Martlets Defeat Salisbury

With less than 24 hours to recover and to ready themselves for their second contest of the weekend, the JV squad headed northwest to Salisbury to take on the Crimson Knights, a perennial league powerhouse. Salisbury’s olympic size sheet was certainly an area of pre-game discussion as the team reviewed a few strategies that might serve to their advantage.  The Martlets started with good energy, setting the early tempo by finishing their checks and keeping their shifts hard and short.  Salisbury would score first on a delayed Westminster penalty, but the team would shut down the Knight’s power play to finish the first stanza down one but with plenty of enthusiasm and confidence. Feeling more comfortable with Salisbury’s rink, the team generated some nice momentum early in the second period. The Martlets exchanged good quality scoring chances with their opponents who skated well and put plenty of pressure on Alex Martinez ‘26 who was efficient and effective all throughout the game, stymying more than a few would-be scorers in tight to the net.  Jayden Lee ‘25 would finally get the Black and Gold on the board, tipping a Ben Norton ‘25 shot from the high slot after receiving a nice pass from Jack Carter ‘23.   Heading into the third frame, both teams played hard, and the Martlets began to increase their pressure on the hosts with some tenacious shifts.  Meanwhile, the strong physical play of the team’s blue liners, Corbin Simon ‘25, Jack Rockefeller ‘23, Jack Carter ‘23, Stuart Dorman ‘23, Miles Kim ‘24, and Evin Curtiss ‘24 began to take a cumulative effect on the Salisbury forwards, giving the Martlets time and space to seize loose pucks and move them up ice to the team’s speedy forwards.  Midway through the third,  Lee would score again on a beautiful backhand shot after Jake Timone ‘25 found Cam Freeman ‘25 up the middle of the ice before dishing the puck to Lee. The next goal would also belong to the Martlets after some solid battling in front of the Salisbury goalie allowed James Frangos ‘24 to seize the puck and pass it to the point where Carter would snipe a beautiful wrist shot above the Salisbury goalie’s glove.  With 4:30 minutes in the game, Salisbury came hard again at Martinez who was more than up to the task.  Salisbury would notch one more with their goalie pulled to come within one, yet the Martlet’s gritted out the last 1:20 against six Crimson skaters to put the final touches on solid road trip victory.  Next up, Loomis