Falcons shot out the Tanners

The Danvers Peewee A Falcons marked another notch in their belt as they totally dismantled the Peabody Tanners Sunday morning shutting them out 6 to 0. Mike Allain played another strong game in net earning his fifth shutout of the young season knocking down 10 shots on net. The Tanners had been the Falcon’s nemesis all of last season, but this year’s edition of the Falcons proved to be too much for Peabody to handle. Despite a scoreless first period, the Falcons dominated play and consistently kept the puck in the offensive zone pelting the Tanner goalie with 22 shots. All three lines played tremendous team hockey passing the puck around to all corners to work the best shot on net. Joe Szela, Pat McBride and Derek Witwicki were especially effective working the puck around the ice fully utilizing blue liners Luke Sutherland and Dan Arnold for outside shots. Jason Carucci was noted for his solid fore checking and Witwicki for his aggressiveness against the boards. The Falcon defense was stifling not only keeping the puck in the offensive zone but quickly eliminating any opportunity for Peabody. Captain Tom Conway playing strong defense alongside Taylor Brown made a tremendous play intercepting a pass in front to erase a potential shot on net. Fortunately for the Tanners, the siren sounded ending the first period.

The Falcons opened the middle period where they left off applying constant offensive pressure. Kyle Larson slid a great pass to Chris Kontos for a shot on net that was deflected wide. Will Walfield scooped up the loose puck circled around and wristed another shot on net. Give credit to the Tanner goalie who kept the game close with some fine saves. On the next shift Brad Vautour was robbed of a sure goal on a fantastic shot on net. Carucci let off his patented wrist shot that just missed finding the net. Kevin St Pierre followed that with a shot from the point that was backhanded on net by DJ Yost. The Falcons did not let up and finally put one in on a nifty flip shot by Yost over the goalies shoulder, with Vautour assisting on the play. The Falcons managed to take another 17 punishing shots on net in the middle period including one from the blast master Zach Ryan who let off a wicked shot on net that was miraculously saved. Brown was noted for her fine defensive play swooping in to steal the puck off a Tanner stick. Arnold made another strong defensive play outside the blue line waiting for his team to clear the zone before sending a pass to a teammate for a scoring opportunity.

The Falcon offensive attack proved too much for the Tanners in the final period as the team ripped off five goals to secure the victory. Kontos put the insurance goal on the score board when he poked home a perfect pass from Kyle Larson who beat two defensemen to the right post. Yost got the team’s third goal on a great wrist shot from the left side off a pass from Vautour. A few minutes later Witwicki stole the puck at mid-ice for a breakaway to beat the Tanner goalie. St Pierre was noted for his physical play in front of the net and made a tremendous play lunging at a skater to knock a puck off his stick. Line mates Larson and Walfield each got a goal and assist of their own to cap the Falcon scoring. Strong team play has been the theme for this year’s edition of the Peewee A Falcons.