East hockey downs De Soto Grand Prairie 7-2, earns finals berth
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Andre Guerin
By Andre Guerin
Published on 04/11/2007
#1 seeded Plano East played #5 De Soto Grand Prairie Tuesday night in the semifinals of the Varsity Silver division playoffs. After a close first two periods, East pulled away with four goals in the third period to De Soto Grand Prairie's one. There were 44 minutes of penalties handed out during the 36 minute game. More than a third of these penalties were for unsportsmanlike conduct. Despite all the penalties, only three special teams goals were scored and two were shorthanded.
East opened the scoring with two goals within 16 seconds of each other about 5 minutes into the game. The goals were scored in a similar manner though the first was on the power play and the second one was at even strength. At 5:05, Zack Patteson passed the puck from behind the net to Chris Wahler infront of the crease. Wahler one-timed the pass from Patteson through the five hole of the DGSP goalie, Matthew Padgett. Forest Mudgett also assisted on the goal. Sixteen seconds later, Will Young passed from behind the net to Taylor O'Bryon in the low slot. O'Bryon quickly put a shot past Padgett low to Padgett's right side. At 10:23 of the first, Patteson skated in with one defender and put a shot on goal. The puck bounced up in the air and Wahler, trailing on the play, batted the puck into the net for East's third goal. Chris Schultz got the secondary assist on the play.
In the second period, De Soto Grand Prairie started with 48 seconds of power play and scored one second after the power play expired. DSGP forward Jeremy Seiter skated from East goalie Taylor Stobaugh's left to right. Stobaugh attempted to poke the puck away from Seiter, but Seiter was able to control the puck and slip it past Stobaugh. DSGP closed the gap to 3-1 with Seiter's shorthanded goal assisted by Paul Watkins and Keith Crappell. Around the middle of the period, the East defensive coverage broke down leaving DSGP forward Bryan Zientek alone infront of East goalie Stobaugh. When the puck came free to Zientek, Stobaugh took away the lower part of the net and blocked a shot from Zientek to keep the score 3-1. Moments later, Patteson skated in on the DSGP goal, got slashed by DSGP defenseman Sawyer Stinchfield, and appeared to get the puck past the goaltender, but the play was whistled dead before the puck crossed the line. Each team killed off two power plays in the second period and managed only 7 shots between the two of them. DSGP put four on net to East's three shots.
East pulled away in the third with two quick goals about four minutes into the period. At 4:09, the puck was hit deep into the DSGP zone and East forward O'Bryon and DSGP defenseman Brandon Christenson raced halfway down the ice to retrieve the puck. O'Bryon was the first one to the puck and fired a shot from the right faceoff dot that beat DSGP goalie Matthew Padgett and chased him from the game. Padgett played 28 minutes and stopped 9 of the 13 shots he faced. Connor Joyner relieved Padgett in the DSGP goal, but was not given a warm welcome by East. On the next rush, just 18 seconds after O'Bryon's goal, Patteson put a low shot on net that was tipped by East forward Eric Henigsmith as he moved out from behind the DSGP net. The score was now 5-1 with 7:33 to play. DSGP was not finished, however, and scored a shorthanded goal at 5:52 to move the score to 5-2. Michael Dean scored DSGP's second goal from Seiter 
and Stinchfield. The score stayed 5-2 until the Mobley brothers traded goals and assists. With Patteson in the box for tripping and unsportsmanlike conduct, Andrew Mobley broke into the offensive zone and drew a slashing call just 15 seconds into DSGP's first power play. In the resulting 4-4 play, Andrew Mobley skated in on a break away and beat DSGP goalie Joyner with a back hand shot. James Mobley assisted on Andrew's goal. Andrew would return the favor 97 seconds later. With East shorthanded, Andrew Mobley carried the puck behind the DSGP goal from Joyner's left to his right. Instead of continuing around the boards, Andrew Mobley cut back to the front on the right side of the goal turned and put a shot on DSGP goalie Joyner. The puck came free and lay at Joyner's left knee, and James Mobley pounced on the loose puck and stuffed it into the half-open net for a 7-2 East lead with 1:02 remaining. East finished the period with 8 shots to DSGP's 6.
The 7-2 victory sends East to the City title game against the winner of Plano West and Arlington Martin who will play Wednesday April 11 at Deja Blue Arena. The final game will be Thursday April 12 at 8:30 at Deja Blue arena in Frisco. Tickets are $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students.
East opened the scoring with two goals within 16 seconds of each other about 5 minutes into the game. The goals were scored in a similar manner though the first was on the power play and the second one was at even strength. At 5:05, Zack Patteson passed the puck from behind the net to Chris Wahler infront of the crease. Wahler one-timed the pass from Patteson through the five hole of the DGSP goalie, Matthew Padgett. Forest Mudgett also assisted on the goal. Sixteen seconds later, Will Young passed from behind the net to Taylor O'Bryon in the low slot. O'Bryon quickly put a shot past Padgett low to Padgett's right side. At 10:23 of the first, Patteson skated in with one defender and put a shot on goal. The puck bounced up in the air and Wahler, trailing on the play, batted the puck into the net for East's third goal. Chris Schultz got the secondary assist on the play.In the second period, De Soto Grand Prairie started with 48 seconds of power play and scored one second after the power play expired. DSGP forward Jeremy Seiter skated from East goalie Taylor Stobaugh's left to right. Stobaugh attempted to poke the puck away from Seiter, but Seiter was able to control the puck and slip it past Stobaugh. DSGP closed the gap to 3-1 with Seiter's shorthanded goal assisted by Paul Watkins and Keith Crappell. Around the middle of the period, the East defensive coverage broke down leaving DSGP forward Bryan Zientek alone infront of East goalie Stobaugh. When the puck came free to Zientek, Stobaugh took away the lower part of the net and blocked a shot from Zientek to keep the score 3-1. Moments later, Patteson skated in on the DSGP goal, got slashed by DSGP defenseman Sawyer Stinchfield, and appeared to get the puck past the goaltender, but the play was whistled dead before the puck crossed the line. Each team killed off two power plays in the second period and managed only 7 shots between the two of them. DSGP put four on net to East's three shots.
East pulled away in the third with two quick goals about four minutes into the period. At 4:09, the puck was hit deep into the DSGP zone and East forward O'Bryon and DSGP defenseman Brandon Christenson raced halfway down the ice to retrieve the puck. O'Bryon was the first one to the puck and fired a shot from the right faceoff dot that beat DSGP goalie Matthew Padgett and chased him from the game. Padgett played 28 minutes and stopped 9 of the 13 shots he faced. Connor Joyner relieved Padgett in the DSGP goal, but was not given a warm welcome by East. On the next rush, just 18 seconds after O'Bryon's goal, Patteson put a low shot on net that was tipped by East forward Eric Henigsmith as he moved out from behind the DSGP net. The score was now 5-1 with 7:33 to play. DSGP was not finished, however, and scored a shorthanded goal at 5:52 to move the score to 5-2. Michael Dean scored DSGP's second goal from Seiter and Stinchfield. The score stayed 5-2 until the Mobley brothers traded goals and assists. With Patteson in the box for tripping and unsportsmanlike conduct, Andrew Mobley broke into the offensive zone and drew a slashing call just 15 seconds into DSGP's first power play. In the resulting 4-4 play, Andrew Mobley skated in on a break away and beat DSGP goalie Joyner with a back hand shot. James Mobley assisted on Andrew's goal. Andrew would return the favor 97 seconds later. With East shorthanded, Andrew Mobley carried the puck behind the DSGP goal from Joyner's left to his right. Instead of continuing around the boards, Andrew Mobley cut back to the front on the right side of the goal turned and put a shot on DSGP goalie Joyner. The puck came free and lay at Joyner's left knee, and James Mobley pounced on the loose puck and stuffed it into the half-open net for a 7-2 East lead with 1:02 remaining. East finished the period with 8 shots to DSGP's 6.The 7-2 victory sends East to the City title game against the winner of Plano West and Arlington Martin who will play Wednesday April 11 at Deja Blue Arena. The final game will be Thursday April 12 at 8:30 at Deja Blue arena in Frisco. Tickets are $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students.