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Bridgewater Comeback Falls Short Against Ridge
Panthers unable to capitalize on opportunities.
The ice hockey team lost to Ridge 3-2 Saturday night at the .
IN SHORT
The game opened with a goal by Aaron Golding scoing on an assist from David Monahan after just three minutes. Ridge showed solid penalty-killing skills, holding off the Panthers on four man-advantage opportunities in the first and second periods.
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One better, Tom Carpenter scored a shorthanded goal off a pass from Kyle Leddy in the first period. Ridge did turn it on the Panthers when Leddy scored a power play goal off assists from Oliver Peloso and Derek Vogt.
Bridgewater cut the deficit to 3-2 when Nick Lewis scored a third-period goal with assists from Eric Luetters and Ian Anderson.
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Bridgewater pulled its goalie with 40 seconds remaining in the game. Despite having several chances, the Panthers were unable to tie the game.
PANTHER OF THE GAME
Aaron Golding, forward—Golding scored the game's first goal off a David Monahan assist. "Dave Monahan came down to the corner and the puck came around the net and I was sitting the slot and usually he just gives it to me to try to put it in and I did."—Aaron Golding
COACH'S TAKE
"The game started out well for us. We were buzzing. We had offensive-zone pressure. But costly mistakes at some inopportune times really shifted the momentum of the game their way. But we gave it a go in the third period and we really put a lot of pressure on them. In the end, we just couldn't get it done. When you only put forth 40 to 50 percent of a game and don't play the right way, you are taking chances, and we got burned."—Bridgewater head coach Patrick Alvin
THEY SAID IT
"It was a pretty tough game the whole way through. They're a good team, they're really physical, and a lot of times we have trouble keeping up with them because we are a pretty small team. We got up early and then after they got their first goal we let down a little bit and they got their second one. We came out real slow the next to periods and that kind of killed us. We were just a little too late to come back at the end. It got really chippy at the end."—Golding
UP NEXT - The Panthers with travel to play Westfield on Monday, 3:30 p.m.
