Garden City Wings Ice Hockey Club |
||
|
|
||
On February 5th, the Garden City Wings Varsity Ice Hockey team played the Great Neck Bruins in an
exhibition game. The Bruins are a high school age travel team whose players come from the surrounding
Great Neck area. A fast paced first period featured end-to-end action with both teams having several
good scoring opportunities. Garden City goaltender, Tom Hickcox, made two nice saves midway through
the period to keep Great Neck off the scoreboard. The only score of the period was an unassisted goal
by Conor Sweeney. Garden City held a 1-0 lead at the first intermission.
Brian Kiernan scored early in the second period, assisted by linemates Ryan Norell and Kevin Betts.
Garden City generated several other good scoring opportunities during the period, but were unable to
get anything else past the Bruins goaltender. The Garden City defensemen controlled much of the play
in their defensive zone during the period. The defense is led by Brian Collins, Tom Rossidis, David
Brown, Mike Makris, and Kevin Seiferth.
Garden City took charge of the game in the third period. Five minutes into the third period, Scott
Mischner scored off a pass from Max Auricchio to give Garden City a three-goal lead. Ninety seconds
later Ryan Norell blasted a goal off a pass from Brian Kiernan. Towards the end of the third period,
Max Auricchio took a pass from Mike Makris and faked out the goaltender with a nice move to score the
last goal of the game. With five minutes remaining in the game, goaltender David Logan made two good
saves to preserve the 5-0 shutout.
Garden City benefited from a strong physical game from Kyle Seiferth in the offensive zone. Great effort
and hustle at both ends of the rink by forwards Conor Reeves, Aaron Kim, and Nick Greco. Goaltenders Tom
Hickcox and David Logan were sharp in the Garden City victory. In nineteen games, the goaltending trio of
Jeff Greco, Tom Hickcox and David Logan have an excellent goals-against-average of 2.74.
On Sunday, February 6th, the team began their intrasquad four on four tournament. The squad was split into
three teams via a draft. Conor Sweeney captains Team Sweeney, with Kevin Betts, David Brown, Matt Gaudiosi,
Jeff Greco, Brian Kiernan, and Kevin Rice. Conor Reeves captains Team Reeves, with Max Auricchio, Brian
Collins, Tom Hickcox, Michael Lanciotti, Michael Makris, and Tom Rossidis. Kevin Seiferth captains Team
Seiferth, with Nick Greco, David Logan, Aaron Kim, Scott Mischner, Ryan Norell, and Kyle Seiferth.
With bragging rights on the line, the first two rounds of twelve minute games featured some very spirited
play from all participates. In game one, Team Sweeney defeated Team Reeves 5-1 behind Brian Kiernan's hat
trick and strong goaltending by Jeff Greco. In game two, Team Seiferth defeated Team Sweeney 3-2 behind
Ryan Norell's hat trick and the goaltending of David Logan. In game three, Team Reeves defeated Team
Seiferth 2-0 with Tom Hickcox earning a shutout and Brian Collins collecting both goals.
In game four, Team Reeves defeated Team Sweeney 3-2 on a last second goal by Conor Reeves. Game five
ended in a 3-3 tie between Team Seiferth and Team Sweeney. In game six, Team Reeves defeated Team Seifert
5-2 behind Michael Lanciotti's hat trick. The tournament will be completed this weekend.
Garden City's next game is Friday, February 11th against the Christ The King High School. Game time is
at 10:30pm at the Flushing Meadows rink in Queens. Please visit www.gcwings.org for a complete game
schedule or for additional information on the Wings.
|
|