by Janet Schultz
It was a cold, brisk night in the open air arena at Riverworks for the first game of the WNY Girl’s Varsity Ice Hockey League pitting Williamsville against West Seneca/Hamburg/Eden.
Williamsville’s Jenna Woods will go into the history books as scoring the first goal at 13:23 of the first period in that opening game of the season.
Williamsville held the lead with Leah Czerwinski scoring at 14:57 of the first.
Kelly Dormer opened the scoring in the second period and Williamsville was up 3-0 when Jackie Held scored for WS/Ham/Eden with assists coming from Emma ONeill and Nicole Harris. The third ended 3-1.
Williamsville’s Jenna Pietrowski sealed the win with a goal at 14:59 of the third period. She was assisted by Laura Kaplan and Czerwinski.
Up next are three games on Tuesday (Nov. 22) night with 4 p.m. puck drops at Holiday Twin Rinks and Northtowns and a 7:40 start at Lincoln.
Monsignor Martin faces Lancaster/Depew/Iroquois at Holiday; Williamsville takes on the Amherst/SweetHome/Clarence Katz at Northtowns and Kenmore/Grand Island faces Orchard Park/Frontier/Lake Shore at Lincoln Arena.
The league is welcoming Eden, along with Depew and Lakeshore this season. Six schools opened the season in 2010 and now with additional schools joining several of these teams, there are now 14 schools with six teams.
There is no admission charge for these games and the complete schedule can be found at www.wnygirlshockey.com
(Janet Schultz is the photographer and women’s hockey writer for NY Hockey OnLine Magazine www.nyhockeyonline.com)
