On December 13, 2015, the Iroquois Alden varsity Chiefs continued their winning season with a 4-1 win against Jamestown at Leisure Rinks.
With a slow start, the Chiefs fell behind 0-1 early in the first period. They tied it up quickly with an unassisted goal by Alden’s Spencer Hrynczak. Before the end of the first, the Chiefs had pulled ahead with a goal by Dylan Giancarlo assisted by Nathan Efstation and Joe Russo.
The rest of the game, the defense, led by goalie Colton Degrace left the Jamestown team scoreless. The Chiefs third goal was again scored by Dylan Giancarlo assisted by Spencer Hryncak and Owen Creighton.
In the third period, the Chiefs continued to dominate the scoring opportunities with a goal by Alex Held assisted by Jamie Bonn. Leaving Jamestown behind with a final score of 4-1 giving the Iroquois Chiefs their seventh win of the season.
On December 20, 2015, the Chiefs faced the Buffalo Explorers in a head to head battle of two division leading teams. The Chiefs, with a 7 wins and 1 loss record, versus the Buffalo Explorers, with a 5 win, 0 loss, 2 tie record. The Chiefs struck quickly four minutes into the game with a power play goal by Alden’s Gage Mueller assisted by Jamie Bonn. Midway trough the period Alex Held scored unassisted with a shot from the slot. The Chiefs third goal came with just under a minute remaining in the first with Mueller’s second goal of the night assisted by Alex Held and Jamie Bonn.
Buffalo opened up the second period with their first goal of the night. The Chiefs struck back just under two minutes later with a goal from Ryan Coulombe with assists from freshman Colton Czajka and Alden’s sophomore Spencer Hrynczak . Buffalo responded eleven seconds later with a tally of their own on a hard drive to the net. Late in the second period, while on the power play, Meuller scores his third goal of the game with a drop pass from Garrett Miller assisted by Jamie Bonn.
The third period scoring started with Iroquois sixth goal of the game. This was a power play goal scored by Held for his second of the game assisted by Meuller and Spencer Hrynczak. Buffalo strikes back late in the period with their third goal of the night. Iroquois final goal of the night came with 1:42 left in the game with a goal by Jamie Bonn assisted by Meuller. Buffalo’s final tally came with 1:03 on the clock for a final score of Iroquois/ Alden 7, Buffalo 4. Iroquois net minder Colton DeGrace, backed by a strong defensive core led by Garrett Miller, Owen Creighton, Tim McCormick, Cam Giancarlo, Adam Czech (Alden), and Cole Miller played hard to secure Iroquois it’s 8th victory of the year.
