Salmon River girls pick up 12th win of the season over Islanders

By Andy Gardner

The Salmon River Lady Shamrocks maintained a perfect record with their 12th 2019-2020 win over Alexandria Bay at home on Friday, Jan. 10.

The previous evening, the varsity hockey contingent defeated Plattsburgh 4-3 in a tilt on their home ice, Tom Cavanaugh Arena in Fort Covington.

The teams went back and forth right until the end. With the scoreboard knotted 3-3, Makhia Snyder got ahold of the puck and scored what would prove to be the game winner, with just 41 seconds left on the clock. The play was set up by Karli St. Ann and Emma Ransom. Karahwenhawe White scored the first goal of the game with just over a minute to go in the opening stanza, but Ada Johnson tied the game 45 seconds later. After 11:18 of play in the second period, Avery Holland pushed Plattsburgh out to a 2-1 lead with an assist credited to Morgan Reid. Seventeen seconds later, Taylnn Wylie returned the game to a tie. With 33 seconds left in the second period, Kayla Cunningham scored unassisted to push the ‘Rocks out to a 3-2 lead. Amanda Vaughn scored Plattsburgh’s final goal in the third period, assisted by Reid. Salmon River goal Carli Cartier made 23 saves.

The Massena Lady Raiders won two games in a row over Malone and, earlier in the week, Canton.

The FA victory was Friday, Jan. 10 in Malone. The Huskies got out to an early 1-0 lead with a first-period unassisted goal from Vail St. Hilaire, but weren’t able to counter a three-goal onslaught from Massena. In the second period, Kylie Letham tied the game after taking a pass from Ella Oakes at 10:14. A minute later, Lindsey LaDue fired in the eventual game-winner with a helper from Mackenzie Laclair. Ladue connected for the insurance marker on an empty net with 22 seconds left in the game. Hayley Boyce covered the Massena crease and turned aside 14 shots.

On Monday of the same week, Massena easily defeated Canton 5-1 at Massena Arena. Quinn Woodard put Canton out to a 1-0 lead in the first two minutes of play, assisted by Katherine Smith and Katie Fobare. Meg Wilmshurst tied the game a little over two minutes later, assisted by Hannah Chilton and Brooke Terry. Four minutes and 30 seconds after that goal, Wilmshurst took a pass from Terry and connected for the eventual game-winner. Chilton punched in an insurance marker, assisted by Terry, with 5:42 left in the first period. Terry scored a goal in the second period, on a power play with helpers from Wilmshurst and Mackenzie LaClair. Wilmshurst finished off a hat trick with just under two minutes to go in the middle frame on a play set up by Terry and Chilton. Massena goalie Mackenzie Garrow made 20 saves. Mackenzie Wiggins turned aside 21 for Canton.

The Salmon River boys battled to a 2-1 overtime win over Beekmantown

“Always tough to win at SUNY Plattsburgh. Beekmantown is always disciplined. Great team effort for us,” said Coach Tim Cook Sr.

Tim Cook Jr. scored the first goal of the game 1:57 into regulation after getting the puck from Connor Lewis. Keegin Rodler tied the game for Beekmantown in the middle stanza. Assists came from Collin Latinville and Dalton Kane. After a scoreless third period, Cook Jr. won the game in overtime. He scored the only other goal they would need on an unassisted play 2:57 into OT.

The Salmon River boys scored three goals in less than a minute to rout St. Lawrence Central on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

“Kids wanted this game a lot tonight. We had some new lines and threw in a few wrinkles. Nice one to get in the league,” Shamrocks Coach Cook said.

After a stalemate first period, Cobie Cree, Ethan Moulton and Stone Chubb posted three goals between 5:27 and 6:15 in the middle stanza. Assists came from Moulton and Alex Oakes, Cree, and Kade Cook and Jared Showen, respectively. Kade Hayes scored in the closing frame for Beekmantown, with a helper from Jarrett St. Hilaire. Shamrocks goalie Ryan Oakes made 26 saves. Jonah Burnett made 29 saves for Beekmantown.

The Massena Raiders boys lost 6-2 to Potsdam, and then had their Mark Tyo Tournament the weekend of Jan. 9 and 10 postponed due to icy weather.

“Both the Lancaster and McQuaid coaches regret that this has occurred and we will make attempts to re-schedule games if our respective schedule openings allow for it,” said Massena Coach Mike Trimboli.