Friday the 13th proved to be good luck for the York Hockey Club. York’s varsity squad played host to the Naperville North High School Huskies that evening and cruised to a 9-0 victory. The win improved the Dukes’ Illinois High School Hockey League West Division record to 8-1-3.
York jumped out to a lead early when senior Will Borrows passed the puck across ice to fellow senior Cam Dobrotka on the point. Dobrotka took a slap shot that beat the Naperville North netminder. Soon thereafter it was Borrows turn. He took a pass from senior Grey Miller and scored from the point on a slap shot of his own.
A few minutes later, the Dukes scored on a nifty give and go when junior Elliott Fafinski carried the puck low in the offensive zone and made a pass to junior Jack McDonnell in the slot. Fafinski then scored after McDonnell set him up with a pass right in front of the net. York scored again to make it 4-0 just before the end of the first period when McDonnell delivered a wrist shot over the goalie’s shoulder on an assist by senior Joe Levin.
The Dukes picked up right where they left off after the intermission when junior Tom Sieracki set-up junior Zach Johnson with a pass and Johnson delivered a high wrist shot that found the back of the net. McDonnell scored 43 seconds later on assists by Levin and Borrows.
Just before the end of the second period freshman Billy Paschen got in on the act when he tipped a shot from Borrows that was re-directed past the Huskies goalie.
In the third period Borrows recorded his fourth point of the game on an assist to Fafinski. Then Miller closed out the scoring when he scored an unassisted goal to give York the nine goal lead.
Sophomore Nolan Knupp and junior Alex Crum split time in net for the Dukes. The tag team duo combined to backstop York to the shut-out victory.
The win came on the heels of York’s junior varsity team’s 5-0 win over the Huskies’ jv squad. Junior goalie Parker Stasica earned the shut-out victory to improve York’s junior varsity team’s league record to an impressive 12-0-0.
York returns to the ice when the teams will play host to Naperville Central at Addison Ice Arena on Friday, November 20th.