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Season ends for girls' hockey team
By Jeffrey Cattel
Citizen Staff
After entering
the playoff tournament as the first seed, the Canton High School
girls’ hockey season came to a close with a 6-2 loss against
Winchester last Thursday.
The Hockomock
champs fell behind 1-0 in the first period, but coach Kelly
Rider said she had expected a rough start because the team
hadn’t played a game for three weeks. Rider said she didn’t
think the girls began to skate to their full potential until the
second period.
“We got two
goals and were skating faster, controlling the puck better and
getting more chances,” she said of the second period play.
Those two
goals — scored by sophomore Stephanie Rizzitano and freshman
Meghan Lennon — added to the team’s momentum, but were not
enough to catch Winchester’s lead.
The two teams
entered the third period appearing evenly matched, Rider said,
but Canton was plagued by penalty troubles, which ultimately
proved too difficult to bounce back from.
Despite coming
out of the game with a loss, Rider said she was proud of the way
the Bulldogs battled back and how they handled themselves at the
end of the game. The team, which included ten seniors, developed
a close bond over the course of the season, she said.
“While the
team was upset over the loss, I think they were more upset with
the fact it was the last time they would all play together,”
Rider added. “It would have been nice to win, but I’m very proud
of the girls and all that they accomplished this year.”
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