Northville Mustangs

For their last game of the season, the Northville Mustangs traveled out to Port Huron to play the Rebels. The game was evenly matched through the first period and no goals were scored. At 13:34 in the second period Andrea Soloko was given a penalty for highsticking. With the advantage to the Rebels, the Mustangs played a more defensive game until Sam Pope had a breakaway chance and scored the Mustangs' first goal, shorthanded. Amy Cauzillo had the assist. Four minutes later Leslie Roumayah passed the puck back to Meredith Ponder on defense, who took a shot from the blue line that went right past the Rebel goalie. At intermission the score was 2-0 in favor of Northville. The Mustangs came out after intermission ready to play and only three minutes in Rachel Reuter made a pass to Andrea Soloko. Soloko took the puck down the ice, but was tripped as she shot the puck. Heather Cox picked up the puck and put it in the back of the net. Just over a minute later Pope was at it again with a pass from Soloko making the score 4-0. Northville's final goal of the night came only 2 minutes later by a pass from Soloko to Krysten Ruzylo who took the puck down for a breakaway sealing the Mustang lead. However, due to a coaching error Ruzylo was not listed on the roster and the Mustang's received a bench minor penalty. Port Huron took advantage of the 5 on 4. With 13 seconds left in the penalty, there was a scuffle in front of the net and to avoid a goal being scored, Amy Cauzillo scooped the puck up with her hand. A penalty shot was awarded but it was worth it becasue a goal would have certainley been scored had Cauzillo not touched the puck. The Rebels missed on their penalty shot but only 35 seconds later scored their only goal of the night ruining Northville's shut out. After their goal, the Rebels stepped up the intensity but Northville was able to hold on for their 5-1 win. Port Huron pulled their goalie with a minute to go and at 0.02 seconds Cauzillo took one last shot at the empty net that slid in just after the final buzzer. The goal didnt count but the Mustangs had already acheived their objective for the night. We are waiting for the rest of the teams to finish their games today to determine who we will play next Saturday in the state playoffs.