Midget LL Huskies Have a Challenging Start to Playoffs
The Durham Furniture Midget LL Huskies recently began their playoffs and had somewhat of a tough start.
The Huskies first playoff game was against the Shallow Lake Lakers, in Durham, on Feb. 15. Although the game was quite entertaining, the Huskies were defeated 4-1 by the Lakers. The Huskies only goal was scored by Nathan Thompson, with assists by Jason Paylor and Seth DeBoer.
Next, the Huskies travelled to Ayton to take on the Normanby Wildcats, on Feb. 17 and were defeated 6-1 after another tough match up. The Huskies lone goal was scored by Chris Giles.
Finally, the Huskies faced the Hanover Falcons, at home, on Feb. 22 and won after a well played game.
In the first period, the Huskies started the scoring when Kyle Schieven got a goal, assisted by Giles. Then the Falcons got two goals of their own, to take a 2-1 lead, but Brandon Stevens, assisted by Travis Marshall, tied it up 2-2 just near the end of the period.
In the second period, Schieven got another goal, assisted by Cole Hollands, to break the tie, but the Falcons responded by getting another goal to tie the game once again.
The game was settled near the beginning of the third period when the Huskies scored two goals just nine seconds apart. One was scored by Schieven, assisted by Hunter Burgess, giving him a hat trick and Marshall got the other, assisted by Hollands and Paylor, giving the Huskies a 5-3 lead. Then the Falcons got one more goal, followed by Thompson, assisted by Luke Ronka, getting a final goal to give the Huskies the 6-4 win over the Falcons.