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LFA Boys Prep Hockey Plays in Detroit Catholic Central Showcase

The Prep team travelled to Plymouth, Michigan from January 27-29 to play in the Detroit Catholic Central Showcase. Game 1 was against the 2nd Ranked Brother Rice. LFA started off strong with nice passing play from Luke Hampel to John Greer to James Delia who scored on a breakaway. Brother Rice answered right back on the next shift to tie the game and the 1st period ended all tied at 1. The 2nd period was one that I hope never happens again but it was the difference in the way the guys played this weekend. Three minutes into the period, LFA took a 5-minute major for cross-checking and then 1 minute later took a tripping penalty. One minute after that LFA took another cross-checking 5-minute major and then an interference penalty that put the team down 5 on 3 for almost 8 straight minutes. The penalty killers did an amazing job blocking shots and Charlie Campbell made 2 big saves to kill the entire shorthanded time. When the last penalty ended, Tommy Enrietto broke the puck out and hit Owen Hardy for the go-ahead goal. The start of the 3rd period was all LFA as the team popped in 3 quick goals to make it 5-1. Mathieu Fehr had 2 and Will Soloway had the other. The final score was 5-1 with Charlie Campbell stopping 27-28 shots for the win.

The title game was against the host school who are currently #1 in the state of Michigan and have not lost at home all year. This was a great hockey game with both teams showing why they were matched up. Mathieu Fehr opened the scoring on a pass from Hampel and then Enrietto made it 2-0 on a great pass from Fehr. THIS WAS THE BEST GAME THE TEAM HAS PLAYED ALL YEAR AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING GAMES TO COACH DURING MY CAREER AT LFA. The final score was 2-0 and Ian Vandenberg stopped 24 shots for the shutout.

~Coach D. Madeley

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