Posted: Jan 27, 2022
- The Gilmour Academy Varsity A hockey team continued its fantastic start to 2022 with another perfect weekend
- The Lancers went 3-0 over the weekend, including upsetting the state's top-ranked team
- Gilmour also won a pair of Great Lakes Hockey League games over the three days
- The Lancers began the weekend with a 2-1 win over Walsh Jesuit High School
- Shea Hofstrom '22 opened the scoring with a power-play goal assisted by Matthew Bauman '23 and Justin Wen '23
- With the game tied late in the third period, Wen scored the game-winning goal to lift GA to the victory
- Wen's goal was assisted by Hofstrom and Connor Underwood '22
- Evan Underwood '23 made 22 saves to earn the win in goal
- Gilmour then traveled Saturday to face Saint Ignatius High School, the No. 1 team in the state
- Despite falling behind early, Gilmour used a big offensive outburst late in the game to surge to the win
- With the score tied 2-2, Gilmour scored three times over the final six minutes to grab a 5-2 victory
- Viktor Povozhaev '23 scored twice in the win
- Wen had the go-ahead goal along with an assist
- Kyle Laws '22 and Jack Popovich '22 each tallied a goal and an assist
- Brennen O'Neill '23 assisted on two goals in the win
- Evan Underwood notched his second straight victory in goal
- Gilmour then finished off the weekend with a road contest against archrival University School
- For the second straight day, GA overcame an early deficit to post a win, this time claiming a 3-1 victory
- Bauman, Povozhaev and Jakub Sedlacik '22 scored in the victory
- Ian Anderson '22 earned the win in goal for Gilmour
- The game was the rubber match between in the Battle of SOM as the teams had split their two previous meetings this season
- Gilmour has now won six straight games and 10 of its last 11 overall
- The Lancers have also won five consecutive GLHL games
- Gilmour plays a pair of games this weekend, traveling to Padua Franciscan High School Friday night before hosting Shaker Heights High School Saturday evening
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