Originally posted on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 9:56pm
7-5 victory lifts Jaguars into first-place tie
He still provided the Jets’ offensive fire power.
Jaguar Mite #2, however, had some fire power of its own on Saturday, Jan. 7. More, in fact, than Sean Doyle and his Chicago Jets #1 teammates could muster. The end result, the Jaguars handed the Jets their first loss of the regular season, topping the previously unbeaten team 7-5 on Inwood Ice.
The win improved the Jaguars’ record to 4-4 on the season and moved them into a first-place tie with not only the Jets, but also Bruins #2 and Maniax #1. At the end of Northern Illinois Hockey League play on Saturday, each of the teams had 8 points in the White Tier of the Silver B Level of the Mite Division.
The Jaguars, who had played the Jets on three previous occasions this season, had devised a defensive plan aimed at slowing down Doyle, who had led the Jets offensively in each of the three previous meetings. While the Jaguars’ defense played him and the rest of the Jets tough on defense, especially in the third period, the Jets’ star still managed to record a hat trick in the contest, as well as contributing an early assist.
The Jaguars, however, responded with numerous offensive weapons, including Trevor Hudak, who recorded a hat trick of his own, and Blake Brenczewski, who tallied twice but was also a force from his forward position in helping to stymie the Jets’ offense.
It was the Jaguars who got off to a quick start on Saturday, claiming a quick 1-0 lead just 25 second into the game when Hudak converted a Jarrett Goodwin pass into a goal. Approximately 2:30 later, Goodwin raised the margin to two with an unassisted goal of his own.
The Jets, however, cut the margin in half, trimming the Jaguar lead to 2-1 when Julian Loessl-Cain scored at the 4:51 mark. The assists were credited to Doyle and Jacob Pohl.
The Jaguars were quick to respond, reclaiming the two-goal margin just 20 seconds later off Brenczewski’s stick.
The momentum switched back to the Jets’ side early in the second period, however, when Doyle flipped the puck into the back of the net at the 9:57 mark of the period, making the score 3-2 in the Jaguar’s favor.
That is when the real shootout began, as over the next 9:00, the teams combined for five goals, beginning with an unassisted Ryan Louthan marker, which returned the Jaguars to a two-goal cushion… briefly. It took just 10 seconds for the Jets’ Dylan Knusta to respond with an unassisted goal of his own.
Hudak had a fast response for the Jaguars, however, scoring his second goal of the game on an unassisted tally just :18 after the Knusta goal.
The Jets’ Doyle answered with two goals just 30 second apart – one at the 1:38 mark of the middle stanza and the second with 1:03 to play – to knot the score at 5-5 going into the final 11:00 of play.
That is when the Jaguars really buckled down defensively, holding the Jets scoreless in the final period on the strength of goaltender Luke Brzezinski, who tallied 9 of his 14 saves in the period. Conversely, the Jaguars, who found themselves short-handed for 2:58 of the final 8:21 of the game, only produced two shots in the stanza, but both found the back of the net to secure the 7-5 victory.
Brenczewski lifted the Jaguars to the lead with an unassisted goal at the 5:43 mark, and Hudak iced the victory with his third tally of the game with 2:46 remaining.
He still provided the Jets’ offensive fire power.
Jaguar Mite #2, however, had some fire power of its own on Saturday, Jan. 7. More, in fact, than Sean Doyle and his Chicago Jets #1 teammates could muster. The end result, the Jaguars handed the Jets their first loss of the regular season, topping the previously unbeaten team 7-5 on Inwood Ice.
The win improved the Jaguars’ record to 4-4 on the season and moved them into a first-place tie with not only the Jets, but also Bruins #2 and Maniax #1. At the end of Northern Illinois Hockey League play on Saturday, each of the teams had 8 points in the White Tier of the Silver B Level of the Mite Division.
The Jaguars, who had played the Jets on three previous occasions this season, had devised a defensive plan aimed at slowing down Doyle, who had led the Jets offensively in each of the three previous meetings. While the Jaguars’ defense played him and the rest of the Jets tough on defense, especially in the third period, the Jets’ star still managed to record a hat trick in the contest, as well as contributing an early assist.
The Jaguars, however, responded with numerous offensive weapons, including Trevor Hudak, who recorded a hat trick of his own, and Blake Brenczewski, who tallied twice but was also a force from his forward position in helping to stymie the Jets’ offense.
It was the Jaguars who got off to a quick start on Saturday, claiming a quick 1-0 lead just 25 second into the game when Hudak converted a Jarrett Goodwin pass into a goal. Approximately 2:30 later, Goodwin raised the margin to two with an unassisted goal of his own.
The Jets, however, cut the margin in half, trimming the Jaguar lead to 2-1 when Julian Loessl-Cain scored at the 4:51 mark. The assists were credited to Doyle and Jacob Pohl.
The Jaguars were quick to respond, reclaiming the two-goal margin just 20 seconds later off Brenczewski’s stick.
The momentum switched back to the Jets’ side early in the second period, however, when Doyle flipped the puck into the back of the net at the 9:57 mark of the period, making the score 3-2 in the Jaguar’s favor.
That is when the real shootout began, as over the next 9:00, the teams combined for five goals, beginning with an unassisted Ryan Louthan marker, which returned the Jaguars to a two-goal cushion… briefly. It took just 10 seconds for the Jets’ Dylan Knusta to respond with an unassisted goal of his own.
Hudak had a fast response for the Jaguars, however, scoring his second goal of the game on an unassisted tally just :18 after the Knusta goal.
The Jets’ Doyle answered with two goals just 30 second apart – one at the 1:38 mark of the middle stanza and the second with 1:03 to play – to knot the score at 5-5 going into the final 11:00 of play.
That is when the Jaguars really buckled down defensively, holding the Jets scoreless in the final period on the strength of goaltender Luke Brzezinski, who tallied 9 of his 14 saves in the period. Conversely, the Jaguars, who found themselves short-handed for 2:58 of the final 8:21 of the game, only produced two shots in the stanza, but both found the back of the net to secure the 7-5 victory.
Brenczewski lifted the Jaguars to the lead with an unassisted goal at the 5:43 mark, and Hudak iced the victory with his third tally of the game with 2:46 remaining.
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