Greeley-Jay Suffers Gut Wrenching Loss to Pawling
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On Friday January 16, Greeley-Jay hosted Pawling at the Brewster Ice Arena and neither team backed down in the face of numerous momentum shifts. Pawling led 2-0, John Jay tied, and the game stood at 5-4 with 11 minutes remaining. Unfortunately, the deciding momentum was gut wrenching for the home team.
Pawling making the clear on the power play, Jonathan Marlatt went back to retrieve, and when backhanding the puck forward, Tanner Waldorf was in the way. All alone, he hit the empty net and Pawling finished off the final 5:49.
The game began with Pawling peppering the net too. Both Julian Cubic and Jacob Bischoff were set up with good shots in the opening minute. High twice, Marlatt didn’t get much time to gasp. Jake Geiger’s rush put Marlatt on edge at 13:35.
Off target, it was Greeley-Jay that forced the first power play, and almost had William Hollywood going over the cliff. Brody Stogsdill hit Henry Millhon in front for a one v one, but the stop gap was there at the ten minute mark.
Moments later, Marlatt got the same look. Geiger took a centering pass, and one on one wasn’t good enough either. The flip went high but the pressure led to a Pawling power play.
9:12 left, Bischoff would get the best chance. Getting the puck out front, he could not push the puck past in the scramble.
The next solo went to Greeley-Jay. At 6:45, Freddie Gross centered to Ryan Marcus and there was only one man to beat. Hollywood was up to the task and then the offense took the cue. Geiger specifically, he scored at 4:40 when the loose puck came to him in front, and then found the net 23 seconds later on a centering pass from Travis Baier.
Onto the second, Greeley-Jay wasn’t beat. With the home team pressuring the zone, Freddie Jones’ backhander on the right lumbered through the crease, and no stick was there for the open net. Nonetheless, the puck stuck around, got back to Jones, and he found Millhon.
Cutting the lead in half at 12:30, Greeley-Jay was almost as fast with the follow up. Stogsdill did the honors by breaking up ice and juking Hollywood to leave the left side of the net exposed. No missing, the Quaker pushed and the score was tied.
Only 35 seconds elapsing, more near misses were next. Waldorf was just high with a wrist shot, Millhon flew down the right for a shot wide left, and Brendan Asta could not control a perfect centering pass by Stogsdill at 10:10.
No let up on either side, Pawling gained the advantage next. They went on the power play at 9:27, and Chris Scirocco scored to get back the lead.
Of course, Greeley-Jay kept coming. Ryan Marcus cruised in unabated for a body shot off of Hollywood at the six minute mark, and a minute later, made just as much hay by eluding a sea of Tigers.
His shot just missing, a breakaway opportunity by Asta resulted in a power play at 2:14. Entrenched, Greeley-Jay pressured for a full minute until Pawling was able to clear. Not enough, the home team reentered, Marcus centered from behind the net, and Frankie Epstein tied the score at three with 24.2 left.
Unfortunately, the momentum didn’t continue in the third. Waldorf received a perfect pass out front, and at 15:54, Marlatt didn’t have a chance.
Greeley-Jay kept coming anyway. Gross, Marcus and Asta all danced the zone, but Hollywood answered the call each time.
Inevitably, the goalie’s number came up. Marcus got the puck ahead to Millhon, and the Wolf scored on his own rebound.
Eleven minutes to go, Pawling responded first. Around the nine minute mark, they relentlessly hovered, and after all the activity had the puck slide through the undefended crease, Greeley-Jay finally iced the puck at 8:36.
Greeley-Jay was able to regroup, forced a power play at 6:42 and Millhon was able to occupy prime real estate to the left. He took a serious backhanded swipe, but Hollywood had the save.
Fisticuffs breaking out, the whistles blew and both teams lost one each to the penalty box. Back on the ice, Pawling was able to clear, and the fateful moment mostly ended a wildly entertaining game.
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