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Martlets Play Hard, Fall to Rifles
The Seconds opened the 2020 campaign by hosting the Springfield Rifles for an early evening game at Jackson Rink. After only a single practice following the long winter break, and short several players owing to illness and injury, the Martlets played hard and improved with every shift. Despite falling behind 0-2 in the first period, the Black & Gold dominated play for long stretches and ultimately outshot the visitors 32-20 with most of those shots coming in the second and third period. David Harris '21 got the Martlets on the board midway through the second after several consecutive shifts of aggressive forechecking and peppering the Rifles keeper. Harris calmly collected a rebound off a Rex Flinn '21 shot from the point and fired it underneath the goalie's right arm to pull the home side to 1-2. What followed was several stretches of really solid play from the Seconds, but they were unable to solve the riddle of the Rifles’ goalie a second time to even the score and the second period ended with the Martlets trailing by a goal but clearly carrying the majority of the play. The third opened as the second finished, and the Seconds producing long stretches of possession in the Rifles’ end and several mad scrambles in front of the Rifles' goal — but all to no avail. To their credit, the Rifles withstood the Martlet onslaught, and with five minutes to play a defensive breakdown in the home end led to a Rifles' goal to make the score 1-3. But the Seconds battled on, and pulled to 2-3 when Willie Noble '20 collected a loose puck in neutral ice and got behind the Rifles' defensemen before roofing a blistering wrist shot under the crossbar. Several minutes of inspired Westminster play followed, but the Seconds could not score the equalizer. With roughly two minutes to play and a faceoff in the home end, the Martlets called a timeout. Despite winning the ensuing faceoff, a quirky bounce turned the puck over to the Rifles, who tucked the puck into the empty Martlet net for a 2-4 final score. Bad "puck luck," for sure, but the Seconds know that you make your own luck — and their play, particularly in the second and third periods, deserved better. Special mention to Jack Adams '23 and Nick Mascolo '21 for their smart and inspired play (Adams overall played his best game of the season). Generally, the coaches are pleased with the effort and the team's play overall, given the long layoff and short bench. The squad will get back to work tomorrow and look ahead to the always-strong Trinity-Pawling Pride at Jackson Rink Saturday.
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