Oct 28, 2018 | RNyenhuis | 441 views
Porter, Nyenhuis Lift Aces Past Ravens
Aces Prevail Sunday Against Division Rivals
The Rod Smith Aces returned to regular season play Sunday on the road against the Waterloo Ravens determined to improve their standing in the LLFHL Central West Division. With emotions running high the team came together to rally around their line-mate and their head coach to provide them with the lift they needed. The Aces got to work straight away pressuring the Raven defense and hammering the Raven goal. The Cameron, Nickel, Porter line connected early as Ace offensive player of the game Linley Porter hammered home a loose puck to put the Aces up 1-0. The Ravens were determined to not give up and took the play back to the Ace net late the first. Goal tender Flanagan held her ground with her excellent lateral movement but the Ravens were able to lift one over the Ace star to bring the game back to even ground. Claire Donnelly's reliable defensive clearings and forward feeding pucks throughout the game gave her a well deserved defensive player of the game.
After a scoreless second with the game seemed headed for a dead-locked draw the Aces got the break they needed when Pippa Nyenhuis scooped up a loose puck and broke for the Raven net. With defensive pressure on, she fired the puck at the Raven goal, followed up and found the loose puck and buried it in the back of the net to provide the game winner for the Ace squad. The Aces held their ground against Raven pressure with the late game extra attacker and prevailed to give their coach the win. When reached for comment post game coach Cameron proclaimed that the whole team deserved the helmet today, as (they) came together and battled as a team for the win, perhaps with a little extra help from above from a special Aces fan looking down today.