Benjy Shulman, Sports Editor
On a cold October night, the Jets and the Dolphins faced off in an intense battle of hockey. The dolphins, yet to lose a game this season, looked confident and started the game with a look of determination. However, the Jets who were coming off a devastating 4-3 loss to the Giants were looking to bounce back.
Early on in the first, the Jets took a one to nothing lead with a beautiful goal by Ami Rosenfeld (7th grade Moriah). After putting the ball through a defenseman’s legs, the ball got a little in front of him and he dove for the ball. While still sliding on the floor he slapped the ball in through Rami Levine’s (7th grade Noam) five-hole. But playing with the confidence of a first place teams, the dolphins stormed right back. Alex Gross (6th grade Moriah) did what every offence man should do and crashed the net for a rebound. It paid off; he put one in for the Dolphins and tied the score up at one to one.
With the start of the second period the Jets had a new rush of spirit and Ami Rosenfeld scored again with a pass to the middle that hit off a defenseman’s foot and went in. For the remainder of the second and beginning of the third the Jets defense and goalie shut down the Dolphins offence. They were pummeling Matty Reinhart with shots from all corners and he was blocking everything. One save which people will be talking about for weeks was on a beautiful shot by Yair Knoller (6th grade Noam) from the slot which was headed towards the top right corner, but Matty came out of nowhere with a spectacular glove save.
However, the Dolphins could not be held at bay for long. Akivia Gottlieb (8th grade Yavneh) had a gorgeous spin out and hit the opposite side top corner with a beautiful shot to tie it up. With four minutes remaining and the score all knotted up at two, both teams picked up their intensity. Both teams played as if it was the last game of the season and with the goalies playing up to task it looked like the game would end tied. With the seconds ticking away and a mere twenty seconds remaining (on the stopwatch), Elisha Penn (8th grade Yavneh) got the ball at the three point line and ripped a shot on net that just got past Matty Reinhart.
As intense as the game was, it was nice to see both teams shake hands after the game, with no complaining or throwing helmets by the Jets in defeat.
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