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Martlets Fall to Knights

After two Elite Eight losses in as many seasons at Salisbury, Westminster hoped its trip Saturday would yield a better result. The last two weeks have been much stronger in practice and in games for the Martlets than they had been in late 2019. Scoring is coming more often, and from more players, and goaltending has been consistent. The Martlets came out flying in this game. Playing on the big ice at Salisbury is a challenge, but Westminster was able to capitalize on some strong effort plays from Jordy Nelson ‘21 off a nice feed from Sean Hurley ‘20 and then Peter Sanger ‘21 early in the game to take a 2-1 lead before the end of the first. The Martlets pursued loose pucks with tenacity, and kept the Knights on their heels by getting pucks behind their defense and making them retrieve deep in their zone. The second period was a different story, and Salisbury was able to knock home three second-chance opportunities and emerged from the second period up 4-2. Westminster played a great third and kept chipping away. Sanger scored his second with just two minutes to play to cut the lead to one. The Martlets called a timeout, and were ready to make a final push. Salisbury kept its tempo high, and found some puck luck with a fortuitous bounce over a Westminster defender’s stick in front of the open net, 5-3. The Martlets kept swinging until the final buzzer and scored off a nice shot from the point with just seconds left to cut the lead to one again. The final horn sounded and the game ended 5-4 Salisbury. Canterbury is up next.
 
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