South Burlington — The CVU Redhawks scored three goals in the third period and topped the Colchester Lakers 3-1 in VPA Division One State tournament action on Wednesday night inside Cairns Arena.<\/p>\n
The two clubs battled through two scoreless periods with the Redhawks outshooting the Lakers 18-8. CVU went 0-2 on a pair of second period powerplays while CHS failed on its lone ma up chance in the first.<\/p>\n
But the cover came off the nets in the final period. CVU took the lead at 1:23 when Tyler Brooks’ lifted a shot into the top of the net on their third powerplay chance .<\/p>\n
But the lead lasted only a little over four minutes. The Lakers, who had been shutout three times in three previous meetings with the Redhawks, finally broke through and tied the game at 5:39 when Tate Hamblett, racing down the right wing, \u00a0fired a low shot just inside the far post.<\/p>\n
But CVU struck quickly in response. A minute and a half later Joe Parento fired a shot that was was stopped the CHS goalkeeper Jake Rocheleau, but as he sprawled across the crease the puck bounced off the keeper into the cage.<\/p>\n
Leading 2-1 CVU took a late penalty and CHS pulled Rocheleau for the extra attacker and a two man advantage. But Owen McCuin broke up the right wing, avoided a pair of defenders and deposited the game clinching goal into the empty net with six seconds left.<\/p>\n
Blaine Moore made 14 saves in earning the win for the Redhawks. Rocheleau stopped 23 shots in the loss for Colchester.<\/p>\n
With the win CVU, now 9-7-5 on the season, moves on to play at Essex next week in the semi-finals. The loss ends the Lakers season at 4-15-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
South Burlington — The CVU Redhawks scored three goals in the third period and topped the Colchester Lakers 3-1 in VPA Division One State tournament action on Wednesday night inside Cairns Arena. The two clubs battled through two scoreless periods with the Redhawks outshooting the Lakers 18-8. CVU went 0-2 on a pair of second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[280],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n