Having worked hard to score four goals in the second period
to take a 5-3 lead over the San Jose Jr. Sharks 16U AAA team, the Santa
Clara Blackhawks were once again unable to hang on and preserve the win.
San Jose rallied for goals at 10:50, 6:26, and 4:48 of the final period
to battle back and snatch victory from the hands of defeat. Fortunately
for the Blackhawks, it's another L that really doesn't matter in the NORCAL
standings, where they are still undefeated at 2-0-0 headed into next weekend's
pivotal contest against San Jose's 18U A team.
Santa Clara scored once in the opening period on sharp-angle shot through
traffic by Kevin Brown. Jeremy
Mamon and Patrick Castagna assisted
on the play. But San Jose led at the close of the period by a 2-1
score. In the second period, Patrick
Castagna evened the tally at 2-2 on a shot that he whisked over the
goaltender's blocker at 13:45. After San Jose regained the lead by
a 3-2 margin, the Blackhawks caught fire and reeled of three straight goals.
Nick
Costa scored on a two-on-one at 11:22 off a great feed from Phillip
Wong.
Mitch Venosta started the play
with a nice breakout pass off the side boards. Vitto
Gagliardi then gave Santa Clara the lead at 1:42 while the teams were
playing four-on-four hockey. San Jose won a face-off in the neutral
zone, but Gagliardi busted right into
the play and grabbed the disk, getting behind the defense before they new
what hit them, and scoring on the unassisted breakaway. The Blackhawks
then went on a power play at 1:52 and Brandon
Shore and Patrick Castagna worked
a sweet give and go with Shore grabbing
the return pass from Castagna before
feeding it to a pinching Kevin Brown.
Brown's
shot was saved, but Shore was right
there for the put-back goal at 0:53.
The third period belonged to San Jose. After they narrowed the
gap to 5-4 on what was effectively a shorthanded goal, the game's intensity
picked up and spilled over during a scrum behind the Blackhawks' net that
resulted in ten separate double-minor roughing penalties at 8:17.
San Jose then tied the game on a power play goal at 6:26, and they won
it at 4:48 when they broke out of their zone on an odd-man rush and then
penetrated the Blackhawks zone to score before any of the Hawks' forwards
were able to get back into the play to help their defensemen. The
Jr. Sharks then did what Santa Clara was unable to do, and that is preserve
their third-period lead and claim victory.
Next weekend's contest against San Jose will be a battle for first place,
with San Jose improving to 3-1-0 with their 2-1 win over Tri-Valley this
weekend.
San Jose 16U AAA, 6
| TEAMS |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
TOTAL |
| Blackhawks |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
| San
Jose 16U |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
Scoring Summary
First Period
Scoring: 1, San Jose, Garrett (Van Siclen),
13:16. 2, Blackhawks, Brown 1 (Mamon, Castagna), 11:14. 3,
San Jose, Dutra (Gudmundson, Mareschi), 4:47 (pp). Penalties:
Pacheco, Santa Clara (high-sticking), 7:57; Castagna, Santa Clara
(crosscheck), 5:51.
Second Period
Scoring: 4, Blackhawks, Castagna 1 (Gagliardi,
Kiernan), 13:45. 5, Blackhawks, Costa 1 (Wong, Venosta), 11:22.
6, San Jose, Woodson (unassisted), 4:43. 7, Blackhawks, Gagliardi
1 (Unassisted), 1:42. 8, Blackhawks, Shore 1 (Castagna, Brown), 0:53
(pp). Penalties: Dutra, San Jose (holding), 6:45;
Pierson, San Jose (roughing), 3:22; Holt, Santa Clara (roughing),
3:22; Costa, Santa Clara (roughing), 3:22; San Jose bench minor
(too many men), 1:52.
Third Period
Scoring: 9, San Jose, Mareschi (Borja),
10:50. 10, San Jose, Mareschi (Van Siclen, Tennyson), 6:26 (pp).
11, San Jose, Woodson (Gudmundson), 4:48. Penalties:
Mattern, San Jose (elbowing), 12:14; Shore, Santa Clara (unsportsmanlike
conduct), 12:14; Costa, Santa Clara (roughing), 11:08; Gsell,
San Jose (roughing), 11:08; Costa, Santa Clara (double minor, roughing),
8:17; Mamon, Santa Clara (double minor, roughing), 8:17; Pacheco,
Santa Clara (double minor, roughing), 8:17; Dragotto, Santa Clara
(double minor, roughing), 8:17; Lavarias, Santa Clara (double minor,
roughing), 8:17; Cimino, San Jose (double minor, roughing), 8:17;
Houston, San Jose (double minor, roughing), 8:17; Lopez, San Jose
(double minor, roughing), 8:17; Mattern, San Jose (double minor,
roughing), 8:17; Gsell, San Jose (double minor, roughing), 8:17;
Shore, Santa Clara (hooking), 7:18; Mamon, San Jose (roughing), 0:15;
Pierson, San Jose (roughing), 0:15.
SHOTS ON GOAL
| Santa Clara |
6
|
10
|
6
|
--22 |
| San Jose |
12
|
7
|
16
|
--35 |
Power-play Conversions: Santa Clara: 1 of 2;
San Jose: 2 of 4. Goalies: Santa Clara, Boyer (35 shots, 29
saves). San Jose, Pelzner (22 shots, 17 saves).
Plus/Minus: +2(Castagna);
+1(Brown,
Costa, Gagliardi, Lavarias, Shore), even(Kiernan, Quirolo, Venosta,
Wong); -1(Dragotto, Holt, Kotval, Mamon); -2(Nunn, Pacheco);
DNP(Fredericks,
Yedlicka).
Game Winning Goal: Woodson, San Jose
PRESEASON & EXHIBITION RECORD
2005-06 Final Preseason Standings
Hawks
Prevail in Penalty-Plagued Performance, 4-2
