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SportSeen: New Canaan Girls Hockey Romps Darien for FCIAC Crown
The Rams beat the Blue Wave 7-1 after a fast and furious flourish of first period scoring.
THE GAME IN BRIEF:
New Canaan scored five goals in the first period, two in the second and Darien found the back of the net only once during the entire game. The Rams had 28 shots on goal and the Blue Wave 13. For the Rams, it's their fifth FCIAC hockey title in seven years.
GOALS:
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Period 1
Team Scorer Time AssistNew Canaan
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Olivia Hompe
2:32 Jana Persky, Madzie CarrollNew Canaan
Bea Eppler
3:00 Jana Persky New Canaan Holly Burwick5:40 Madzie Carroll New Canaan Oliva Hompe 6:27 (unassisted) Darien
Emma Tuzinkiewic
Olivia Hompe
13:45 Bea EpplerPeriod 2
Team Scorer Time Assist New CanaanJana Persky
3:43 Olivia Hompe New CanaanOlivia Hompe
11:43 Madzie Carroll, Bea EpplerIN THEIR OWN WORDS:
"One of the goals every year, and we preach it, we want to win the preseason tournament, the FCIAC Championship and we want to win the State's. These girls just work hard day in and day out." — Rich Bulan, New Canaan Head Coach
"We just put it all together, this is what we have been aiming to do all season." — Jana Persky, Captain New Canaan Hockey