Tonight's matchup pinned two of the top teams in the metro girls division against each other as the Naper Valley girls held a 2 point lead in the standings. Both of these teams are positioning for the playoffs and New Trier really wanted to play well against the defending state champs and set themselves up for a deep playoff run. Naper Valley was looking to solidify themselves as the top team in the division and set up an easier spot to repeat as champs.
Early on New Trier came out with a lot of offensive pressure, keeping the puck deep in the Naper Valley zone and really doing a great job keeping the puck out of their zone. Then captain Kelly Seymour, Naper Valley, got the puck deep in the New Trier zone and fired a shot for a 1-0 Naper Valley lead. That was the score after the first period.
The second period started off with some back and forth play and then finally New Trier was able to get on the board and tie it at 1. The score remained that way for most of the period until Kelly Seymour let one rip from the right wing dot and went top shelf over Cirrincione for a 2-1 Naper Valley lead.
The third period was dominated by New Trier. Carolyn Hickey squeezed a shot past Monzel on the short side to tie the game at 2. Then Carolyn Fuwa let a wrist shot fly from the top of the right wing circle that made it through some traffic to light the lamp for New Triers first lead of the game. New Trier was able to add on another goal and then held on to a 4-2 victory and some very important points in the girls metro division.
Lucky for us we were joined after the game by four of the New Trier girls, senior captain Mackenzie Martin, senior forward Carolyn Fuwa, junior alternate captain Hannah Merens, and junior goaltender Alexis Cirrincione. To hear the interview with these girls go to www.sportstownchicago.com and download the game and post game for free.
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