Written by Somersworth Breaks Away From The Grizzlies
The BearCats turned open ice into breakaway goals and half ice celebrations en route to a 7-1 destruction of the visiting Goffstown Grizzlies on Saturday night. Goffstown could not cash in on any of their power play opportunities and were never really in the game from the beginning.
Goffstown scored one goal on the evening and that came after a loose puck sat in the crease for a time while a ferocious scramble to get at that puck took place all around the front of the net. Eventually, Brandon Bograd poked the puck into the net and the Grizzlies were on the board, still trailing, 3-1, just 29 seconds into the second period. Max and Luc Ouellette each assisted on the goal.
The Grizzlies fell to 8-7-1 on the season and return to the ice less than 24 hours later for a home game against the Nashua North – Souhegan Saber Titans. Goffstown is battling for a spot in the postseason tournament and has the game on Sunday afternoon against NNS, and then their regular season finale at home on Friday against Winnacunnet. We will see how things play out over the last 2 weeks of the regular season.
Takeaways from Saturday night:
I left the rink on Saturday nigh thinking about words like the ones listed below.
I thought of privilege, both mine in being able to watch the players play, and theirs in being named or appointed to their positions to play. Privilege being defined as: a right or benefit that is given to some people and not to others.
Then I thought of the word duty. Defined: the force of moral obligation. When I put these two words together, privilege and duty, I thought that maybe these two words should always be linked together.
One of the synonyms of leadership is steering. Steering defined as: to operate or control the course of.
Sportsmanship is defined like this: conduct (such as fairness, respect for one’s opponent, and graciousness in winning or losing) becoming to one participating in a sport.
Oh yes, the word, conduct: to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way.
Instead of trying to get right to the heart of integrity, I submit the word, honorable as defined: characterized by integrity : guided by a keen sense of duty and ethical conduct.
Several days later, I will still be thinking about these words and why they jumped to the forefront of my mind on Saturday night.
NHIAA Hockey:
Updated records.
Goffstown (8-7-1) vs. Somersworth CB (9-4-0)
Rochester Ice Arena, Rochester, NH
Saturday, February 12, 2022. 6:18 PM Start:
Summary:
Goals:
Goffstown: 0-1-0 = 1
Somersworth CB: 3-2-2 = 7
Shots:
Goffstown: 06-11-10 = 27
Somersworth CB: 12-06-14 = 32
Scoring:
1st Somersworth CB at 3:39. Even. Aaron Bono from Nick Miller.
1st Somersworth CB at 8:52. Even. Dante Ceppetelli from Aaron Bono. GWG.
1st Somersworth CB at 12:54. PPG. Connor Strum from Aaron Bono and Dante Ceppetelli.
2nd Goffstown at 0:29. Even. Brandon Bograd (8) from Max Ouellette (10) and Luc Ouellette (10).
2nd Somersworth CB at 1:33. Even. Jonny Pelletier unassisted.
2nd Somersworth CB at 13:38. SHG. Dante Ceppetelli from Jake Pelletier.
3rd Somersworth CB at 7:10. SHG. Dante Ceppetelli from Jack Jerome.
3rd Somersworth CB at 8:16. SHG. Aaron Bono unassisted.
Special Teams:
Somersworth CB Power Play: 1 for 3.
Saves:
Goffstown: James Amorelli 10 of 14 (.714). (17:07)
Goffstown: Jake Webber 15 of 18 (.833). (27:28)
Somersworth CB: Rylye Coe 26 of 27 (.963). (45:00)
Goffstown fell behind, 7-1, so the last half of the final period was played with “running time”, which means the clock doesn’t stop on whistles unless the officials say so. With the final 30 seconds ticking down, the BearCats sent their senior captain out for the face-off against the Grizzlies All-Freshmen line. It was a theme for the final period.
Remembering Jen Cheney…
The Jen Cheney Memorial Scholarship and Sportsmanship Award (awarded each season)
As a sixteen-year-old junior, Jen was a manager for the very first Goffstown Grizzlies hockey team in the 1999-2000 club season. Her infectious smile and friendly nature was a joy for everyone fortunate to know her. Jen is now our eternal team angel. The spirit of Jen lives on…our team champions an angel memorial patch sewn to each uniform jersey.
On Thursday, May 18th, 2000, Jen was killed by a drunk driver. We are dedicated to memorialize Jen’s life with the Jen Cheney Memorial Scholarship and Sportsmanship Award. But we also want to deliver a message from our team angel… simply…if you choose to drink, don’t drive.
The beginning of every article. (C) 1inawesomewonder 2017.
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