Greece Athena/Odyssey remains undefeated
STAFF REPORTS • JANUARY 23, 2009
Sophomore left winger J.T. Stenglein had a hat trick as Greece Athena/Odyssey remained undefeated with an 8-1 win over Brockport on Thursday in Section V hockey at SUNY Brockport's Tuttle North Ice Arena. Sophomore left wing Riley Bourbonnais added one goal and four assists and senior right wing Greg Ryan scored two goals with one assist for the Thunder (14-0).
Sophomore Parker Bonis, freshman Mike Rotolo and freshman Andrew Simonelli combined for 26 saves for the Thunder, ranked No. 1 in the Democrat and Chronicle large schools coaches poll and also top-ranked in New York state Division I. Jeff Coleman scored for the Blue Devils (6-9-1-2).
Wes Vyverberg Reports
Game Report
When the Greece Athena/Odyssey Thunder hockey team hosted the Brockport Blue Devils at Lakeshore back in December, about all you could hear in the Thunder camp was "the sound of silence", as Thunder trailed by a goal through 25 minutes of play.
It was a different story and a different sound altogether at the January meeting as this time you could hear the sound of THUNDER steam-rolling the Blue Devils right from the get-go. Hello Brockport, my old friend, i've come to play with you again.
A minute thirty in, Vyper stood up his check, shutting down an early Brockport rush at the blue line, and setting the stage for a nice transition the other way to JT Stenglein who then drove the net and got his own rebound for the first goal of the game. Steven Hebberecht and Riley Bourbonnais got the helpers. Jordan Grills did a nice job fore-checking and showing the Blue Devils to their seats in their own end. And with 8.5 ticks left on the clock, Stenglein bookended the period with a nasty wrister, co-authored by the contributions of Matt Lane and Brandon Cheeseman, making it 2-0 Thunder.
Pat Sofia opened the second chapter a minute in with the third thunder tally, assisted by Ryan and Boor-Bon-Niss. Way to work the triangle boys. Next came Brockport's lone goal of the game, when a shot from the point deflected off Bonis' stick and somehow found its way in , half-way through the period. Three minutes later we were back to our regularly scheduled program already in progress where BBN was rewarded for his extra effort on the backcheck, when he went deep for Stenglein coming off the bench, then JT unselfishly dished it to the Flying Man (Ryan), who got up in the play at a moment's notice and put a fourth biscuit in the basket for the Thunder.
After making 20 saves through two periods of play, Bonis was given a chance to collect his thoughts, and he passed the baton to Rotolo going into the third. Ryan got his second goal of the evening on the powerplay, when a pass across the slot deflected in off his knee, three minutes into the final frame, assisted by Gunderson and Sofia. Hey, they all look good on paper. Six minutes and 2 saves later, after holding down the crease, Rotolo passed the baton to freshman Andrew Simonelli for his first varsity appearance.
BBN found the back of the net han solo near the 8 minute mark, after beating his check at the blue-line and ripping one low, glove-side. Stenglein got his hat a minute thirty later on a pretty powerplay, where Gunderson pitched it in to BBN posted up in the slot and then Riley dished it to JT on the wing for the finish. The final goal of the game came from Vyperdasniper as he wound up with a slapper on the powerplay from just inside the blue line and beat the Blue Devils keeper low, stick side, to put a bow on the game at 8-1, assisted by Cheeseman and Keough.
That was Matt's first varsity point, way to go Ke-ough! At the final buzzer, the Thunder bench cleared, not to go fight, but rather to go pile on Andrew Simonelli and give him props for bringing it home with 4 saves in the final 8 minutes.
It was a little chippy in the third but when all was said and done, Thunder showed class and a glimpse of just how dangerous they can be when they play as a team and have each others backs. There were beacoup selfless plays, many of which translated into goals. The cycling and passing was a thing of beauty. The defense and goaltending was solid. They were indeed skating with the swagger of a champion. Yeaaaaaaaahhhhhh Thun-Deeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrr!
First star of the game goes to JT Stenglein with the hat plus one assist and the winner; second star goes to Greg Ryan with 2 goals and 1 assist; third star goes to Boor-Bon-Niss with 1 goal and 4 assists. Shots were 39-27 in Thunder's favor. Bonis, Rotolo, and Simonelli combined for 26 saves as Thunder advanced their record to 14-0, with an 8-1 thumping of the Blue Devils. And...............................i'm spent.
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