Northview Hockey Varsity Blog - Sylvania Ohio

The Northview WIldcats were able to defeat the Start Spartans and the Perrysburgh Yellow Jackets to advance to the District semi finals where they will face Findlay for the right to advance to the distrcit final.

In the first game 11 diferent Cats scored in the easy 12-2 victory over Start. Senior Jim Eisel played his first Varsity game in goal for the win, and Carter Bourlands 2 goals led a balanced attack.

In the second game the Perrysburgh Yellow Jackets gave the Cats all they could handle. Kyle Hymore scored 2 goals, inlcuding the game winner, as the Cats advanced to the district semi-finals. Brent Bain and Brandon Snead also scored for the Cats and Craig Trego returned to the nets for the victory.

Northview will take on Findlay next Saturday at 8:00 at Tam-O-Shanter.

The Wildcats clinched a 2nd place finish in the Northwest Hockey Conference with a impressive 9-0 shutout win over Findlay. The 2 teams came in tied for 2nd place with identical 6-3 league records in the final weekend of league play. Northview defeated Findlay 5-4 in overtime in the only other meeting of the season down in Findlay.

Freshman George Wilkinson scored the only goal of the first period as his shot deflected out front of the Findlay goal and found its way past Trojan goalie Sean Brown for a 1-0 lead after 1 period of play.

Northview had perhaps their best period of play of the season in the second period scoring 6 times. Matt Cook got things going as he picked the pocket of a Findlay defensman to make the score 2-0 just 8 seconds into the period. The Cats would score 3 power play goals in a span of 1:20 to increase the lead to 5-0. Brent Bain, Cook and Brandon Snead all found the back of the net for Northview. Bain and Snead would score a second time each to increase the lead to 7-0 at the end of the 2nd period.

Tyler Cook and Christian Simon would cap of the night with a goal each in the third for the final scoring. Carter Bourland played a very strong game picking up 4 assist, and Craig Trego stopped all 23 shots he faced for his 3rd shutout in league play.

Northview improved its overall record to 23-9-1 while finishing league play at 7-3. They will kick of state playoffs Wednesday with a 5:00 game against Start at Tam-O

Northview made it 7 straight over the Bowling Green Bobcats with an impressive 5-2 win in BG Sunday. The win improved the Cats record to 22-9-1 overall and 6-3 in league play. The win also sets up a showdown with Findlay next Friday night for 2nd place in the final league standing. Both teams will come in with identical 6-3 league records.

Northview jumped all over the Bobcats Sunday. Brandon Snead got his 4-point day going with a break away goal for a 1-0 lead. He jumped on a high flip pass from Ian Kelsey for the early lead. Eammon Reynolds scored the first of his 2 just 1 minute later for a 2-0 lead. His hard point shot found it’s way past the BG goalie as Tyler Cook provided a great screen. Northview outshot BG 17-8 for the period. Mychal Montieth hung around the slot to increase the lead to 3-0. He picked up a rebound off Snead’s attempted rap around for the goal. BG closed to 3-1 after 2 periods of play taking advantage of some miscommunication between the defense and Trego for the goal. The Cats would score 2 times in the first 6 minutes of the 3rd to take control of the game. Reynolds fluke bounce off a BG defender found its way to the net for a 4-1 lead, and Snead converted a nice pass from Carter Bourland on the power play for a 5-1 advantage. BG scored late on the power play, but it wasn’t enough as the Cats skated away with the 5-2 win. Trego stopped 21 of 23 shots as he picked up his 22nd victory of the season.

The Cats will finish off regular season play Friday night at 7 versus Findlay.