January 20-24, 2025 Recap
by Janet Schultz, NYHOL
The WNYGVIH was severely impacted by our WNY weather pattern this week. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday’s game were all postponed, then one on Thursday postponed due to a Zamboni break-down at North Buffalo.
On Thursday, January 23, FFLOP played KengiPort to a 3-3 overtime tie. Scoring were Isabella Jayme, assisted by Isabella Burt; Isabelle Bourgeault, unassisted and Jayme with Burt on the last goal for KenGiPort. Ella Johnston stopped 23 of 26. For FFLOP it was Chloe Gearhart, assisted by Olivia Waterman and Brooklyn Forcucci; Lilah Cudney assisted by Waterman and Maya Griffin, assisted by Peyton Forcucci and Waterman. Rachael Fix stopped 20 of 23.
CASH played NiCo to a 6-5 overtime victory at Northtowns. Scoring for NiCo were Abbey Zimmerman with a hattrick plus one and Sam Latini adding one. Assists came from Madeline Remus (2), Madelyn Martin, Latini (2) and Olivia Terranova. Lila Jones stopped 25/31. For CASH it was Georgia Mango, Kiley Breeze, Celia Watson (the game-winner plus one), Alexandria Reed and Maya Adimey. Assisting were Breeze, Gabriella Lindell,(2) Cecilia Bizub, Adimey and Polina Stremiakova. Ella Celej stopped 31/36. Celej was also named First Student Athlete of the Week on WKBW TV.
HEWS took a 3-1 victory over St. Mary’s of Lancaster with Brooke Vetter scoring, assisted by Lilliana Smardz, the game-winner scored by Kylie Wegrzynkowski, assisted by Meghan Waszkielewicz and Kayla Pelc and a power-play goal by Brynn Holland, assisted by Sophia Phillips and Clare Sokolowski. In goal Ella Buczynski stopped 24 of 25 for the W. For St. Mary’s it was the tieing goal by Alanah Pagano, assisted by Meghan Donnelly and Riley Kumrow. Avery Hall stopped 9 of 10 and Betsy Accurso stopped 16 of 18.
The following day HEWS faced St. Mary’s once again and it ended in a 2-2 overtime tie. Avery Szczesek had both goals for St. Mary’s. Teammates Samantha Hatt and Lauren Gilano assisted on the first and second, respectively. For HEWS Pelc scored both goals, the first assisted by Waszkielewicz and the second was unassisted. Buczynski stopped 31 of 33.
As noted Celej of CASH was named First Student Super 7 Athlete of the Week and leads the league in Save Percentage with at least two games played.
Maya Griffin (FFLOP) hit the 30 point mark in regular season play and joining her on that list is NiCO’s Zimmerman and Latini.
It’s KenGiPort, FFLOP and St. Mary’s at the top of the scoreboard in League play as we move into the final three weeks of regular season action.
Griffin (FFLOP) has 35 points (as of 1/28/24) and sits in first place with teammate Gabby Sojda sitting in second with 31. Zimmerman and Latini are vying for that top spot at 30 each.
Strong goaltending by KenGiPort has the top three spaces on the leaderboard going to their three goaltenders Jillian Hager (played 45 minutes with 3 shots, 3 saves); Hadley Dahlgreen (played 90 minutes with a 1 GAA) and Ella Johnston (452.75 minutes played and a .920 save percentage).
The goaltender with the most minutes in the net is Betsy Accurso of St. Marys with 608 minutes between the pipes and a .895 save%.
As of this writing three of four games scheduled for Monday, January 27 have been played. NiCo at HEWS at West Seneca was postponed due to weather conditions in Niagara County. Four games are scheduled for Tuesday (tonight), one for Wednesday and four for Thursday. Check https://wnygirlshockey.com/schedule.html for the complete updated schedule.
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