Kenmore Girls Varsity Ice Hockey team took the Section VI Championship for the fourth time Wednesday night when they defeated Williamsville 6-3 in regulation.
Olivia Smith got Kenmore on the Boards with an unassisted goal at 5:30 of the first period . That was to be the first of three for Smith.
Lina Mirabella followed suit at 6:57, assisted by Taylor Story. Kenmore went up 2-0 at the end of the first.
Smith opened the scoring in the second period on an assist from Nina Stockman and Mirabella at 3:40. Anna Orzechowski got her first of the game at 8:00, assisted by Lauren Pray.
Williamsville answered back and at 12:44 Holly Schmelzer scored a shorthanded goal. The assist went to Amanda Gaffney.
However Smith took the puck for the third time giving her a hat trick and Kenmore goes up 5-1 at the end of the third. She was assisted by Story and Emily King.
Williamsville’s Leah Czerwinski scored just over 3 minutes into the third period. Assist went to Sara Scolnick. Scolnick wasn’t done . At 12:35 she scored on a pass from Maggie Fuzak and Williamsville closed in on Kenmore 5-3.
At 13:07 Kenmore’s Hannah Gallivan shot one down the ice to an open net and the final score was 6-3.
Minding the net for Williamsville was Jenna Lukomski and early in the third Rose Quattro stepped in. Unofficially it was 24 SOG for Kenmore and 14 for Williamsville.
Kenmore now faces Thousand Islands/Alexandria Bay in the first round of the NYS Girl’s Varsity Ice Hockey Championships at HarborCenter. That game will be played at 6 p.m. on Friday (Feb. 6).
The second game that evening is at 8 p.m. and pits Beekmantown against Massena. The Championship game will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday (Feb. 7).
Kenmore and Beekmantown are making repeat performances. Last year the Championship ended in Co-Champions, Skaneateles and Potsdam after four overtimes. (There is no shoot out).
On Monday, Feb. 9 the WNYGVIH Federation Championships begin with four games scheduled. At 4:30 p.m. West Seneca/Hamburg takes on Kenmore; 6 p.m. it will be Amherst/Sweethome facing off against Williamsville and at 7:30 p.m. Lancaster/Iroquois will take on Orchard Park/Frontier.
The winners of those game will play at 7 p.m. and *;30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 11 and the Championship will be at 5 p.m. on Friday, February 13.
Monsignor Martin, currently in first place in the Federation has a bye until the first game on Wednesday.
