UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

In the second game of the night we have the 4th place Gamblers playing the 5th place Tuck.  The Gamblers are coming off a 7-5 loss to the Jacks and Tuck is coming off wining their first game of the season in a shootout.  In the only meeting this year the Gamblers won 5-4, although Tuck is buzzing after a big win over the Blues look for the Gamblers to win this game by the score of 4-2. 

In the second game of the night we had Tuck hosting the Gamblers.  The Gamblers got on the scoreboard first on a goal from Will Meyer at 8:50. The score would remain 1-0 until Tuck would answer back at 2:40 on a goal from Matt Stevens.  Tuck would then grab the lead on a goal by sub Pete Scalia with 1:25 remaining. Tuck would take a 2-1 lead into the second. 

Just like in the first, Will Meyer would start the scoring off (his second of the night) to the tie the game at 2-2 at the 12:5- mark.  Tuck's Brodie Stone would then put Tuck up 3-2 at 9:25.  The Gamblers would then tie the score up at 3-3 on a tic tac toe goal by Spencer Zaha and his line mates at 6:56.   The Gamblers would then grab its first lead of the night on a goal from Travis Poublon with 2:31 remaining in the second period, to put the Gamblers up 4-3. The period would end with the Gamblers up 4-3 heading into the third. 

In the third Tuck was pressing hard and it would finally pay off at 8:18 mark as Tuck's sub Pete Scaila would tie the score up at 4-4.  The score would remain tied until 2:43 left in the period, the Gamblers Will Meyer found teammate Troy Miller who was standing all alone on the post as Meyer came out from behind the net. Miller, one timed the pass and put it pass the goalie to give the Gamblers a 5-4 lead.  With the Gamblers up 5-4 Tuck would pull their goalie, but they couldn't get the puck set up in the Gamblers end, the Gamblers Topo LaCroix would score an empty netter to seal the Gamblers 6-4 win.