{"id":37007,"date":"2025-10-16T13:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T17:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=37007"},"modified":"2025-10-16T13:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T17:35:14","slug":"van-berkel-delivers-dramatic-game-winner-in-junior-panthers-3-2-win-over-barrie-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/van-berkel-delivers-dramatic-game-winner-in-junior-panthers-3-2-win-over-barrie-sharks\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Berkel delivers dramatic game-winner in Junior Panthers\u2019 3-2 win over Barrie Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the second consecutive Wednesday, Annabella \u201cBig Goal\u201d Van Berkel scored a dramatic game-winner to impel the U22 Central York Panthers to a critical victory at SARC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Van Berkel fired home the game-winning-goal in a climactic shootout to sink the Burlington Barracudas 2-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, the speedy forward\u2019s go-ahead goal broke a 2-2 third period tie with the Barrie Sharks to help secure the Panthers\u2019 sixth consecutive win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 3-2 regulation win earned Central York three points and moved them past the Sharks into second place in the OWHA U22 Elite standings. Van Berkel described the keys to victory over Barrie: \u201cWe played them earlier and lost a close game in a shootout. Tonight, we didn\u2019t get too high and didn\u2019t get too low. We stayed with what we know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought we played for each other tonight. Our team knows we have something special here and Coach Steve [Dempsey] has done such a good job building our team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Central York opened the scoring early in the first period when Lily Paisley capitalized on a defensive turnover by the Sharks. She snapped the puck past Sharks goaltender Ryleigh Maxwell at 1:27 to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead. Paisley\u2019s unassisted marker was her fourth of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than two minutes later, speedy Sharks forward Tayah Wallace took a long lead pass from Simone Swanson, cut in from the right wing past the Panthers\u2019 defenders, and fired a wrist shot from between the circles that beat Central York netminder Claire Hicks\u2019 high glove side to pull the Sharks even at 1-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than two minutes into the middle frame, Abby Pak cradled a chipped pass from Catelyn Clark in the neutral zone, stormed down the right wing, and ripped a shot past Maxwell inside the right faceoff circle to restore CYP\u2019s lead. It was the hard-working forward\u2019s second of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sharks knotted the game at 2-2 when Wallace created space between the circles and snapped the puck off the right pipe\u2014picking the corner over Hicks\u2019s blocker\u2014to register her second goal of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 11:54 left in the third period, the Panthers\u2019 arduous forechecking paid off when Zoe Ordanis fed Van Berkel a pass just above the blue ice of the crease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Berkel one-timed the pass past Maxwell for her sixth of the season and gave her playmaking teammate much of the credit for creating the opportunity to score the game-winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were working on a set play and we saw a chance to take it. Zoe did a great job to get the puck to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ordanis\u2019s assist was her sixth of the season\u2014tying her for the team lead with third-year Panthers\u2019 veteran Keira Johnson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Panthers\u2019 3-2 lead was tenuous, especially when the Barrie coaching staff used its timeout, removed Maxwell for the extra attacker, and created numerous scoring opportunities in the slot. However, Hicks held the fort in the final frantic seconds of play and earned the W by stopping 23 of 25 shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Berkel complimented her goaltender for the game-saving stops in the final two minutes of play:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClaire really stood on her head. Knowing that she\u2019s there to back us up gives our team lots of confidence. It shows how strong a goaltender she is. She played phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Panthers welcome the Ridley Tigers on Saturday, October 18 at 1.55 p.m. and the Ottawa 67\u2019s on Sunday, October 19 at 1:35. Both games are at SARC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Circled on the calendar is an OWHA U22 Elite Showdown on the final weekend of October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second-place Junior Panthers (8-1-0) will host the first-place Etobicoke Dolphins (9-1-0) on Saturday, October 25. Puck drop at SARC is 1:55 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First-year Junior Panther Audrey Martone leads CYP in scoring<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the many strengths of second-place CYP is their depth of scoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven Panthers are among the Top 50 scorers in the 25-team U22 Elite Division. Remarkably, five of these players\u2014Martone, Ordanis, Lewington, Lazarou, and Paisley\u2014are in their first season with the Junior Panthers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#13\u2014Audrey Martone<\/strong>— 8G + 3A = 11<\/strong> points in 9 games<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#22\u2014Keira Johnson<\/strong>–3G + 6A= 9<\/strong> points in 9 games<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#23\u2014Zoe Ordanis<\/strong>–3G + 6A = 9<\/strong> points in 9 games<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#30\u2014Annabella Van Berkel<\/strong>\u20146G (+ SWG vs Burlington) + 2A = 8<\/strong> points in 9 games<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#31\u2014Ellie Lewington<\/strong>\u20143G + 5A = 8 points in 9<\/strong> games<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#46\u2014Demi Lazarou<\/strong>\u20146G + 1A = 7 points in 9<\/strong> games<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#47\u2014Lily Paisley<\/strong>\u20144G + 3A = 7 points in 9 <\/strong>games<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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