Northville Mustangs

The Northville Mustangs took on the Mercy Marlins tonight at Mercy's home ice. Northville came out strong in the first period, scoring just 1:02 into the first period. Andrea Soloko gave Sam Pope the puck who skated it up to put it into the back of the net. The next goal came just 2 minutes later when Bridget Hughes gave Amy Cauzillo the puck for a 2-0 lead. with 7:13 left in the first period, Emily Doren passed Bridget Hughes the puck who fired it into the net with another goal for the Mustangs. Sam Pope took the puck all the way up the ice for an unassisted goal just 1:45 later. The game calmed down in the second period with no goals at all that period. The intermission fired the Mustangs back up again because just 1:34 seconds into the third period the last goal of the game was scored. Rachel Reuter passed to Bridget Hughes who ripped a shot. The puck came back out and Emily Doren tapped it between teh goalie's legs. The puck was sitting on the line and Mercy's goalie finally kicked it in for the final goal of the night. Mercy fought hard, but the Mustangs set the tone for the 2004-2005 season tonight. Good job girls! Next game is Saturday at Novi against Regina.