Sunday 10/18 Sr. league Dolphins Vs Steelers

To the common TABC Junior hockey fan, October 18th’s matchup of the Dolphins and Steelers was set to be one for the ages. However, with 36 minutes left on the clock and the ball about to be dropped it seemed like the Steelers already thought the game was over, and the Dolphins were just getting ready to play.

As the ref released the puck, the Dolphins blasted right off the faceoff where Akiva Gottlieb (8th grade Yavneh) would score 2 goals in one shift with the help of line mate Yair Knoller (6th grade Noam). But the tag team, looking to write their own script on the score sheet for the night wasn’t done just yet. Later in the period Yair would add 2 of his own dashing through the Steelers defense with unbelievably graceful footwork as if he was a running back on the real Miami Dolphins. This brought the scoreboard to project a 4-0 score in favor of the Dolphins as the teams switched sides in between the 1st and 2nd periods.

The second period began with the Steelers looking to cut back on the lead and would become a fiercely competitive 12 minutes of powerplays. With each time giving it their all shot after shot, pass after pass, clear after clear, the period would come to a stalemate, with the period ending and the Score board still reading 4-0.

After a great speech given by coaches Etan Bardash, Noam Safier, and Yehuda Avner, the Steelers approached midcourt with a certain look in their eyes making you think this game just might not be over yet. The Steelers would be given powerplay shortly into the third period and would capitalize with a ripping one timer from the middle by Jordan Soclof (6th grade Yavneh). However, just as the morale on the Steelers bench began to rise, Alex Gross (6th grade Moriah) reassured the large lead for the Dolphins with a gorgeous goal. The last few minutes of the game would cruise by quickly with another Steeler goal by Jake Reichel (8th grade Yavneh) and an additional Dolphins goal from Akiva Gottlieb giving him a hat trick on the night.