Squirt Major Weekend Report
On Saturday the Squirts Majors traveled to Dracut to face new NEEHL opponent, New England Bulldogs. Just two minutes into the game, Evan Sliker took a clearing pass from Kevin Landau, beat the defense and scored the Clippers’ first goal. Both teams played tight defensive hockey until the last three minutes of the period when each team scored two goals. Taggart Corriveau, fed by a Sliker pass, rifled a shot past the Bulldog goalie. After a Bulldog goal, Corriveau again scored. This time Nick Adamsons earned the assist. The first period ended with the Clippers ahead 3-2. The second period was a defensive struggle for both teams. The Bulldogs tied the game at 3-3 half way through the period. However, a minute later Corriveau answered with another goal, assisted by Sliker and Adamsons. The period closed with the Clippers maintaining their one goal lead. Right off the opening face-off in the third, Sliker took a pass from Corriveau, and broke free to give the Clippers a two goal lead. However, the bigger Bulldog team started to muscle the Clippers off the puck and scored the next two goals to tie the game at 5-5. With less than two minutes to go, Corriveau took it upon himself to give his team the lead. He won a face-off in the neutral zone, took the puck away from a Bulldog wing, split two defensemen and went top shelf on the opposing goalie, for his fourth goal of the game. The Clippers team defense was able to hold off the Bulldogs to win the game. The final score was 6-5. Brendan Pelletier earned the win in goal for the Clippers.The next day, the Clippers hosted the CT Riptide (EHF) in an independent game. Coming off a “tug-of –war” game against a much bigger New England Bulldog squad, the Clippers wanted to get on the board in a hurry. And they did…The Clippers scored three times in a one minute span to take a 3-0 lead and never looked back. The Clippers scored seven goals on seventeen shots in the first period. They scored four more times in the second and once in the third period. The line of Corriveau (6G, 1A), Sliker (2G, 6A) and Adamsons (2G, 5A) led the charge. David Piekut also scored two goals. Matt Bucher, Matt Trevethan, Will Lindlauf and Landau (2) earned assists as well. Goaltender Alex Ment made nine saves on eleven shots to earn the win. The final score was Clippers 12-2.
Article written by Karl Adamsons.
