News and Announcements
The Northville Mustangs lost to Regina on Saturday 3-0. Northville was missing key players Andrea Soloko, Meredith Ponder (suspensions), Megan Beger (injury), Annie Kirkpatrick and Kim Bagian due to prior commitments. With only 12 players on the bench, the Mustangs got tired early and fell to the Saddelites. Our next game is Tonight against PCS at 630. Come support us!
Northville traveled out to Grosse Pointe tonight to play the University of Liggett Knights. From the first face-off, both teams knew that this game would have both a high intensity and a high goal count. The first goal was by Northville's Amy Cauzillo with assists by Bridget Hughes and Andrea Soloko. When Meredith Ponder received a penatly at 8:00, the Knights took advantage of their opportunity and tied up the game. Just 2 mintues later, the Knights scored again. Amy Cauzillo tied the game up for Northville with a slap shot from half-ice with 1.3 seconds left in the first period. The puck bounced off the cross-bar and dropped into the net. Ponder received another penalty at 10:13 in the 2nd period, leaving the Mustangs short-handed. Instead of the Knights pulling ahead this time however, Cauzillo added two goals, both unassissted, to the score-board for the Mustangs at 8:44 and 8:26. A minute later Meredith Ponder threw the puck high up in the air and it dropped down in front of Andrea Soloko who slid and slammed the puck into the back of the net making the score 5-2 in favor of the Mustangs. After intermission, Cauzillo scored her final goal of the night at 12:56 unassisted. The Knights made a comeback scoring two goals in the third period. With 25.7 seconds left to go on the clock, a fight broke out in front of the net that lasted about a minute and a half. Tensions were high and the refs simply allowed the clock to run out the remaining seconds. Bridget Hughes and Sam Pope each received 2 minute penalites for fighting where as Andrea Soloko got a game misconduct and Meredith Ponder received a two game misconduct. Northville, however, was not the only team at fault as Liggett's Alexis Bohlinger and Monique Squiers each received two game misconducts as well. The well-played game ended on a bad note and both teams will go into their next game minus a head coach and key players from their roster. Northville plays Regina this Saturday at Regina at 9pm. Well-fought game girls!
The Mustangs beat the Walled Lake Wild Wednesday night, 8-2. The game got off to a slow start, but the Mustangs finally got on the scoreboard at 5:23 when Andrea Soloko took the puck down the ice and backhanded it into the net past the Walled Lake goalie. Assists are credited to Meredith Ponder and Amy Cauzillo. At 2:14 Laura Zima received a penalty for crosschecking and with 10 seconds to go in the penalty, Sam Pope received a pass from Andrea Soloko and Bridget Hughes to score the first short-handed goal of the night. Andrea Soloko added another goal to the scoreboard at 9:10 in the second. At 4:47 Andrea Soloko took the puck down unassisted and shorthanded. She took a shot from the blue line that raced past the Wild goalie to make the score 4-0. But Soloko hadnt quite finished yet, just 45 seconds later she got another goal in the same penatly making that her fourth goal for the night and the team's 3rd shorthanded goal. Two minutes later Heather Cox got her first goal of the season in a scramble in front of the net. At intermission teh score was 6-0. Walled Lake started out the third period strong scoring two goals before Northville's Amy Cauzillo finished the game off with two goals of her own. Assists on her goals were given to Anjali Saran, Megan Beger and Sam Pope. The Mustangs played very well outshooting the Wild 55-10. Congratulations Girls! We play Grosse Pointe North next Saturday at Viking Arena. Be sure to attend as these two rivals face off for teh final league game of the season. Northville beat GPN 6-4 in the Liggett Tournement and GPN beat Northville 2-1 during league play. This will be the tie-breaker game of the season.
Northville fought hard against the Cranbrook Cranes yesterday, but just could not seem to get the puck in the back of the net. The game remained scoreless until the second period when Tarasi Karega got her first of what would end up being a hat trick for the night. The Mustangs continued with their offensive pressure, but the Cranes struck again late in the second period with another goal by Tarasi. With three mintues left to go in the game, Andrea Soloko took a low, hard slap shot from teh blue line that deflected off the far post just barley missing the goal. Northville had 38 shots on net for the night while Cranbrook only had 18. Northville dominated play for much of the game, but just couldnt seem to put it past Cranbrook's goalie. Our next game is Wednesday the 12th against Walled Lake.
The Mustangs put up a good fight against the Port Huron Rebels on Wednesday night, but couldnt seem to manage to get the puck into the back of the net. Northville's only goal of the night was scored by Meredith Ponder with a pass from Emily Doren and Sam Pope. Northville remained in the lead, and took numerous shots but could not get the puck past the Port Huron goalie. Port Huron scored their only goal of the night in a scramble in front of the net. The game was tied at the end of regulation and was therefore pushed into a 8:00 overtime. The game remained scoreless in OT as well, ending the game with a tie. Northville had over 38 shots on net while Port Huron had about 12 shots on net. The Mustangs face off against Cranbrook on Monday the 10th.
