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YORK JV TAKES FIRST PLACE IN LEAGUE WITH 5TH SHUT-OUT

By L McCreadie/YHC, 10/31/15, 6:15PM CDT

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York Hockey Club’s junior varsity team leads the Illinois High School Hockey League West Division standings after earning its third consecutive shut-out victory, beating Glenbard 5-0 on Friday, October 30th. The JV Dukes remain the only undefeated team in the league’s JV division, with five out of team’s nine league games ending in shut-outs.

Junior Anthony Trankina lead the scoring march early in the first period when he received a pass from sophomore Jake McCreadie at his own blue line, skated past two defenders with a textbook toe-drag and sniped the shot over the goalie’s glove.

A few minutes later, sophomore Joey Calzante earned the team’s second goal with a battle for the puck and a solid shot into the far side of the net.

Trankina knocked in his second goal, the Duke’s 3rd of the night, with a wrist flick that lifted the puck over a Glenbard defenseman’s block and into the net. With only four minutes remaining in the 1st period, the one-two punch of McCreadie to Trankina, with an additional assist from freshman John Temple, gave the team their fourth goal of the night and both Trankina and the JV Dukes their first hat trick of the season.

Calzante made his goal count a double with the JV Duke’s fifth and final goal in the early minutes of the second period, giving York a solid lead as they headed into the third period.

Goalie Dylan Reynolds, sophomore, earned his fourth shut-out of the season by blocking all twenty-one shots the Glenbard skaters sent his way. With strong support from freshmen defensemen Matt Anikiej and John Temple and returning sophomore defensemen Jack Foley, AJ Orlando and Liam Gardner and junior Dominic Gatti, the JV Dukes have kept their goals-against count to a single-digit nine in nine games.

Coach Joe Fenzel feels positive about the direction the team has taken this season. “In the first month of league play, all twenty-one players have made contributions that were necessary to win. In each of the games, scoring as well as solid defensive play has come from each of the four lines. Backing it all up are three goal tenders who have done an excellent job between the pipes,” said Fenzel. “This team has the next man up attitude.”

The JV Dukes take on Wheaton West for their next home game on Friday, November 6th at 7:05 p.m. at the Addison Ice Arena in Addison.