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RFH 2010, Sports
HCS Upsets RFA 3-1 on Senior Night
Six memebrs of the HCS hockey team laced up their skates for the last time as Emerald Knights Thursday, and they went out in style. HCS beat Rome Free Academy 3-1 at Colgate's Starr Rink to end the season 9-9-2.
Senior Blaine Holcomb scored what would be the winning goal in the second period off an assist by Alex Brink.
Brink scored Hamilton's first goal on an assist from senior Nick Heintz in the first period.
Senior Derrick Rogers put an exclamation point on the win, on senior night and his HCS hockey career with an empty net goal with seven seconds left.
HCS Coach Murray Decock praised the work of all the seniors, but none more so than goalie Brendon Rusch, who had 46 saves.
"He had a career game for us," said Decock. "It was a big win and Brendon had a great game."
Among those 46 saves was a penalty shot with one second left in the second period. He stopped the RFA shot and HCS went to the locker room up 2-1 and with a lot of momentum.
Decock said RFA came out firing in the final period. Rusch stopped 21 shots in that period. Decock said Rome pulled their goalie for the last minute and a half.
The coach also praised defenseman Jim Smith, a senior, for his effort Thursday. He was working extra hard to make up for the loss of linemate senior Joe Santoro, who was sitting out the game as the result of a major penalty in Tuesday's win over Oswego.
The win on senior night was a fitting conclusion for the Knights. A year ago they ended the season with just two wins, and was a team rattled by internal dissent.
This year, the Knights had a vastly improved record and narrowly missed the playoffs. HCS also posted big wins over Clinton and Whitsboro in addition to topping RFA on the last night of the season.
Before their game, the Knights honored their seniors and their parents:
+ Nick Heintz
+ Brendon Rusch
+ Baline Holcomb
+ Derrick Rogers
+ Jim Smith
+ and Joe Santoro.
Family members joined the seniors on the ice before faceoff (below).
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Friday, February 12, 2010 Patty
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Todd