The zamboni drivers at the Detroit Skate Club must have thought they were smoothing over an ice dancing competition after Clarkston’s varsity hockey team skated circles around West Bloomfield on Nov. 17
The Wolves jumped on the Lakers early and coasted to a 9-0 victory in the first game of the season for both squads.
‘I’m glad that we got our first win,? said Coach Bryan Krygier. He added that judging how well the team had truly performed is hard since West Bloomfield is not an upper echelon hockey program.
Clarkston opened the scoring just over a minute into the game when senior defenseman Alex Handley beat West Bloomfield goalie Zack Lederer. Junior forward Kyle Chartrand and senior defenseman Adam Stoyek assisted.
Clarkston’s second goal was scored at 10:28 of the first period by senior forward Mike Fogg, on a deflection in front of a shot from Stoyek. Shortly after, junior forward Mike Medonis beat Lederer low on the stick side to put Clarkston up 3-0 with 9:04 remaining in the first.
?(This game) felt really good, the shots were just going in for us,? said Fogg who finished off a hat trick in the first period and also had three assists in the game.
Handley added his second goal, Clarkston’s seventh, with :37 remaining in the second period; he was assisted by Chartrand and senior forward Chris Degen.
Finishing the scoring for the Wolves was senior forward Trevor Johns assisted by Fogg with 4:30 remaining in the third. Chartrand tallied the ninth and final goal 30 seconds later, Fogg got the helper once again.
Senior Goalie Michael Brach recorded nine saves for the shutout. Clarkston as a team shot the puck 38 times.
The Wolves next action will find them in the highly competitive Cranbrook Thanksgiving Tournament, on Nov. 26-27.
According to Krygier, the Wolves have one of the toughest schedules in the State this year.
Last year the Wolves were ousted in the quarterfinals of the State tournament.