Staff Writers
On Nov. 6, the new boys’ ice hockey club won their first ever game in the school’s history against Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School.
The team went into the game with 0-1-0, with a loss to a tough Hatboro Horsham High School team. New Hope was looking to bounce back and get their first ever win in school history, and they did just that.
Defensemen Grayson Asplundh started the scoring off with a wild shot from the corner that found its way into to the back of the net. Senior Chris Braun helped the team out by netting three goals in the first period, to make the score 4-0. Plymouth-Whitemarsh finally scored their first goal of the game late in the first period to make it 4-1.
The game was far from over even though New Hope was up by three for the beginning of the second.
Early into the second period, senior Vincent Vetrano scored to make it 5-1 with help from seniors Aidan McCollum and Jay MacDowell. Plymouth-Whitemarsh responded by scoring two goals in a row, less than five minutes apart from each other, to make it 5-3. Less than 25 seconds later, a pass from freshman Mike Janora was received by Vincent Vetrano who proceeded to skate through the entire Plymouth-Whitemarsh team to score his second of the game, making the score 6-3.
Plymouth-Whitemarsh responded three minutes later to make it 6-4.
On the defensive side, goalie Devin Bock made some outstanding saves to keep the team’s motivation. It was only Mr. Bock’s second outing as a goaltender. Previously, Devin played as an offensive winger in a local recreational league with not a whole lot of prior experience in the game.
Now entering the third period, Plymouth-Whitemarsh was looking for some offense to even the score. 34 seconds into the third, Plymouth-Whitemarsh scored to make the score 6-5. Shortly after that, Chris Braun & Rex Fowler netted two quick goals making it 8-5. Then Plymouth-Whitemarsh scored a goal to make it 8-6. Following that, Aidan McCollum scored the final goal for NHS, but right after that Plymouth-Whitemarsh scored another quick goal.
The buzzer went off and the New Hope boys spilled over the boards onto the ice to celebrate the win. It wasn’t an easy game for the Lions. They came prepared and gave it everything they had and came out on top with the first ever win in NHS ice hockey history.
Vincent Vetrano contributed to this article.
