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YORK HOCKEY GETS SHORT-HANDED WIN

By J Redick/YHC, 10/24/15, 3:00PM CDT

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York Hockey Club’s varsity squad solidified its position atop the Illinois High School Hockey League West Division standings with a victory over second place Sandburg High School on Friday October 16th. The 3-2 win improved the Dukes league record to 5-0-1. York was successful despite the absence of a number of players and some early penalty trouble.

“It was a big win for the team,” said York Coach Bruce Turpin. “But we are going to have to buckle down in the defensive zone and play more disciplined if we are going to continue to put wins on the board and remain undefeated in league play.”   

Sandburg took advantage of sloppy defensive zone play by York and grabbed an early lead. The Dukes rebounded and improved but were unable to get on the scoreboard in the first period.

York came out strong in the second period and tied the game when freshman Chris Lee made a strong play to keep the puck in the offensive zone and junior Jack Redick chipped the puck to  Nick Lee, junior. The older Lee then unleashed a wicked wrist shot that made it past the Sandburg goalie to tie the game.

Less than two minutes later senior Mark Dorsey got knocked to the ice in front of the net by a Sandburg defender. Dorsey was able to fight off the assault and scored from his knees to give York a 2-1 lead.

Before the end of the second period York extended its lead when Nick Lee scored his second goal on another high wrist shot with an assist going to senior Cam Dobroka.

Despite the Duke’s three goal second period, the Eagles would not give up.  Sandburg was able to score early in the third period to make it a one goal game. York fended off the visitors and secured the victory as sophomore goalie Nolan Knupp made 13 of his 24 saves in the final period to earn the win.

“It was not pretty,” said Redick. “But we got the job done.”