Day Two of NCRHA Action!

Saturday morning action brought the two top teams after Friday, with the ECRHA playing the GPCIHL in the first game of the day. The GPCIHL went up early, and led 6-1 at the end of the first period. The ECRHA battled back, with 3 straight goals, making the game 6-4. That was as close as the ECRHA could get, as the teams traded goals in the closing minutes of play, making the final score GPCIHL 8, ECRHA 6. GPCIHL’s Andy Meade, Salman Shah and Joshua Bryson each had 3 points in the win, while Chris Kendall had 4 points for the ECRHA.

In the second game of the day, the MCRHL matched up against WCRHL Red (both teams 0-2 coming into the game). MCRHL struck first with a goal form Josh Sammons. The MCRHL’s lead lasted for about 8 minutes, but the WCRHL scored 3 straight goals to take the lead. In the closing seconds, the MCRHL’s Matt Bianoco scored and the WCRHL had a 3-2 lead heading into the intermission. In the second period, it was just 2 WCRHL Red goals, scored by the UC Santa Barbara pair of Josh Haddox (on the Power Play) and Justin Hannah. The final score was 5-3 with WCRHL Red defeating the MCRHL. Both teams have tough games later today, both against undefeated teams, with the MCRHL facing WCRHL White and WCRHL Red facing GPCIHL.

More to come…