{"id":34074,"date":"2024-01-18T15:14:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T20:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=34074"},"modified":"2024-01-25T20:20:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T01:20:37","slug":"amber-esterbrookss-hat-trick-bedevils-london-in-panthers-6-2-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/amber-esterbrookss-hat-trick-bedevils-london-in-panthers-6-2-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Esterbrooks\u2019s hat trick bedevils London in Panthers\u2019 6-2 win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amber Esterbrook scored three goals\u2014including the game-winner\u2014and Zoe Li contributed three assists to lead the U22 Central York Panthers to a 6-2 win over the London Devilettes in OWHL action on Saturday afternoon at SARC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The depth of the Central York Panthers\u2019 Girls Hockey organization was on full display on the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six players from the U18 Panthers shored up the injury-ridden Junior squad and contributed two goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18U Panthers Clara Liu and Abby Pak contributed to the winning effort versus the Devilettes with a goal each and Klaire Essex tallied the opening goal as the Panthers (18-7-0) led from start to finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Panthers controlled play in the opening ten minutes, hemming in the Devilettes with aggressive forechecking and peppering London netminder Harlow Kaniuk-Barker with pucks from all over the offensive zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Panthers outshot the Devilettes 19-3 in the first period and took a 1-0 lead at 10:49 when Essex one-timed a perfectly-centred slot pass from power play partner Erica Buckley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liu\u2019s wrist shot from the blue line wriggled through a line of players and eluded Kaniuk-Barker at 5:58 to put the Panthers up by two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alessia Stoikos earned the assist on the 18U Panther\u2019s marker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Central York\u2019s effective penalty-killing was on display in the opening frame as Cheyenne Degeer and Zoe Li played keep-away with the Devilettes\u2019 beleaguered power play unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Degeer and Li created short-handed scoring opportunities with their speed and diligent checking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isabelle Whynot proved the adage that goalies are the best penalty killers when the Panthers\u2019 netminder made big saves to preserve her team\u2019s two-goal lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esterbrooks\u2019 hat trick began in earnest fourteen seconds into the middle frame.  The speedy forward created a breakaway from Zoe Li\u2019s pass and slipped the puck past Kaniuk-Barker to propel the Panthers to a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The offensive onslaught by the home side continued as the Panthers\u2019 superior puck control entertained the 120 spectators at SARC and nullified the Devilettes\u2019 considerable size advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, London got on the scoreboard at 11:17 when Aviah Braner knocked in a rebound past Whynot to narrow Central York\u2019s lead to 3-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Braner\u2019s marker seemed to inspire the Devilettes, but another strong stand by the Panthers PK and stellar saves by Whynot maintained the Panthers\u2019 tenuous two-goal margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 5:52 left in the second period, the Panthers\u2019 dynamic duo of Esterbrooks and Li struck again when Esterbrooks converted a Li rebound amid a goalmouth scramble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esterbrooks\u2019 second goal gave CYP a 4-1 lead heading into the second intermission and she completed her hat-trick nineteen seconds into the third period to put the home side up by four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panthers\u2019 leading scorer Degeer, who is 11th in the OWHL scoring race, and Li earned assists on Esterbrook\u2019s third goal of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esterbrooks commented on the importance of her early goals in the second and third periods: \u201cThe goals early in the period got us going. I know my first goal was off the faceoff and winning faceoffs created opportunities on all three goals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She described her game-winning goal to start the second period that gave the Panthers\u2019 a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe used our speed really well. The middle of the ice was open. The goal got us ahead and we operated with lots of energy when we took a three-goal lead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Esterbrooks recorded her third goal of the contest, the 18U call-up combo of Abby Pak and Elizabeth Janovski provided the Junior Panthers with their sixth goal. Pak pounced on Janovski\u2019s rebound and flicked it past Kaniuk-Barker to give the home side a five-goal cushion at 14:25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stoikos earned her second assist of the game on Pak\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Devilettes\u2019 power play finally broke through after a multitude of opportunities when Bramer notched her second goal of the game to narrow the Panthers\u2019 lead to 6-2 with 6:23 to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite giving up the late power play goal to the Devilettes, Panthers\u2019 Captain Hannah Clarke was pleased with her team\u2019s overall penalty-killing performance: \u201cWe were really good today. We responded to the pressure with the right mindset.  Our breakouts were really good today, too. We knew what we were doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The veteran team leader also credited the 18U Panthers\u2019 presence in the win versus London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDefinitely, they were a big help. The 18Us are talented and hard-working.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clarke delineated the keys to beating the Nepean Wildcats on Sunday: \u201cHaving the call-ups is a big thing with all our injuries. We\u2019ll need to be able to use our speed against Nepean. We\u2019ll need to control the play at both ends and to control our sloppiness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Clarke\u2019s post-game words on Saturday were prescient, indeed, as they related to Sunday\u2019s winning formula versus Nepean. The Panthers controlled both ends of the ice with a \u201cfull throttle\u201d 5-0 victory over the Wildcats on Sunday afternoon. The shutout avenged an early season Panthers\u2019 loss in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Junior Panthers jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead versus Nepean on Sunday at SARC with a pair of power play goals by Buckley and Li. Buckley tallied her second goal of the frame to give Central York a three-goal cushion heading into intermission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clara Williams and Degeer each earned two assists in the high octane opening twenty minutes of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Williams hit the goal-scoring column of the scoresheet at 17:01 of the second period\u2014with Buckley and Degeer earning assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Clarke\u2019s power play goal closed the scoring at 16:31 of the third period with helpers from Li and 18U call-up Abby Pak. Isabelle Whynot earned her third shutout of the season, blocking all 22 shots she faced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Panthers\u2019 next home game is Saturday, January 20 at 1.55 p.m. versus the Cambridge Rivulettes at SARC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jim Stewart<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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