Admirals Hockey Tie Green Wave 4-4 , Top Huskies 4-0

While most spent this past weekend huddled around their TV sets, the Admirals took to the ice and were looking to snap a three-game losing skid on Saturday against the Dover Green Wave. This wouldn’t be an easy task, though, as they were the defending state champions. The Admirals, however, had beaten the defending champs last season in overtime, what would be in store for them this time around? A 4-4 tie.
In the first, it was a bit of rough sailing for Alvirne-Milford, Green Wave captain Owen Culcasi scored just 13 seconds into the game to make it 1-0 Dover.
Caleb Marasca would tack on another goal for Dover just under 7 minutes later on a breakaway that came off a turnover to make it 2-0 in favor of the visitors. Marasca would tack on a second goal just as time expired to make it 3-0 as the teams headed for the locker room for the first intermission.
In the second period, the Admirals went back to what had worked for them at the beginning of the season: physical play, strong breakouts, and shooting the puck whenever a lane was open. It also helped that senior goalie Trent Scarbro came in and took over for Kian Corcoran, who has had a rough go of things after starting the season strong.
Landon Briand would get the first marker for the Admirals, just tapping the puck into a wide-open cage on a rebound from a shot from Brandon Callahan.
Zach Grigg would answer back for Dover, though, making it 4-1. That goal, however, did not deflate the sails of the Admirals, as the captain, Ceddy Beaulieu would answer just seconds later with his first goal since getting the “C” on his jersey.
The Admirals would have two quality chances to tie the game up with Callahan just missing an open net and then James Nemeth having a goal wiped away after kicking the puck to his stick and shooting it in, and the refs deeming it that the puck was kicked into the net itself. 4-2 was certainly not insurmountable for the Admirals, though.
In a third period that was dominated by Alvirne-Milford, Cade Bouchard and Braydon Atwood would score the third and fourth goals respectively with Bouchard’s goal coming with 8:49 remaining in the third period, and then Braydon Atwood 15 seconds later would take a faceoff to the right of Allander, and Atwood took the shot off the draw and beat the Dover goalie clean to tie the game at 4-4.
The overtime period was dominated mostly by the Green Wave, and it felt as if, had any goaltender not named Trent Scarbro been in net for some of the chances Dover had, the Green Wave would have likely won it. Fortunately, the Admirals have probably the best goalie tandem in Division 2, and Trent was finding his groove at a perfect time.
Owen Marasca had a chance about two minutes into the extra frame to end it on a breakaway, but Scarbro, as he has so many times in his four years in navy and maroon, shut the door with his blocker and kept the game alive.
Again, Marasca and Owen Culcasi got into the Admirals’ end about halfway through overtime, and Scarbro, in the spread eagle, managed to keep the puck out of the net.
At that point, Scarbro couldn’t help himself but celebrate, “It was a bit out of character, for sure. Honestly, I thought it was warranted, though. Keep those two shots from one of their best players out of the net,” Scarbro said when asked about his OT performance.
While nobody came out of the game with the win, this game was critical for the Admirals to at least tie in, and they did just that, finding a way to get a tie before heading to Keene to play the Monadnock-Fall Mountain-ConVal Huskies in a game that was played on Monday and saw the Admirals taking care of business 4-0 in what was a quick game with very few penalties. Scarbro would keep his hot streak going and earn a 22-save shutout, his first since Timberlane last season. Ceddy Beaulieu, Bryce Larco, and Cade Bouchard would keep the scoring going, with Bouchard getting two tallies in the win.
“I went to Scarbro [on Saturday] to get the ship righted. He responded with fire in his belly as we stormed back to tie the game at 4-4. I was waiting for Trent to show some fire and grit, and then to add the shutout against the Huskies,” fifth-year head coach Dave Thibeault said, singing the praises of his senior netminder. “James Nemeth continues to be an unsung hero with his hard-hitting style of play. He’s the type of player that shows up when things are tough,” Thibeault added of his gritty winger.
The Admirals will next take to the road to play the Spaulding Red Raiders in a crucial matchup on Saturday at Rochester Ice Arena at 7:30 p.m.

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