UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

Dead River @ Tuck: Game 1 of the 2012-2013 Season

ODDS:	Tuck by 2 Goals
OVER/UNDER:	10 Goals

Last season ended poorly for both Dead River and Tuck. Sub-par seasons followed by an early exit from the playoffs were a disappointment for the 2011 Whalen Cup Champion Dead River squad and the consistently competitive Tuck squad. Tonight should be a good matchup for both teams as they are rebuilding. Tuck has pulled in a strong rookie class while Dead River will also have some new blood in their lineup. This should be a tight game to start with Tuck walking away with it in the third period...6-4.

Revamped Tuck Throttles Dead River 8-2

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Over the summer, the depleted Tuck franchise was distraught. Returning just 5 players from last years squad seemed disastrous, but turns out to be a blessing. Their revamped roster netted 8 goals, let up only 2 and kept Dead River to just 27 shots on goal. Leading the charge for Tuck was Brandon \"The Harry One\" Harrington(2g, 1a), Jeffry \"Woodstock One\" Wannp(1g, 2a) and Eric \"Ratatouille\" Rautiola(2g). Harrington & Wannop had some nice chemistry tonight as the two former Ivy Leaguers assisted on each others goals and talked evolution, politics and abstract math between shifts. Dead River was also a team in disarray last season, finishing last in the UVHL. Considered by many as a rebuilding year, the 2010-2011 UVHL champs are returning just four players. New addition\'s Geoff Noble and Dougie \"LightTops\" Heavisides both chipped in a goal and assist early in this game. Tuck got on the board first just 2:45 into the game when John Curry threw a backhander through Matty \"The Eagle\" Crowson\'s gaping 5-hole. Heavisides tied the game after roofing his own rebound over Mike Devine halfway through the first. Crowson got some help with under six minutes left in the first from the posts, as Tuck rang two of them like church bells in under 8 seconds. With 4:25 remaining in the first, Harrington took a nice feed from Wannop and put the biscuit where Crowson hides the peanut butter(That\'s top shelf, glove side for you non-hockey lovers). 24 seconds later Harrington returned the favor to his new best bud Wannop for the 3-1 lead. They fired 54 shots on goal Dead River got back into the game just 63 seconds into the second frame when \"LightTops\" found Trevor Bayliss on the backdoor with the man advantage. Unfortunately for Dead River, that was about as good as it was going to get. Tuck scored the next 5 goals, 2 in the second period and a trio in the third. \"Ratatouille\" scored two of those goals, Mike \"No relation to the other Nowaks\" Nowak getting his first, Harrington sniping his second of the game and Michael White starting his UVHL career on a high note. In the end, Tuck had too much firepower for Dead River, used six different goal scorers and had stellar goaltending from Devine.

 

Team:	Time:	Type:	Player:	Details:
1st PERIOD
TCK	12:15	Goal	Curran, John(1)	Assist(s): Devooght, Mark(1) Mellen, Peter(1)
LAB	10:31	Penalty	Bayliss, Trevor(1)	2 minutes for Too Many Men
LAB	07:18	Goal	Heavisides, Douglas(1)	Assist(s): Bayliss, Trevor(1)
TCK	04:25	Goal	Harrington, Brandon (1)	Assist(s): Wannop, Jeff(1) Seely, Tyson(1)
TCK	04:01	Goal	Wannop, Jeff(1)	Assist(s): Harrington, Brandon (1)
2nd PERIOD
TCK	14:06	Penalty	Mellen, Peter(1)	2 minutes for Hooking
LAB	13:57	Goal	(PP)Bayliss, Trevor(1)	Assist(s): Heavisides, Douglas(1) White, Marty(1)
TCK	09:32	Goal	(PP)Rautiola, Eric(1)	Assist(s): none
LAB	09:32	Penalty	noble, geoff(1)	2 minutes for Roughing
TCK	01:15	Goal	White, Michael(1)	Assist(s): Seely, Tyson(2)
3rd PERIOD
TCK	14:12	Penalty	Rautiola, Eric(1)	2 minutes for Interference
LAB	13:12	Penalty	Hadley, Gregory(1)	2 minutes for Holding
TCK	11:15	Goal	(PP)Nowak, Mike(1)	Assist(s): Wannop, Jeff(2)
TCK	06:43	Goal	Harrington, Brandon (2)	Assist(s): Gartner, Josh(1)
TCK	04:31	Goal	Rautiola, Eric(2)	Assist(s): Gartner, Josh(2) White, Michael(1)

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hkydoc WRJ, VT Registered: Jan 2004 Posts: 517	Flip a coin... Oct 16th, 2012 09:48 PM Good luck to both squads in their first game. Who knows what to expect? All Iknow is that you'd better get your asses to Bentley's post-game because it's hockey night, baby! McD