<\/a>Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé junior Elliot Welch (36) moves for a puck with North Pole junior Hunter Simons (37) during the Crimson Bears’ 5-2 loss to the Patriots on Saturday at the Treadwell Ice Arena. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
The first unlucky bounce came just over one minute into action when North Pole junior Jacob Weber, assisted by junior Sam Lannet, had his wrap-around shot blocked by JDHS senior goalie Caleb Friend but then accidentally kicked in by a scrum.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
JDHS would answer late in the period when senior forward Dylan Sowa, assisted by classmate Emilio Holbrook, put a nice shot into the upper netting to tie the score at 1-1.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
North Pole used the top of the second period to take a 2-1 advantage with another blocked shot that found the net. This time Lannet was credited with the goal with 10:56 remaining, assisted by senior Parker Jusczak.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
JDHS again showed they would not be overwhelmed on their home ice.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
In a bittersweet moment, Crimson Bears sophomore forward Tricen Headings found his own unlucky bounce against the Patriots and put in a rebound shot for his first career varsity goal.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“It was a very exciting moment, my first goal,” Headings said. “It kind of all just came in a flash. All of a sudden I was in front of the goal and I saw it right in front of me and I hit it in the net…I was on my knees and I saw that puck in front of the net and I just had to tap it in. I wish we would have won but, yeah, it was kind of exciting.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/a>Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé sophomore Tricen Headings (34) pokes in his first career varsity goal past North Pole junior goalie Daniel Rady (74) during the Crimson Bears’ 5-2 loss to the Patriots on Saturday at the Treadwell Ice Arena. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Headings was mobbed by his teammates as the stands erupted.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“It was pretty cool,” Headings said. “All of them were, like, coming towards me and, like, all happy for my first varsity goal, yeah, it was really exciting.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The experienced players on the Crimson Bears made it a point to congratulate Headings after the game as well.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“Pretty much everybody,” he said. “They come up to me after the game, told me congrats, yeah, it was a special moment.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
That special moment was followed by a Crimson Bears interference penalty and a Patriots cross-checking penalty as the physicality picked up. JDHS would then be called for high-sticking and be a man down, putting more pressure on goalie Friend, who had been dealing with senior-heavy North Pole all weekend, including 15 shots already in the first period.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
However, the JDHS penalty killers at this time were Phelps, Sowa, Holbrook and senior Loran Platt, and they rallied in front of Friend to keep the net clean.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“We just all have to put our heads down and grind a little bit more,” Phelps said. “It is a tough situation to be in, obviously, but when you lose a man you just have to try, every time you touch the puck throw it to the other end. There is not a ton you can do, but we just have to buckle our heads down and grind.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/a>Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé fans cheer during the Crimson Bears’ 5-2 loss to the Patriots on Saturday at the Treadwell Ice Arena. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
North Pole would find a third lucky bounce with 1:27 remaining in the period as senior Kagen Kramer, assisted by senior Dylan Earl, put a rebound up in the corner for a 3-2 advantage.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“The goalie has got to be the best penalty killer at that point,” JDHS head coach Matt Boline said. “I think earlier in the game, the first three goals they all were off bounces that went off somebody’s body, stick or skate or something so we can either sit around and whine about it or we can make our own bounces. And it just didn’t happen tonight and it can’t happen if we are one or two men down. Any goalie has got to be the best penalty killer at that point, and Caleb was tonight. He did great. We just have to do more in front of him, make sure we don’t put ourselves in a situation.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The Crimson Bears’ Friend was peppered with 39 Patriots shots and JDHS put 30 against North Pole junior goalie Daniel Rady.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
JDHS would earn three more penalties in the third period.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
An interference call with 9:35 remaining and a tripping penalty with 8:55 remaining led to a North Pole power play goal with 8:07 left as the Patriot’s Weber scored his second of the day, assisted by sophomore Tripp Wood.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Crimson Bears seniors Sowa, Holbrook and Carter Miller and junior Elias Schane were killing the first penalty, and senior Luke Bovitz and juniors Elliot Welch and Phelps the second penalty.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t