Northview Hockey Varsity Blog - Sylvania Ohio

The Wildcats defeated Trinity Sunday to capture the Tam-O Invitational over the last weekend of the regular season.

The Cats opened up with B.G. on Saturday morning. Sloppy defensive play led to 4 goals by the Bobcats in the 4-4 tie.

That Evening the Cats took on the Whitmer Panthers. Cody Ramm made a big save early on a break away in leading his team to a 6-3 win. Brandon Snead scored a hat trick for the Cats

On Sunday the Cats scored early and often in route to an 8-3 win over Trinity. Dakota Rambo had points on 4 goals and the Cats scored twice in the first 2 minutes of the game to cruise to the win. Matt Stevenson played steady in the nets for the Cats.

The Wildcat Hockey team wrapped up league and regular season play this past weekend with a 3-3 tie versus Findlay and a 5-0 win over St. Francis. With the win and tie the cats ran their final regular season record to 26-3-2 overall and 9-0-1 in the NHC.

On Friday evening the Cats hosted the Findlay Trojans at Tam-O-Shanter. Through 2 periods the cats held a 34-10 shot advantage and had controlled much of the play. Only problem was that Sean Brown was standing on his head in net for the Trojans and the Cat Defense was pressing and allowed a couple of odd man breaks that lead to a 2-0 Findlay lead. Northview would start the third period on a power play. They got just what they needed when Alden Hirschfeld scored under a minute in to pull within 1. Tim Hurst would score the equalizer mid way through the period to give the cats a chance to win it at the end. However it was the Trojans who had thoughts of a win when they scored at the 14:13 mark of the third period to take a 3-2 lead. After a very positive timeout the never say die Cats electrified the crowd on a Hirschfeld goal to tie the game after 3. Back and forth play in the overtime ended without either team scoring a goal and a hard fought game ended 3-3. Bobby Mac played solid in nets for the Cats.

On Sunday afternoon Northview would finish up the regular season with a game against St. Francis. St. Francis came out of the gates quick and nearly took the lead when a shot from the point was tipped of the cross bar. The senior line of Lavoy, Hurst and Hirschfeld seized the momentum just a minute later when their hard work paid off with Hurst blast from the left slot and a 1-0 lead. Hirschfeld would make an incredible play holding off the defender and scoring to make it 2-0 after 1 period of play. Cody Bourland scored a very important goal just minutes into the second period to stretch the lead to 3-0 after 2. Hirschfeld would cap the evening with 2 more goals in the third to give Northview the win 5-0. The Defense, which was given a pep talk before the game for a less then stellar game versus Findlay, responded well to help Craig Trego pitch the shutout. Tyler Puhl played exceptionally well for the Cats.

Northview begins their hunt for a trip to the final four Monday night against the Lake Flyers. Good luck Cats on the second season.

The Northview Wildcat hockey team captured its first league title in 19 years with 2 victories this past weekend. Needing at least 3 points against Southview and Bowling Green to clinch the title, the Cats rolled to impressive 7-1 and 6-1 victories. The victories moved the Cats overall record to 25-3-1 and ran their league record to 8-0. Northview will finish off the regular season this coming weekend with games versus Findlay on Friday and St. Francis on Sunday at Tam-O-Shanter. They will look to cap their first undefeated league season ever and move into the state playoffs.

On Saturday the Cats squared off against cross town rival Southview with a chance to not only pick up 2 all important points for the league chase, but also capture the Mayors Cup. The game also marked for the first time all season that the Cats would play with a full squad. Brandon Snead returned to the lineup after an injury and he and his line mates Brent Bain and Cody Bourland would make the most of their reunion. On the ice for four of the 5 first period goals they helped the Cats jump all over the Cougars. Bain Would open the scoring with his first career goal in just his second game of the season. You could see the joy in his face as he was smiling like the butchers dog on his way past the bench. Brandon Snead would follow with a goal on the same shift to extend the lead to 2-0. After a break on the bench in which they watched Senior Alden Hirschfeld score, they were back at it with Bourland scoring and Bain setting up Nic Saenz for a goal to push the lead to 5-0 at the break. The Cougars settled down in the second as they traded a goal with Bourland to make it 6-1 after 2. Tim Hurst would finish off the scoring deflecting home a pretty pass from Adam Thanasiu to give Northview the 7-1 victory. Bobby McElheney earned the victory in perhaps his last battle against the Cougars and his good friend Trevor Fournier.

Sunday the Cats traveled to B.G. with a chance to wrap up the league title. After an emotional week and senior day festivities for B.G. the Wildcats knew they would face a strong test from the Bobcat Icers. Matt Cook took it upon himself to make sure the Cats would have no part in a B.G. upset. He took a nice regroup pass from Thanasiu and Tyler Puhl just 13 seconds in to beat Bowling Green goalie Ryan Thayer. Erik Lavoy was rewarded for his hard work scoring to make it 2-0 after a period of play. Hirschfeld would pick a pair of goals in the second period along with another from Lavoy to make it 5-0 after 2 periods of play. B.G. would get on the board in the third to close within 4, but Hirschfeld’s highlight reel goal would finish off the Bobcats and clinch the league title 6-1. Craig Trego did what few Northview goalies have ever done when he picked up his second win of the season against Bowling Green.

Afterwards the emotions ran high as many family, friends, alumni and Athletic Director Jim Witt celebrated in the championship. However the celebration will be short lived as the Cats have even bigger dreams. They will head back to work Monday in seek of that elusive trip to the final four. Congratulations Northview on a great regular season and league championship!