Second win at home for Senior Huskies

Sr. Huskies vs Mustangs
C. Davis photos and video, T. Lucas video

Chris Davis, Pincher Creek Voice

Pincher Creek's Senior Huskies hosted the Fort Macleod Mustangs at the MCC arena on Saturday evening, December 8.

Huskies Captain #15 Mason Bond scored first, at the 15:03 mark of the first period, assisted by #7 Taylor Elliott and #19 Hayden Shackel.  At the 10:03 mark the Mustangs' goalie wandered a little too far from his net, and Huskies #14 Wiley Handford took advantage of it.  #18 Randy Wittkopf got the assist on that play, and the Huskies were ahead 2-0.  "It was awesome," Wittkopf said the next day.  "I finally got to be on the ice for one of our wins."  Trivia moment: Wittkopf's daughter Emily wears #18 for Pincher Creek's Bantam Chinooks, a ferocious forward in her own right. The two teams battled to a draw for the rest of the period.

The Mustangs played with renewed determination at the beginning of the second period, and at the 18:41 mark brought the score to 2-1 with a goal by #23 John Prodaniuk, assisted by #3 Ben Webb. At the 11:34 mark Mason Bond took advantage of another wandering Mustangs goalie situation to bring the score to 3-1 for the Huskies. The rest of the period was more about the penalties than the scoring attempts, with the penalty boxes filling up withsome regularity.  Huskies Mason Bond and #6 Tony Raduck executed a brilliant passing play/fake-out, feeding the puck to Taylor Elliott, who in turn fed it to the back of the Mustangs' net, with 6:03 remaining in the period. 4-1 Huskies.  The Mustangs battled back hard, making multiple attempts with several near misses, and an "almost" goal at the 2:03 mark that came after a whistle and didn't count.  With 55 seconds remaining in the period another round of fisticuffs broke out.  The Huskies goalie #1 Joel Hasselman was the real star of the period, stopping 15 shots (compared to 9 against Mustangs goalie Cody Hall).

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The third period was relatively uneventful, with a lot of back and forth but no real advantage evident to either side.  At the 12:24 mark Mustangs #11 Greg Shimansky scored a shorthanded goal, assisted by #16 Taylor Kayato.  4-2, and that's where it still stood at the final buzzer.  A second win for the Huskies, and both of those at home.

The Senior Huskies have a home game against the Nanton Palominos scheduled for Friday evening, December 14 at the MCC arena in Pincher Creek, beginning at 8:00 pm.