Passing Glimpse
2003-03-06, 02:06 PM
Any body watching this? Man the game last night was on edge. St. Louis park was favored to win too. My lil bro plays for Simley...had a break away but no goal. They paly again tomorrow at 2PM.
1A boys' hockey: Simley 2, St. Louis Park 1 (OT)
Michael Rand,*Star Tribune
*
Published March 6, 2003
FOUR06
Simley spent the majority of Wednesday's Class A quarterfinal against St. Louis Park holding on for dear life. The more they clung, the more it seemed the Spartans had a shot to pull off an improbable victory.
That's exactly what happened when Zach Weber stripped the puck from a St. Louis Park player in his own zone and passed to Adam Hoaglund, whose wrist shot trickled between the pads of Orioles goalie Ben Levy at 3:42 of overtime, giving Simley a 2-1 victory and a berth in Friday's semifinal against Rochester Lourdes.
Troy Davenport made 29 saves for Simley.
"When you don't score early on a goalie like that, it usually means trouble," St. Louis Park coach Tim Donahue said. "A goalie like that gives a team hope. They can keep working and keep trying. Hats off them, they worked hard."
St. Louis Park's Alec Rabine pins Simley's Kevin Vaughan against the boards.
Ann Heisenfelt
Associated Press
Simley went ahead 1-0 with less than four minutes left in regulation. Dan Ohmann's initial shot from the point was stopped, but Zach Weber grabbed the rebound, spun and scored.
But the Orioles (20-8-1), previously unable to solve Davenport, finally broke through at 13:00. Jon Keseley, a forward-turned-defenseman, showed off some of his old moves. Keseley went around a defenseman on the left side, and slipped the puck past Davenport, who missed a poke-check attempt.
St. Louis Park's Andrew Yaeger trips Simley's Dan Ohmann.
Ann Heisenfelt
Associated Press
"We knew we wanted to keep the game close and try to wear them down," Simley coach Chris Lonke said. "We never get too high, never too low."
St. Louis Park started overtime on a power play, but the Spartans (18-10-1) killed it off. A couple of minutes later, Hoaglund -- who had seven points in Simley's final two section playoff games -- came up big again.
"We've been riding him," Lonke said. "He's the hot hand."
1A boys' hockey: Simley 2, St. Louis Park 1 (OT)
Michael Rand,*Star Tribune
*
Published March 6, 2003
FOUR06
Simley spent the majority of Wednesday's Class A quarterfinal against St. Louis Park holding on for dear life. The more they clung, the more it seemed the Spartans had a shot to pull off an improbable victory.
That's exactly what happened when Zach Weber stripped the puck from a St. Louis Park player in his own zone and passed to Adam Hoaglund, whose wrist shot trickled between the pads of Orioles goalie Ben Levy at 3:42 of overtime, giving Simley a 2-1 victory and a berth in Friday's semifinal against Rochester Lourdes.
Troy Davenport made 29 saves for Simley.
"When you don't score early on a goalie like that, it usually means trouble," St. Louis Park coach Tim Donahue said. "A goalie like that gives a team hope. They can keep working and keep trying. Hats off them, they worked hard."
St. Louis Park's Alec Rabine pins Simley's Kevin Vaughan against the boards.
Ann Heisenfelt
Associated Press
Simley went ahead 1-0 with less than four minutes left in regulation. Dan Ohmann's initial shot from the point was stopped, but Zach Weber grabbed the rebound, spun and scored.
But the Orioles (20-8-1), previously unable to solve Davenport, finally broke through at 13:00. Jon Keseley, a forward-turned-defenseman, showed off some of his old moves. Keseley went around a defenseman on the left side, and slipped the puck past Davenport, who missed a poke-check attempt.
St. Louis Park's Andrew Yaeger trips Simley's Dan Ohmann.
Ann Heisenfelt
Associated Press
"We knew we wanted to keep the game close and try to wear them down," Simley coach Chris Lonke said. "We never get too high, never too low."
St. Louis Park started overtime on a power play, but the Spartans (18-10-1) killed it off. A couple of minutes later, Hoaglund -- who had seven points in Simley's final two section playoff games -- came up big again.
"We've been riding him," Lonke said. "He's the hot hand."