Highland Park Giants

Giants Junior Varsity Hockey Team Beats Trevians With 3rd Period Outburst

It was 1-0 after first 2 periods, but the Giants finished with a 3-1 victory over New Trier #2 at Nielsen Ice Rink on Thursday, Dec. 10. The Giants are climbing the ladder of The Champions Division.

There was one goal scored by New Trier late in the first period and just one penalty each for the home team in the first & second periods. HP tied the game early in the third period on a great shot from Kyle Powers assisted by Chase Felman. Michael Gallo lit the lamp five minutes later and HP took the lead assisted by line mates Kyle Powers and Chase Felman. With time running down, Chase Felman took no chances and locked up the victory with a breakaway and scored an empty netter! Evan Robertson made 24 saves in a stellar effort.

Giants ROLL ON with Victory over PREP BLACK

Riding high and full of confidence the JV team brought their swag to Centennial on Sunday night for a 3 rematch vs Prep Black. After a scoreless first period, Prep Black scored early in the 2nd period.  That lead stood heading into the 3rd when Coaches Desgagne and Carder rallied the troops and Sophomore Danny Karmin tinkled the twine to cut the lead in half to make a 2-1.  PREP brought it to us but behind the net minding of Jared Pearson and the defensive pairings of Kroncke/Silver, Sereda/Hoffman & Weisman/Levine-Wolf, the team held their ground and shut down the potent offense of PREP. After 4 straight power plays by PREP the Giants were finally on their own PP. Time running down with less than a minute to go in the game, Giants cleared the zone and fed Kyle Powers who bolted on a breakaway, approaching the net with 2 steps on the defender he was taken down and awarded a penalty shot!  KP scored to tie the game and the fans were wild!  With just 18 seconds to go and adrenaline flowing, Coach Desgagne called  timeout "The Montreal" was called and off the face off, Charlie Levine-Wolf snagged the puck and fed it down the ice where a couple shots were taken and once again Kyle Powers Lit the lamp with :01 seconds to go and HP Won the game!  A sweet ending to a hard fought and well-played game.  Net minder Pearson had 12 saves while the offense of HP had 23 shots on net.  What a night and what a game!  Go Giants!