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Re: '18-'19 NESCAC season
Various headlines in the local Sunday papers proclaim something along the lines of "Gold(stein)en Leidt fills Kenyon" reflecting the fact that goaltender Goldstein (24/24) and sniper Leidt (rare NESCAC natural hat trick) led the Panthers to a 3-0 win over Amherst Saturday afternoon.
Leidt showed the direction the game would go in, drilling one off the crossbar from low, right circle at 4:50. Amherst created extended possessions and pressure on Goldstein middle of the first, but was unable to score. Mammoth tender Walker thwarted Barney at 16: with a nice move to cover; Barney handcuffed her with a drive from low right circle, then Walker moved right stuffing Barney, who'd fought to the gloveside of the crease, finding her own rebound. An innocent line change dump in became a good chance for Amherst at 18:30 with Flynn racing down the puck in the right circle and swooping in on Goldstein at the gloveside post.
The 2nd period action was back and forth with chances at both ends of the ice. Midd D and Goldstein were very good killing an Amherst powerplay called at 14:37. The Panthers then cashed in a 5x3 goal (second Mammoth penalty a stick flying slash top of the crease). Leidt won a faceoff in the left circle, Jackson fed Marotta up top, Leidt set up in the left circle, and rammed the return feed on a onetime forehand past goalie Walker up gloveside.
3rd period opened with Goldstein making a blocker stop on Amherst's Hoang at :35, followed by long Mammoth possession in the offensive zone around 8:15 and a good scoring chance by Mammoth McNamara. Leidt's second score came with Ryan pinching deep in the left corner, getting the puck to Jackson on the end boards; Jackson moved behind the net, feeding Leidt in the slot for the forehand score. Leidt's hat trick came on the powerplay with Zumwinkle fielding a clearing attempt high inside the blueline, launching a drive that Walker kicked out, only to see Leidt catch and release the rebound from low left circle, in the open twine stickside.
Amherst emerges from the foray to Vermont as a very good (4-5-2, 1-3-2 NESCAC), but I am sure disappointed, team. Middlebury improves to 5-2-3, 4-0-2 NESCAC (securing NESCAC tie-breakers with Conn, Amherst and Trinity thus far).
Various headlines in the local Sunday papers proclaim something along the lines of "Gold(stein)en Leidt fills Kenyon" reflecting the fact that goaltender Goldstein (24/24) and sniper Leidt (rare NESCAC natural hat trick) led the Panthers to a 3-0 win over Amherst Saturday afternoon.
Leidt showed the direction the game would go in, drilling one off the crossbar from low, right circle at 4:50. Amherst created extended possessions and pressure on Goldstein middle of the first, but was unable to score. Mammoth tender Walker thwarted Barney at 16: with a nice move to cover; Barney handcuffed her with a drive from low right circle, then Walker moved right stuffing Barney, who'd fought to the gloveside of the crease, finding her own rebound. An innocent line change dump in became a good chance for Amherst at 18:30 with Flynn racing down the puck in the right circle and swooping in on Goldstein at the gloveside post.
The 2nd period action was back and forth with chances at both ends of the ice. Midd D and Goldstein were very good killing an Amherst powerplay called at 14:37. The Panthers then cashed in a 5x3 goal (second Mammoth penalty a stick flying slash top of the crease). Leidt won a faceoff in the left circle, Jackson fed Marotta up top, Leidt set up in the left circle, and rammed the return feed on a onetime forehand past goalie Walker up gloveside.
3rd period opened with Goldstein making a blocker stop on Amherst's Hoang at :35, followed by long Mammoth possession in the offensive zone around 8:15 and a good scoring chance by Mammoth McNamara. Leidt's second score came with Ryan pinching deep in the left corner, getting the puck to Jackson on the end boards; Jackson moved behind the net, feeding Leidt in the slot for the forehand score. Leidt's hat trick came on the powerplay with Zumwinkle fielding a clearing attempt high inside the blueline, launching a drive that Walker kicked out, only to see Leidt catch and release the rebound from low left circle, in the open twine stickside.
Amherst emerges from the foray to Vermont as a very good (4-5-2, 1-3-2 NESCAC), but I am sure disappointed, team. Middlebury improves to 5-2-3, 4-0-2 NESCAC (securing NESCAC tie-breakers with Conn, Amherst and Trinity thus far).
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