After falling to the St Mary’s Knights on Monday, November 14th at the John Rhodes in Sault Ste Marie High School Hockey League action, the Korah Colts returned to action on Wednesday, November 16th for a midweek clash against the Knights at the John Rhodes Centre.
With a scrum in front of Colt netminder Troy Rossetto’s net at 12:03 of the first and Rossetto sprawled across Korah’s crease, St Mary’s Daniel Guzzo slides the opening goal under the Colt netminder to give the Knights a 1 – 0 lead. Nathan Palmer and Darion Pucci added the assists on Guzzo’s goal. Brayden Luzzi fires wrist shot from the blueline to be tipped Guzzo to find the back of the Colt’s net to give the Knights’ a 2 – 0 lead at 11:39 of the second. Pucci drew the other helper on Guzzo’s second goal of the contest. From the top of the faceoff circle through traffic, Mason Battachio pulls the Colts within one at 9:17 on a Korah powerplay. Kaylob Thibodeau and Dylan Garson notched the contributors on Battachio’s powerplay marker. Garson picks up his own rebound off of St Mary goaltender Jaxon Alexander to pull Korah even 2 – 2 at the 7:10 mark of the middle stanza. Battachio and Ronan Provenzano had the assists on Garson’s tying goal.
Guzzo skates coast to coast down the right side of the ice to beat the Colts final defender to rifle a snapshot over Rossetto’s right shoulder for the Knights go-ahead goal at 5:13 of the second. Kyle Scarfone and Brett Wilson drew the helpers on Guzzo’s hat trick. Shorthanded and Rossetto on the Korah bench for an extra attacker, Guzzo fires a shot along the ice from behind St Mary’s blueline to find an empty Colts’ net to bring the lead to 4 – 2. Jack McPherson gives the Knights a 5 – 2 win with St Mary’s fifth of the game from the top of the left faceoff circle with a snapshot behind Rossetto. Defenceman Adrian O’Dell had the lone assist on McPherson’s goal.
St Mary’s coach Frank Medaglia told Saultsports that “Overall, it was a good game that we can learn from. Tons of shots and offensive zone pressure for us but that doesn’t always translate on the scoresheet. We found ourselves late in a closer game than we wanted, but one that kept us focused on the little things. Getting pucks deep, maintaining discipline and being strong on the puck in both ends of the ice. I thought we did a lot of really good things out there today and some things that we need to tighten up on. That will be our focus moving forward.”
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The Knights will take to the ice on Friday, November 18th for their third game of the week when they meet the Superior Heights Steelhawks at the John Rhodes Centre on a 7:30 p.m puck drop while the Colts take on the Knights on Wednesday, November 23rd at 3:30 p.m on the John Rhodes Centre.
