{"id":802234,"date":"2019-12-12T07:53:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T14:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=375847"},"modified":"2019-12-12T07:53:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T14:53:32","slug":"summit-high-hockey-rallies-to-defeat-steamboat-springs-6-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-high-hockey-rallies-to-defeat-steamboat-springs-6-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit High hockey rallies to defeat Steamboat Springs 6-3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Summit Tigers play the Steamboat Springs Sailors at Stephen C. West Ice Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Summit toppled Steamboat Springs 6-3.<\/strong>
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BRECKENRIDGE \u2013 In front of an energized student section at their first home game of the season, the Summit High School varsity hockey team fought back from an early 2-0 hole to defeat Steamboat Springs 6-3 Wednesday evening at Stephen C. West Ice Arena in Breckenridge.<\/p>\n

Tigers head coach Joey Otsuka said the team came out flat early, executing their system and gameplan but lacking the necessary grit, the energy, to seize control of the game early against the Sailors. As a result, Summit trailed 2-0 after one period and forced the team to reconsider their approach to the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started off like the game was going to open up for us and give us chances,\u201d Otsuka said. \u201cAnd just in the conversations between the first and second period with the coaching staff (assistant coach) Wren (Arbuthnot) had the great idea, \u2018we need to call them out on what they are doing\u2019 and that\u2019s what we did for the rest of the game. We\u2019re doing the Xs and Os pretty correct, he said it the best, \u2018we just have no grit. We have no sandpaper. We are executing the moves but we are not finishing with good contact or that battle to get that puck back.\u2019 That made the difference. And it sort of snowballed into, \u2018this guy just made a hit to make a play to make that center pass, which led to I think our third or fourth goal. And it\u2019s the sacrifices, that\u2019s what gets the bench going, that\u2019s what gets everyone tugging on a rope in the same direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a reinvigorated focus on bringing effort to each play, the Tigers got on the board fewer than two minutes into the second period when senior winger Max Bonenberger scored on an assist from Finn Theriault, Bonenberger finding the top corner of the net on a left-handed breakaway shot.<\/p>\n

Down 2-1 after Bonenberger\u2019s goal, Summit already had a 14-8 advantage on shots on goal. After a great save by goaltender Marco Vogelbacher a few minutes later on a sudden change of possession play, the Tigers had one of the moments of grit Arbuthnot and Otsuka were looking for. Down a man due to a Tigers penalty, Summit\u2019s Ryley Cibula hustled to the Steamboat net and drew an interference penalty against Steamboat, forcing the game back to even-strength hockey 4-V-4.<\/p>\n

Then with 5:30 remaining in the second period, Summit found the equalizer, sophomore Hank Kasch scoring on a Rudy Burki assist where during good offensive action for Summit in Steamboat\u2019s zone the puck trickled over to Kasch \u2018s skates. The sophomore put it in the back of the net with his left hand to secure all of the momentum in the game for Summit as they had a 21-11 shots-on-goal advantage to this point.<\/p>\n

Summit for a moment dodged a miscue with just under four minutes left in the second period, Vogelbacher making a glove save after a Summit defender let the puck behind him for a Steamboat transition opportunity. But the transition opportunity led to a Steamboat faceoff in the Summit zone the Sailors soon scored off of for a 3-2 lead despite a 22-13 Summit edge in shots on goal.<\/p>\n

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