Iroquois JV Playoffs
02/17/2017
Iroquois 2
Depew 1
02/19/2017
Iroquois 1
Depew 0
Playing in the playoffs is special. The opportunities do not happen every day and need to be taken advantage of when they come around. The junior varsity Iroquois Chiefs played in a best of three series against the Depew Wildcats JV team and promptly swept them two game to zero. The match up was extremely fair and balanced and truly either team could have advanced. Fortunately the Iroquois team came out on the winning end. The first game was a fantastic duel with exciting up and down action. In the end Nick Dichristafaro had the high school game to remember scoring both goals leading the JV to victory. Playing amazing in net was Zack Vitez who made a handful of key stops to frustrate the Depew team. Defensively, Shane Gusterferro, Jack Zienski and Patrick Moran were terrific clearing the front of the net and making great outlet passes from the defensive zone.
In the second game Sunday night Iroquois knew the Depew team was looking for revenge. The game was tight checking with a limited chances on both sides. Leading the way for the Chiefs was defensemen Tyler Kaplewicz who wristed home a beautiful shot from the blueline. Providing the traffic in the front of the net was the line of Zack Murphy, Ryan Kingston and Austin Baker. After that goal the game belonged to Alex Musielak who made a few fantastic stops to shut down the Wildcats of Depew. It was a pressure packed game that couldn’t have been any more evenly matched. The Chiefs did all they could to win and preserved because of the attitude, effort and skill. Winning this playoff series was a definition of a team win.
The JV mixed division championship game will be held on Saturday February 25 at 10:30am at the Northtowns Center against Eden/Lakeshore.
