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South Lyon Unified’s Nathan Ligi picked up two goals and two assists during Monday’s 6-5 loss to Huron Valley United. (MOTH ARRICK – For MediaNews Group)<\/p>\nWATERFORD \u2014 With the regular season nearing its end, Huron Valley United and South Lyon Unified were tied atop of the Lakes Valley Conference with eight points each coming into Monday\u2019s showdown at Lakeland Ice Arena.<\/p>\n
A heated rivalry game to begin with, the intensity was kicked up a notch with the league title on the line.<\/p>\n
With the game tied 5-5 and under two minutes left on the clock in regulation, Huron Valley took a penalty, giving South Lyon a 5-on-4 advantage. The Titans\u2019 penalty kill kept South Lyon off of the board, and in the extra period Tommy Colt found the back of the net for the second time on the night to give the Titans a 6-5 victory and the conference championship.\n<\/p>\n
Afterwards, Huron Valley head coach Tim Ronayne said, \u201cOur penalty kill all night was pretty damn good. The second period, we got three penalties in a row, and for us to kill off those it was \u2026 We dug deep, we worked hard, it was a very emotional game.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGreat game,\u201d South Lyon Unified head coach Dennis Gagnon exclaimed afterwards. \u201cBoth teams played hard. In a rivalry game, the kids lose their composure sometimes, it happens with both teams, and it boils down to who can keep their composure, who can keep their heads, stay out of the box.\u201d<\/p>\n
The game was a back-and-forth affair all night as South Lyon Unified, ranked No. 9 in the latest Division 3 poll, opened things up with a first-period goal by Aiden Herrera before Huron Valley answered back just a few minutes later when Gavin Hewitt struck to tie things back up at 1-1.<\/p>\n
The remainder of the first period was all South Lyon as goals by Nathan Ligi and Jackson Curtiss gave their team a two-goal advantage headed into the first intermission.<\/p>\n
The second period saw Huron Valley pick up where South Lyon had left off in the first. The Titans managed to kill off three penalties and still put two goals on the board \u2014 one by Killian Voorhies, the other the first goal of the night for Colt \u2014 leaving the score knotted at 3-3 headed into the final period<\/p>\n
Gagnon talked about how his team struggled to make use of the opportunity when it had the odd-man advantage. \u201cI think we scored one power-play goal early, but we had two or three there towards the end and one at the end (where) we had some great opportunities and their goalie made some nice saves,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just one of those things.\u201d<\/p>\n
South Lyon Unified’s Nathan Ligi picked up two goals and two assists during Monday’s 6-5 loss to Huron Valley United. (MOTH ARRICK – For MediaNews Group)<\/p>\n
The third period was a seesaw battle with South Lyon scoring and Huron Valley responding. South Lyon had goals in that span by Ligi and Grant Laird, while the Titans scoring came from Lucas Brethauer and Craig Borges.<\/p>\n