Avi Hirt, Sports Editor
In a game the 0-2 Eagles absolutely needed to have, their opponents the 1-1 Giants, were looking to contribute to the Eagles early season misery. For the Eagles, the potential of getting their first W of the year against their biggest rivals, the Giants, was an exciting opportunity they planned on capitalizing on.
Six minutes into the first period a beautiful shot by Jason Levine (8th grade Moriah) beat Mikey Pollack to give the Giants a 1-0 lead. The Eagles roared right back getting a goal from Shmuel Levy (8th Grade Yavneh) to nod the score at one. That was all the scoring in the first period and it seemed like it would be another Giants Eagles game that comes down to the wire.
Thing got a little heated in the second period as a couple of penalties were called. However, this period was all about great goaltending. After two penalties by the Giants, the Eagles power play was stopped by the great Giants D and goaltending. Jack Ganchrow (8th grade Noam), goalie of the Giants, turned everything away as he made numerous saves on breakaways and shots from the point. He was also aided by his defensive support Rafi Wind (8th grade Noam) and Eitan Rolnick (8th grade moriah). Jono Wietschner (8th grade Yavneh) along with Adam Burbank (8th grade Yavneh) kept applying pressure, peppering Ganchrow with shots, only to be stopped time after time. After killing off the penalties, momentum seemed to favor theGiants, but great defense by the “Michaels line” [Michael Hirt (8th grade Noam) and Michael Rubin (8th grade Moriah)] kept the scored tied going into the third.
The third period was all Giants, scoring two goals to pull away. They thoroughly outplayed the Eagles scoring two big goals and playing great defense. The first one was scored by Jason Levine (8th grade Moriah) as he notched another multi-goal game. The final goal was scored by Aryeh Pechet (8th grade Moriah). The Eagles though, did not give up, desperately trying to score, but to no avail, as Ganchrow played strong in net. After a long closed door, players only meeting, Assistant Coach Gabi Stone addressed the media saying “our goal is to win the last game we play” and answered no more questions.
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