Ladywood Blazers

In one of the worst officiated games of the season, Ladywood defeated the Rebels in Port Huron by a score of 7-6. Ladywood struck first with a goal by senior Sara Sharp. Assisting on the play was junior Mary Beth O'Dea and senior Tess Castine. The Blazers scored the next goal on a shot by senior Katie Karabelski with an assist from junior Jenna Keenan. The Rebels scored the next goal, but the Blazers responded with a goal by senior Meg MacDonell with an assist from Karabelski. Port Huron scored the next goal to end the period. Scoring in the second period went back and forth. Junior Molly Zarb, junior Jess Blaesser, and Sharp scored for the Blazers. Picking up assists were O'Dea, Castine, and Karabelski. In the third period the game really got interesting. The Rebels scored first during one of Ladywood's six penalties of the period. Meg MacDonell responded to put the Blazers back up by two. MacDonell's goal came about 30 seconds after Sharp received a coincidental penalty with a Rebel player. However, the timer never started the clock, so it was officially recorded as 1 second after Sharp's penalty. When the Coach Peck asked the ref to check into the time he refused. The Rebels would come back to score with 1 second left in Sharp's penalty. With Ladywood clinging to a one goal lead, a Rebel player went stick first into goalie Molly Sharp after the whistle. This caused Ladywood to move her out of the way. The ref gave the penalty to Ladywood and then gave captain Katie Karabelski a 10 minute misconduct for inquiring about the call. No explanation was given by the ref on the misconduct. So, with 2:50 left in the game, and Ladywood up by one, they had to kill another penalty. Molly Zarb then stole the puck and skated up the ice. As she got to the red line, she wass tripped from the side and the puck wnet to the Rebel player. No penalty was called, and as Coach Peck questioned the call, he was given a bench minor by one ref and asked to leave by the other ref. This left Ladywood two players down with 1:41 to play. The inspired Blazers team didn't allow a shot on net while playing 6 on 3. Despite the poor offciating, and absence of junior Joy Troczynski (home sick), the Blazers united together for a big victory. (Penalty time in the game was Ladywood 22 minutes and Port Huron 4 minutes)