Northville Mustangs

Grosse Pointe North and Northville played their quarterfinal game tuesday at 5:30. The game started off quick for the Norseman who scored their first goal just 53 seconds into the game. The Norseman struck again just 4 minutes later increasing their lead to 2-0. But the Mustangs weren't planning on giving up that quickly. Andrea Soloko grabbed the puck on a breakaway putting it past the North goalie for Northville's first goal of the game. North was quick to respond with a goal of their own. With two minutes left in the second period, Sam Pope fired a hard shot from the hashmarks, past the goalie into the back of the net. The two teams headed to the locker room with the score 3-2 in favor of Grosse Pointe. The third period was uneventful until with 5:30 left on the clock, Soloko put another goal in the net tying the game. As the seconds ticked down, both teams realized this game was going into overtime. A minute and a half into overtime, Sam Pope received a pass from Caitlyn Crawford and Pope put the puck in the goal winning the game for the Mustangs! Northville now advances to the semi-finals playing Cranbrook at 8pm on Thursday at Novi Ice Arena! Come support us!