UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

In the first game of the night we have the 1st place Blues hosting the 2nd place Whalers.  These two teams have split the first two games this year as each team won by 2 goals each time. Look for this game to be a close game and it could go either way, the edge goes to the Whalers who have been more consistant.  The Whale wins this game by the score of 3-2. 

In the first game of the night we had a battle of the 1st place Blues hosting the 2nd place Whalers.  The Blues would jump out to a 1-0 lead on a goal from Bart Moran.  Whalers Dan Fenton would answer back at 6:24 to make tie the game up at 1-1.  The period would end with the scored tied . 

In the second period the score would remain the same until 7:49 when Matt Fracassi would put the Whalers up 2-1 at 7:49 mark.  Two minutes later the Blues would answer back on a goal from Keith Lazarczyk with 5:43 remaining in the period.  The Blues would then go up 3-2 on a goal from Tyler Hancock with 3:41 left in the period.  The period would come to an end with the Blues leading 3-2 heading into the third. 

In the third the Blues Tyler Hancock would score his second of the night at 9:02 to put the Blues up by two (4-2).  The Blues Tim Barrett would make the score 5-2 at 7:43.   In a game that looked like it could be over the Whalers would claw their way back as  Ryan Longfield would make the score 5-3 with 6:40 remaining. Then the Whalers Dan Fenton would notch his second of the night less then a minute later to make the score 5-4 with 5:50 to play. The Blues Bart Moran would kill the Whalers hope with his second goal of the night and to put the Blues up 6-4 at the 4:44 mark. The game would send with the Blues winning 6-4 and they would remain in first place after knocking off the Whale.