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Envoltorios parafinados de uso intenso
by Than Acuff
Kochevar’s opened up big on Lacy Construction and then let off the throttle before clamping down once more to skate to a 6-4 win last Thursday in town league hockey action.
In the early stages of the game it looked like I had picked a dud to cover this week as Kochevar’s was flying past Lacy’s up and down the ice. Kochevar’s was continually getting deep into Lacy’s zone and looking to set up shots in the slot while defenseman Ian Schaul showed no hesitation at firing from the blue line. The Lacy’s team and goalie Devon Carillo did what they could to hold off the initial barrage but Sam Reaman and Paul O’Conner connected for the first two Kochevar’s goals and another blast from Schaul at the point hit off Carillo’s pad and trickled in for a 3-0 Kochevar’s lead.
With Montana Wiggins sidelined from a thumb injury, he was still able to bark out orders at his Lacy teammates and I can’t say it helped matters but it certainly didn’t hurt.
Lacy’s started to gain some traction toward the end of the first period and Carlee Drobnick and Mitchell Bever firing on net but Lucas McMullen has come a long way since his first season of goaltending last year and stopped everything thrown at him.
Until three minutes into the second period when McMullen stopped a shot but let the puck drop free. Sticks started swinging furiously and Joe Hayes was the only one who made contact to push the puck past McMullen for Lacy’s first goal of the game.
A succession of penalties by Lacy’s stemmed their momentum though and while they killed off each penalty successfully, the effort left them depleted and O’Conner and Reaman struck again to put Kochevar’s up 4-1.
Still, watching Lacy’s, there’s no question they have the personnel to play good hockey and they started clicking once again in the final minutes of the second period. While McMullen and Kochevar’s managed to nullify a majority of the Lacy attacks, Lacy’s finally broke through the wall as a shot from Tim Mahan slipped through traffic and past McMullen, bringing Lacy’s energy up another notch heading into the third period.
Carillo continued to come up big but Reaman scored his third and final goal of the game two minutes into the third period for a 5-2 Kochevar’s lead. Lacy’s responded just two minutes later and Michael Fabbre jumped on a loose puck off a draw to drill a one-timer past McMullen, keeping Lacy’s hopes alive.
Fifty seconds later Schaul struck again, lifting his shot over Carillo’s shoulder but Lacy’s came right back 15 seconds later as Nathan Lacy rattled the cage with a blast from just inside the blue line to pull his team back to within two with over five minutes left to play.
Lacy’s did everything possible to try to close in further on Kochevar’s but the work of Hank Deroche on defense and the rest of the Kochevar’s crew was plenty to keep their two-goal lead intact until the final horn.
