would end with Tuck leading 2-1 heading into the second.

The Jacks gained momentum with their late period goal in the first and keep the pressure on Tuck, Tuck would eventually take two penalties 25 seconds apart to give the Jacks a 5 on 3 PP chance. The Jacks would cash in on that chance to tie the game at 2-2 on a PP goal from Evan Seely at 10:44. With the game tied both teams had some great chances but some bad news came for the Jacks as Jordan McGee would pick up his third penalty of the night at 6:53 which meant he was done for the night due to the league rule of three penalties and your out of that game. While on the PP chance Tuck would draw another penalty on the Jacks to have a 5 on 3 PP chance of their own, on that 5 on 3 Tuck's Brodie Stone would put his team up 3-2 with 5:10 left in the period. The period would end with the Jack's getting some power play chances of their own but thy couldn't find the back of the next, the score would remain 3-2 Tuck heading into the third.

In the third period Tuck would take a penalty just 13 seconds in but the Jacks couldn't muster the puck past Tuck's Lindsay Holdcroft. After killing off their penalty it was Tuck who would go up 4-2 on a goal from Jeewoo Park with 11:05 remaining. Being down two goals the Jacks kept fighting to get the games next goal and they would finally get it on a goal from Tim Patten at 8:57 mark. From this point on both teams would get some great chances and the Jacks would even pull their goalie with minute or so left but Tuck would go on to win the Whalen Cup Championship by the score of 4-3. This is Tuck's 7th championship in the past 8 years, congrats to Tuck!!!

 

Team:	Time:	Type:	Player:	Details:
1st PERIOD
LMJ	11:00	Penalty	McGee, Jordan(3)	2 minutes for Tripping
LMJ	05:40	Penalty	McGee, Jordan(4)	2 minutes for Body Check
TCK	04:14	Goal	(PP)Mahoney, Chris(4)	Assist(s): Stone, Brodie(7)
TCK	03:03	Goal	Cox, Andrew(10)	Assist(s): Hunnewell, Nick(11)
LMJ	02:27	Goal	Robinson, Jake(2)	Assist(s): Gaudet, Joseph(4) McGee, Jordan(16)
2nd PERIOD
TCK	11:50	Penalty	Fulham, John(2)	2 minutes for Body Check
TCK	11:25	Penalty	Sheridan, Andrew(3)	2 minutes for Holding
LMJ	10:44	Goal	(PP)Seely, Evan(7)	Assist(s): Gaudet, Joseph(5) Miraldi, Andrew(7)
LMJ	06:53	Penalty	McGee, Jordan(5)	2 minutes for Tripping
LMJ	06:44	Penalty	laBelle, Jared(4)	2 minutes for Interference
TCK	05:10	Goal	(PP)Stone, Brodie(13)	Assist(s): none
TCK	05:01	Penalty	Apps, Gillian(3)	2 minutes for Holding
TCK	04:11	Penalty	Cahill, Peter(7)	2 minutes for Holding
3rd PERIOD
TCK	14:47	Penalty	Cahill, Peter(8)	2 minutes for Tripping
TCK	11:05	Goal	Park, Jeewoo(2)	Assist(s): Stone, Brodie(8)
LMJ	08:57	Goal	Patten, Tim(9)	Assist(s): none

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