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posted 03/01/2010 
| | NYH U19 Girls - CBHL REGULAR SEASON & PLAYOFF CHAMPIONS! | | |
While the men of Team USA came up short in their Olympic gold medal bid, our U19 Girls found ‘gold’ in Laurel on Sunday! The first-ever CBHL girls championship banner will hang in the McMullen rink this summer thanks to the efforts of our U19 girls and their coaches.
Facing a Raleigh U16 team that had beaten them every time in the past two seasons and had a mere five losses in the past three seasons, our NYH girls knew they would need to empty their tanks to prevail. With under a minute to go and down 1-0, it looked like yet-another close defeat to Raleigh . . . and then team Captain Shannon Rice found the back of the net with 11 seconds remaining in regulation!
An exciting overtime period resulted in no scoring so it was shoot-out time --- by rule the first five players took their turn and an excellent effort by the Raleigh net-minder and Navy’s own Brooke Silver kept the game deadlocked. The next three shooters failed to break the tie for each team; then Raleigh’s ninth shooter came up short. With the game on the line, relative newcomer Keeley Cook made a wonderful deke and drifted the puck over the goal-line to kick off the NYH celebration!
Congratulations to the entire U19 Squad and coaches Bridget Rice and Greg Snyder – well done and good luck at Districts!!
Earlier in the day, our U16 Midget Gold squad was battling Ashburn I – again. Despite two losses to this undefeated squad earlier in the season, the NYH men gave them all they had, matching the powerhouse VA major team nearly shot-for-shot and leveling the ice surface for most of the game. Unfortunately the NYH gang came up short on the scoresheet but is playing their best hockey of the season as they prepare for next weekend’s first-ever PVAHA playoff representation and a possible seed in District Championships. Look for more on the dates/times of those games and come out to cheer them on!
Finally, several of our teams wrapped up their regular season play, including the young men of Midget Blue recording two critical league wins and securing their place in the upcoming Midget A playoffs. Bantam Gold finished a slow-start season with a winning record in the last month and some of their best hockey all year while Bantam Blue found their stride in mid-week play against Easton in a decisive win.
PW Gold struggled with a short-bench, long weekend and difficult placement but the talent and will of this group will make them ready for next season – while their cohort Blue squad finished with a solid ten-win season and a better placement next year should make them solid playoff contenders.
Squirt Blue just missed securing the last playoff spot in their division but they’ve come a long way, including some great tourney play and will be a tough group next season; while their counterparts on Squirt Gold need one win to secure the CBHL Regular-season title before heading to the playoffs in the Upper A division.
Finally, our youngest NYHers in the Mite Rec gang continue to find their legs and are looking forward to spring clinic (more on that soon)! Likewise, Mite Travel let everyone know they’re going to be tough to beat next year with back-to-back wins in their final weekend of the year. In CCHL play, Midget Rec is making plans for some fine tuning before their finale' but the team remains committed to giving it their best. Squirt Rec finally solved for their local nemesis, Bowie, while PW Rec wrapped up their regular season with a close win against Howard – setting up a great showdown for both of our younger Rec squads in this weekend’s CCHL Cup event . . . more on that great event later too.
Enjoy your week and congrats to all of our teams, especially the girls of U19!
Go Navy!.
