In another classic clash between two of southeast Wisconsin’s top boys’ hockey teams, the Arrowhead Warhawks defeated their arch-rival, University School, 6-3 in a Classic Eight Conference game on Thursday, December 8th at the Mullett Center in Hartland.

“I’ve got to give Arrowhead credit for this one,” said Jason Woods, USM’s head coach.  “They brought an energy, which we lacked in the third.  I know we have been in a run of a lot of games in a short amount of time, but you just have to find that little extra something to pull you through.  Inconsistency has been our number one issue.  In effort, in execution, in all phases of the game.  Tonight it caught us.  Arrowhead is a great opponent, you can't play inconsistently and with a lack of effort and beat them.  We just need to keep plugging away at it.”

The Warhawks were contentious in their play throughout the match.  Although the save totals were nearly even in every period, the Warhawks brought more fire power and accuracy.  They took away time and space from the Wildcat shooters with solid checking in a 0-0 first period.

The Warhawks had 14 minutes of penalties in the second period, including a span of two minutes during which they were two players down, but their aggressive penalty killing frustrated the Wildcats, preventing USM from achieving any rgood chances to score.

Arrowhead scored the game’s first goal on a power play in the opening minute of the second period.   The Warhawks Caleb Beversdorf got the puck in the left corner of the Wildcats’ zone.  He passed the puck to the near point to Jack Schlinsog, who moved it to Elijah Tormala at the center of the blue line.  Tormala blazed a shot past USM’s goaltender, Frank Fee at 0:40.

USM tied the score later in the second.  Skating out of the Wildcats’ zone, Charlie Mahoney lined a pass cross center ice to Blake Carey.  Carey cut across the Arrowhead blue line, moved down to the left circle then whipped a wrist shot past Arrowhead’s goalie, Peter Genatempo, at 13:39.

Arrowhead went back ahead a little over a minute later.  With the teams playing four a side, Jaxson Carr skated the puck into the USM zone, curled behind the net and headed into the left corner and up the boards.  From the mid-boards he passed it to Tormala at the center of the blue line.  Tormala returned it.  Carr fired a shot at Fee.  The rebound dropped into the crease and Dylan Cox popped it between Fee’s legs at 1:54.