Saturday Night Hockey

East Kentwood 3 Crankbrook 2
The Falcons pick up an impressive come-from-behind road win over the defending state champion Cranes. Ben Belton gets the win between the pipes for East Kentwood.

Grand Rapids Catholic Central 9 Ottawa-Union 0
Cougars pour it on the Ottawa-Union team and end it after two. Son-of-a-blogger Quinn Edwards pitches the shutout for Catholic Central, which moves to 6-0 on the season.

Waterford 4 Rockford 3 (OT)
Watterford Kettering moves to 8-0 on the young season with a 4-3 OT win over Rockford. Kettering scores with less than a minute left in the OT. Shot on goal at 30 apiece as Forrest Andrus make 3 outstanding save in the last few minutes to send it to OT. Rams goals by Beeg, Hall, and McGillicuddy (pictured above).

Northview 2 South Christian 1
Wildcats beat the Sailors as Sean Auch scores the game winner, assisted by Steve Harwood.

Grandville 3 Kingsford 1
The Bulldogs get three goals in the second period -- two from Andy Grypma and one from Ian Strayer -- to gain a split in the Soo Tournament.

Saulte St. Marie 3 Big Rapids 0
Big Rapids falls 3-0 in the Soo Tourney final on Saturday afternoon in Soo Ste. Marie, MI. It was a hard fought game Vs an extremely physical Soo Ste. Marie Blue Devils team. At the first period break the Blue Devils carried a 1-0 lead, as niether team dominated the period. The 2nd period proved to be different as the Soo team fired 13 shots on Bob Butterfield who was in goal for the Cardinals, one shot a 1 on 0 breakaway that found the back of the net. The 2nd period produced several scoring opportunities for both teams, but Big Rapids could not capitalize on the net battles or rebounds. The Big Rapids defense battled aggressively as Nick Goodfellow, Billy McMullen and Eli Adams made several key defensive plays to keep Big Rapids within striking distance, but the Soo's intensity was just to much for the Cardinals. After 2 periods of play, the score was Soo 3 - Big Rapids 0. The third period was an extremely physical period, with Goodfellow from Big Rapids landing several "big" hits but the Cardinals could not turn the momentum of the game and eventually fell 3-0. Butterfield played well in net stopping 23 of the 26 shots.

Mona Shores 5 GR Christian 0
MS goalie Dan Harwood earned his first shutout for the Sailors by turning away 15 shots from the visiting GR Christian Eagles. Shores continued to shoot first and ask questions later, firing 46 shots on Eagles goalie Mitch Bryant. Bryant made several impressive saves from point blank range to keep the Sailors honest. Mona's Brock Carlston and JC Boyd both recorded multi-point games, with Carlston scoring twice and assisting on two, and Boyd scoring consecutive goals in the second period and assisting on another. The Sailor's scoring was rounded out by Kyle "Don't Tase Me Bro" Hicks who also made his mark in the second. Additional assists were provided by defenseman Ryan Mylenek, Brendan Sturr, and Andrew Ulfsax; and forwards Eric Moblo, Adam Meloche, and Gabe Green.

Other scores:
Forest Hills Central 4 EGR 2
Kalamazoo Blades 10 Wayland 2
Kenowa Hills 4 Royal Oak 1
Grand Haven 4 West Ottawa 1
Portage Northern 7 GP Univ. Liggett 1
Reeths Puffer 4 Mattawan 1
Brother Rice 3 Portage Central 0
Grand Ledge 9 Lowell-Caledonia 5

Thanks to all my correspondents for filing reports from the rinks!