JVA Falcons tie Upper Moreland

The Pennsbury JVA Falcons, who were having a rough season to begin with took on the only team worse then them and have yet to win a game in Upper Moreland. The Falcons outplayed Upper Moreland a majority of the game, however failed to capitalize on power play opportunities. This resulted in a 1-1 tie. The game started off slow in a goaltending battle and a defensive battle was at foot between two teams , who haven't been able to play much defense at all the whole season. Falcons netminder Ben Herring was having a very solid first period until the final 13 seconds, where Matt Hoagland shot a puck that went sky high and Herring lost sight of it and it fell in behind his back. With the absence of the injuried Lefevre, captain Kyle Boltersdorf was forced to play defense and played solid alongside teammate John Gindhart, who saved a breakaway in the second period. Gindhart used his speed to get back and make a great backcheck and break the play up. Herring held his own during the period and the pairing of Faro and Kim turned out to be effective. Paul Kim has had notable improvement throughout the season to avenge him being out of position and Faro has been a surprise hitter. Finally, with 06:48 left in the second period, Sean Costello surged through the offensive zone, bursting through two Upper Moreland defensemen and took a wicked shot off the pad of goaltender Luke Bradshaw right to Jeff Stitt, who burred the goal with Costello and Faro assisting. Jeff Stitt had a great game offensively and he had plenty of hits. One of which resulted in an Upper Moreland player getting taken out of Grundy on a stretcher, which was incidental. The Upper Moreland players tried to retaliate although it wasn't Stitt's fault at all as he fell over him, but he held his own ground. The players that tried to lay him out, would just end up getting seated on the ice. At the end of the second period the score was tied at 1-1. The third was a period dominated by Pennsbury, who out shot Upper Moreland 14-3 but couldn't get anymore rubber in the back of Bradshaw; well at least for a goal. Dakota Morrow, Jesse Perlstein and Jason Millen put constant pressure in the offensive zone. Morrow had quite a few chances denied and he almost set up Liana Eyre for a goal; Eyre also had one of her stronger games. Midway through the third, Millen found Costello all alone in the front and his backhander barely missed getting over the glove of Bradshaw. Costello found himself getting a great amount of shots on net and displayed his offensive talent. He worked well with Stitt when he got to play offense with him and played well in his stint at center. The faceoffs were dominated by Hank Kauffman, probably the JVA team's best faceoff man at the moment. It appeared Jesse Perlstein had won the game in the final minute as he beat Bradshaw fivehole and the Pennsbury crowd put on a celebration. However, the goal was waived off due to the net was clipped off it's mourings and the game resulted in a tie. The difference was perhaps Pennsbury's power play unit that continued to struggle at an 0 for 4 and it doesn't look like it's getting any better. Maybe they should try my power play idea? It could only help at this point. The Falcons outshot Upper Moreland 26-22 in a good effort.