Vermont vs. New York on the high school ice had the potential to be a great game on paper. The latest meeting between Rice Memorial High School and Saranac High School boys’ ice hockey did not disappoint. A defensive battle through the first two periods led to drama in the final period. Two goals from both sides, including a game-tying goal with zero seconds left on the clock from Saranac’s Ashtyn Catlin, sent the game into overtime. However, it was a breakaway chance by Oliver Quong that sealed the deal in the first OT, leading the 2-1 final in favor of Rice. “I don’t want to come down to New York and not beat a team,” Quong said. “It’s a pretty big accomplishment to come down to a bigger state and beat a hockey team.”Quong got the breakaway game-winner off a faceoff pass, which led directly into his stick. With nobody in the vicinity to cut off his angle to shoot, He rifled a shot, which hit the top left corner of the net, sealing the deal for a game-winner. Quong says his motivation to score was for his goalie, Henry Monaghan, who only let up one goal with multiple other shots saved for his team. “It felt really good, I felt like our team earned that,” Quong said. “That one was definitely our goalie. Our goalie stood on his head out there … that one was mainly for the goalie because he played amazing, and I wanted to play for him.”Catlin’s goal was also special — a game-tying goal scored the blue line as a one-timer. He instantly fired up the Saranac crowd as he slammed his body in front of the glass near Spartan fans. Rice scored the first goal of the game off a pass from Quong, which set up Water Morris for the goal. See the highlights for this instant classic in the video above.
Vermont vs. New York on the high school ice had the potential to be a great game on paper. The latest meeting between Rice Memorial High School and Saranac High School boys’ ice hockey did not disappoint.
A defensive battle through the first two periods led to drama in the final period. Two goals from both sides, including a game-tying goal with zero seconds left on the clock from Saranac’s Ashtyn Catlin, sent the game into overtime. However, it was a breakaway chance by Oliver Quong that sealed the deal in the first OT, leading the 2-1 final in favor of Rice.
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“I don’t want to come down to New York and not beat a team,” Quong said. “It’s a pretty big accomplishment to come down to a bigger state and beat a hockey team.”
Quong got the breakaway game-winner off a faceoff pass, which led directly into his stick. With nobody in the vicinity to cut off his angle to shoot, He rifled a shot, which hit the top left corner of the net, sealing the deal for a game-winner.
Quong says his motivation to score was for his goalie, Henry Monaghan, who only let up one goal with multiple other shots saved for his team.
“It felt really good, I felt like our team earned that,” Quong said. “That one was definitely our goalie. Our goalie stood on his head out there … that one was mainly for the goalie because he played amazing, and I wanted to play for him.”
Catlin’s goal was also special — a game-tying goal scored the blue line as a one-timer. He instantly fired up the Saranac crowd as he slammed his body in front of the glass near Spartan fans.
Rice scored the first goal of the game off a pass from Quong, which set up Water Morris for the goal.
See the highlights for this instant classic in the video above.
