October 10 17,
2007
Broncos,
Besieged by Illness and Injuries, Continue to Compete
Over the last two
weeks, the Barrington Broncos Hockey Club has looked like a MASH
Unit. Injuries to Matt Spica (ankle) Danny Condon (shoulder), Billy
Schmitz (shoulder), Brad
Kopp (collar bone),
and Kevin Kassulat (concussion). In addition, Josh Eastham and
Coach Hudson were sidelined with the flu.
Despite the
adversity, Barrington posted wins over the Barrington Redwings
Midget Major Team, 4 to 1 and an all star hockey team from
Milwaukee, 4 to 2. The Broncos suffered losses to Stevenson, 2 to
0 and New Trier Green, 6 to 1 and scrambled to tie Maine 2 to 2.
Barrington's
overall record, as of October 19th, is 10-6-3. All six losses have
been at the hands of teams ranked in the state's top five.
Barrington is currently ranked number nine in the state.
With about one
third of the season completed, Barrington, despite not having a game
with a healthy line-up, is competing admirably and is poised to have
a very successful season.
October 3, 2007
Broncos 5 Jacobs 0. The Broncos opened up the Metro Central
regular season with a bang, soundly beating Jacobs 5-0. It was a
balanced team effort with all three lines dominating their opponent
which featured some hot goal tending in a game where the action on
the ice was not fully reflected in the score.
October 4-8
New Trier Tournament. The Broncos are beginning to gel showing
heightened levels of intensity while dominating Warren, New Trier
Blue and New Trier White for a combined score of 19-2. The Broncos
went down early in the championship 3-0 against a very solid St.
Rita team but came back to tie things up with a few minutes to go in
the third. Unfortunately, a late goal with :21 left for St. Rita
gave them their second one-goal victory over the Broncos in as many
games. Clearly the Broncos have established themselves as one of the
top teams in Illinois HS Hockey this year. They will have to step up
and win some of the big games in HIT in order to reach their
potential. HIT opens next week against the consensus #1 team NTG.
Bartlett Tourney Recap:
The Broncos came
out strong and dominated the Lincolnway East team beating them
easily 9 to 1. In the second game against Providence, the Broncos
let up two early goals while unleashing a barrage of shots on the
Providence goaltender. While the Broncos were able to claw there way
back to a tie, the final score was a definite disappointment. In the
third game, the Broncos made a couple of early mistakes and a very
skilled New Trier Green team capitalized on both of them. The team
showed a lot of character in the second and third periods but NTG
capitalized on two more power plays to wrap the game up. After two
tournaments, the Broncos have shown that they can skate with anyone.
The regular season kicks off on October 3, against Jacobs at BIA at
9:05.
