Greece Thunder 4, Brockport 1

Greece Thunder 4, Brockport 1, Lakeshore Hockey Arena

D&C Staff Reports 12/18/08

Pat Sofia recorded a hat trick to lead the Thunder (7-0) at Lakeshore. J.T. Stenglein also scored; Greg Ryan added three assists and Brandon Cheeseman had two assists for Greece. Tyler Lapage scored for Brockport. Parker Bonis made 14 saves for the win. Luke Eichas made 37 saves for the Blue Devils.

Wes Vyverberg Reports

Game Report

We were back at the 'shore on Thursday for a 6pm meeting with the Blue Devils of Brockport. A friend of Wendy Bonis belted out a bold and beautiful rendition of the anthem... in the kids vernacular "it was beast". Thunder's play in the first frame, however, was not. While Thunder edged B-Port, 13-6 in the shot department, they were still unable to solve the Blue Devils goaltender, not even on a penalty shot. And then the unthinkable happened at the tail end of a 4 on 3 turned 5 on 3 turned 5 on 4 gone bad as a short-handed clear up the middle by Thunder was kept in by Brockport and they put it away on the powerplay to take the lead at 1-0, early in the second period. After exchanging a few rounds of pleasantries, Thunder went to work.

It was Pat Sofia with the hot hand, ringing up the next three goals of the game . His first came with 5:41 to go in the second as Vyverberg (Dan) fed Ryan, then Greg found Pat in the slot for the snapper to the left post and in. Less than two minutes had passed before Sof would once again find himself alone in the slot, this time setup by Cheeseman, and Pat buried his second of the series. Sofia's final goal was a thing of beauty and came short-handed half way thru the third when Ryan peeled the puck off the wall behind the Brockport goal, backhanded it out front and then bingo, Pat was there with the one-timer for the natural hat-trick. Stenglein added a goal late in the 3rd (assisted by Cheeseman) to cap things off at 4-1 for Thunder. Parker Bonis made 14 saves for his fifth win of the season as Thunder outshot Brockport 41-15 and advanced their record to 7-0.

Stay warm, enjoy the break, and remember, Santa is watching, making a list, checking it twice, gonna find out who's been naughty or nice, well before Thunder returns to the ice, 8pm on Friday, December 26th, when they will host the Greece Arcadia/Olympia Lightning for the nitecap of the annual Greece Thunder Christmas Tournament opener at Lakeshore. Happy Holidays to all and to all a good nite :)