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Dec. 22—JAMESTOWN — A nasty turnover cost Bottineau/Rugby the game on Monday evening — much to Jamestown's delight.
With four seconds left in the second period of the Braves' tilt against the Blue Jays, Jamestown senior Bennett Goehner beat goalie Rowan Cheshire on the stick side and landed the puck to give his team a 3-2 advantage.
"Benny was where he needed to be," JHS head coach Jake Stilwell said in an interview with Jamestown's 107.1 FM. "He scored there because he was in the right spot. He's high, in the middle of the ice preventing cross-ice passes. Their guy tried to go to the far side and tried to put it right on his tape and that's not their guy necessarily making a terrible play, that was our group doing a great job of adjusting, playing in our structure and ... having a third guy high and in the middle."
Jamestown held on to defeat the Braves 3-2 to improve to 4-1. The Blue Jays will be back at Wilson Arena on Jan. 3 hosting Williston at 5:30 p.m.
While it was a win, Stilwell thought the Jays could have done better at certain times.
The Braves had the icebreaking goal in the first period — an unassisted score by Casey Freeman at the 4:08 mark. Jamestown tied it up at 5:22 with a goal by Max Whitman but Gavin Barsch put the visitors up again with a goal at 12:24.
"(Bottineau) had the puck in dangerous areas a lot in the first period," Stilwell said. "That goes back to us being a step slower. They were able to spread the ice out really well and that's not how we want other teams to play against us — we want to be able to cut the ice in half."
John Belzer made it 2-2 with a goal scored nine seconds before the first intermission.
"We realized their wingers were really flying hard," Stilwell said. "We had our two seniors recognize that their wingers were flying through and they ran a walk-play. Bennett does a great job of walking the center then Johnny got to the back post and had a tap-in open net. It was really nice for those older guys to recognize a play there and recognize where the pressure was and where it wasn't."
In the final frame, the Blue Jays limited the Braves' to eight shots on goal while they were recorded as having 15 shots on goal. Cheshire was credited with 34 saves. Jamestown's Leif Hanson made 19 saves.
"In the second and third, if you look at grade-A chances, (Bottineau) had a few but when they had the puck in zone, it was on the outside of the ice a lot," Stilwell said. "They had a couple of chances here and there but when we had the occasional breakdown happen we had (Hanson) back there to stop the play. He played great when we needed him and we did just enough to get it done."
Jamestown 3, Bottineau/Rugby 2
BR 2 0 0 — 2
JHS 2 1 0 — 3
Scoring
First period
1. B/R, Casey Freeman (unassisted), 4:08; 2. JHS, Max Whitman (Gavin Schafter, Brady Nenow), 5:22; 3. B/R, Gavin Barsch (unassisted), 12:24; 4. JHS, John Belzer (Bennett Goehner, Parker Roelfsema), 16:51.
Second period
5. JHS, Goehner (Belzer, Roelfsema), 16:56.
Third period
No scoring.
Third period
Shots on goal: Bottineau/Rugby 7-6-8—21; Jamestown 13-9-15—24
Goalie saves: Bottineau/Rugby, Rowan Cheshire 34; Jamestown, Leif Hanson 19.
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With four seconds left in the second period of the Braves' tilt against the Blue Jays, Jamestown senior Bennett Goehner beat goalie Rowan Cheshire on the stick side and landed the puck to give his team a 3-2 advantage.
"Benny was where he needed to be," JHS head coach Jake Stilwell said in an interview with Jamestown's 107.1 FM. "He scored there because he was in the right spot. He's high, in the middle of the ice preventing cross-ice passes. Their guy tried to go to the far side and tried to put it right on his tape and that's not their guy necessarily making a terrible play, that was our group doing a great job of adjusting, playing in our structure and ... having a third guy high and in the middle."
Jamestown held on to defeat the Braves 3-2 to improve to 4-1. The Blue Jays will be back at Wilson Arena on Jan. 3 hosting Williston at 5:30 p.m.
While it was a win, Stilwell thought the Jays could have done better at certain times.
The Braves had the icebreaking goal in the first period — an unassisted score by Casey Freeman at the 4:08 mark. Jamestown tied it up at 5:22 with a goal by Max Whitman but Gavin Barsch put the visitors up again with a goal at 12:24.
"(Bottineau) had the puck in dangerous areas a lot in the first period," Stilwell said. "That goes back to us being a step slower. They were able to spread the ice out really well and that's not how we want other teams to play against us — we want to be able to cut the ice in half."
John Belzer made it 2-2 with a goal scored nine seconds before the first intermission.
"We realized their wingers were really flying hard," Stilwell said. "We had our two seniors recognize that their wingers were flying through and they ran a walk-play. Bennett does a great job of walking the center then Johnny got to the back post and had a tap-in open net. It was really nice for those older guys to recognize a play there and recognize where the pressure was and where it wasn't."
In the final frame, the Blue Jays limited the Braves' to eight shots on goal while they were recorded as having 15 shots on goal. Cheshire was credited with 34 saves. Jamestown's Leif Hanson made 19 saves.
"In the second and third, if you look at grade-A chances, (Bottineau) had a few but when they had the puck in zone, it was on the outside of the ice a lot," Stilwell said. "They had a couple of chances here and there but when we had the occasional breakdown happen we had (Hanson) back there to stop the play. He played great when we needed him and we did just enough to get it done."
Jamestown 3, Bottineau/Rugby 2
BR 2 0 0 — 2
JHS 2 1 0 — 3
Scoring
First period
1. B/R, Casey Freeman (unassisted), 4:08; 2. JHS, Max Whitman (Gavin Schafter, Brady Nenow), 5:22; 3. B/R, Gavin Barsch (unassisted), 12:24; 4. JHS, John Belzer (Bennett Goehner, Parker Roelfsema), 16:51.
Second period
5. JHS, Goehner (Belzer, Roelfsema), 16:56.
Third period
No scoring.
Third period
Shots on goal: Bottineau/Rugby 7-6-8—21; Jamestown 13-9-15—24
Goalie saves: Bottineau/Rugby, Rowan Cheshire 34; Jamestown, Leif Hanson 19.
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