CANTON – With a 3-1 deficit with 8:01 left in regulation, King Philip rallied to not solely tie the sport within the closing minutes towards defending Div. 2 state champion Medfield, however to in the end get one other victory on the younger season.
King Philip scored thrice within the third, together with twice over the ultimate 1:51 to take down Medfield 4-3 in a nonleague tilt at Canton Ice Home Saturday night.
“That’s a heck of a win,” stated coach Tim Langevin. “We referred to as the timeout with six minutes left and talked about getting again to our recreation. We didn’t appear to be having our recreation tonight. Form of throwing pucks away and making unhealthy choices with the puck. Fortunately, we picked up an influence play early after which acquired issues going.”
Medfield (5-3) went up 3-1 on the 6:59 mark as eighth grader Kate Grzeskowiak discovered the again of the web.
From there, King Philip (7-0) wanted a spark, and freshman Stephanie Leblanc answered the decision along with her first tally to chop the deficit to 3-2 simply 1:42 later.
“(Leblanc) is a superb participant,” Langevin stated. “She’s only a freshman with a number of power. She shoots the puck very well.”
The groups traded possibilities, however King Philip acquired the primary 5-on-3 with 2:17 left and 26 seconds later Leblanc wrapped it round to knot it up, 3-3.
King Philip then acquired one other 5-on-3 probability, and with 12.7 seconds left, sophomore Annabel Curran sniped it dwelling to provide King Philip their first lead, 4-3.
“She had a tricky recreation the opposite evening towards Wayland, however she bounces proper again,” stated Langevin in regards to the sophomore. “They battled, and it was powerful, however they simply didn’t stop proper till the tip.”
King Philip then ran the waning seconds off the clock to stay unbeaten.
After a scoreless first interval that noticed Medfield outshoot King Philip, 8-7, Medfield broke by way of with just a little little bit of puck luck within the second.
Freshman Isla Tanguay shot the puck proper in entrance of the web on the third energy play probability for Medfield, and the puck bounced off a King Philip defender to web the primary tally of the competition on the 5:32 mark.
King Philip answered again just a little over three minutes later as freshman Ella Morgan put a rebound probability behind the web to make it 1-1 on the 8:48 mark.
“Truthfully, I assumed that was what would flip us round just a little bit,” Langevin stated in regards to the second-period aim. “All yr, it begins on the defensive finish, and we simply didn’t have it within the defensive zone tonight. So, it wasn’t creating that offense we usually do.”
Medfield wasn’t accomplished within the body as eighth grader Abby Hermann sniped a shot from the appropriate faceoff circle to place Medfield again in entrance 2:02 later as her workforce led 2-1 after two.
