{"id":802406,"date":"2019-12-17T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T01:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=376135"},"modified":"2019-12-17T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T01:20:00","slug":"summit-high-hockey-pounces-on-coronado-in-6-2-road-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-high-hockey-pounces-on-coronado-in-6-2-road-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit High hockey pounces on Coronado in 6-2 road win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jack Sherlock plays against Steamboat in this Dec. 11 photo.<\/strong>
Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 Despite the weekend\u2019s winter weather canceling every other Summit High School sports game, the Tigers varsity hockey team (3-1) braved the conditions to pick up a road win.<\/p>\n

Riding the energy of its first win in years over Steamboat Springs, the Summit High Tigers won 6-2 Saturday night at Coronado.<\/p>\n

Tigers head coach Joey Otsuka said he was proud of the way Summit opened the game versus Coronado, considering it took 4 1\/2 hours to reach the game by bus. Summit kicked-off its dominant offensive performance 20 seconds into the game with a goal from Jack Sherlock, a sign that Summit\u2019s talented first line was firing on all cylinders.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really dominated the pace of the play the entire game, almost,\u201d Otsuka said. \u201cThe players responded very well. It was a tough drive there, but we were able to kind of rally things together right before the game, come off to a good start and never really let go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The junior forward Sherlock is joined on tht first line by senior forward Isaac Eland and senior forward Mark Bellavance. Otsuka said he was encouraged to see the trio stick with what the team was practicing earlier in the week. Otsuka said it was a point of emphasis with the first line to replicate the pressures of a game in practice, and the strategy seemed to work out.<\/p>\n

Following Sherlock\u2019s opening goal, Summit continued to find success in getting pucks deep into Coronado\u2019s zone. From there, the Tigers worked well with one another down low, winning puck battles and making smart physical decisions. The aggressive and confident nature of Summit\u2019s play led to a goal from sophomore defender Blaze Ebbinghaus at the end of the first period for a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n

On the other end of the ice, senior goaltender Jake Mallory manned the net for the Tigers, turning away all but two of Coronado\u2019s 20 shots on goal. In front of Mallory, Otsuka said senior defender Nick Davis and sophomore defender Zach Carleton set the tone in the Tigers\u2019 zone. The duo and Summit\u2019s defenders found success distributing the puck, making smart plays and getting Coronado to bite, leading to Summit counter attack execution.<\/p>\n

After Coronado scored early in the second period to pull within one, Summit scored three goals over the ensuing 10 minutes of play. The first came from sophomore forward Hank Kasch, who Otsuka said has been on a tear this season getting good shots on goal.<\/p>\n

Kasch\u2019s goal was followed up by a score from senior winger Max Bonenberger. Otsuka said he was especially impressed with the senior speedster\u2019s goal because it came from in and around the net rather than a north-south transitional play. Eland then rounded out the second period scoring on a play that exhibited the senior\u2019s chemistry with Bellavance and Sherlock. Sherlock then provided the exclamation point sixth goal in the third period to seal the win.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they can keep that chemistry and kind of rely on it when the going gets tough, it\u2019s going to be great,\u201d Otsuka said.<\/p>\n

The Tigers will return to the ice at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, for a rivalry game at Dobson Ice Arena in Vail versus Battle Mountain. Summit will return home to take on Glenwood Springs at 6 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Jack Sherlock plays against Steamboat in this Dec. 11 photo.Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 Despite the weekend\u2019s winter weather canceling every other Summit High School sports game, the Tigers varsity hockey team (3-1) braved the conditions to pick up a road win. Riding the energy of its first win in years over Steamboat Springs, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-802406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-30 06:31:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}