Verona holds down Bluebirds
JANESVILLE The Verona Wildcats were the preseason favorite to win the Big Eight Conference hockey title.
Saturday night at the Janesville Ice Skating Center, the Wildcats proved why.
Tyler Schmelser had a goal and three assists to lead Verona to a 5-1 win.
Janesville (1-1, 1-1) outshot Verona, 28-25, but could not find the net.
VERONA 5, JANESVILLE 1
Verona 3 0 2—5
Janesville 0 1 0—1
First Period
V—Nick Olson (Tyler Schmelser, Dan Bart-Koviak), 4:36. V—Eddie Matsushima (Schmelser, Seymour), 11:42. V—Schmelser (Tourdot), 15:40.
Second Period
J—Joe Allen (Sean MacDougall), pp, 9:59.
Third Period
V—Seymour (Kerlyluk, Matsushima), 6:00. V—Markoviak (Schmelser), 7:22.
Saves—Austin Schmid (V) 27, Tyler Lewis (J) 20.
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Dec 7, 2009 at 6:34 a.m.
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I would be interested to know if this player was alright as well. I saw the injury firsthand and it did not look good. Any update would be appreciated.
Dec 7, 2009 at 2:14 a.m.
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A Verona player seemed hurt really bad. Does anybody know if he is okay?
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