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North Oakland’s Nolan Poolton (R) protects the puck from Downriver’s Garrett Worden during the game played on Thursday at the Detroit Skating Club. Poolton had a goal, but the Eagles lost 6-4. (KEN SWART – For MediaNews Group)<\/p>\nBLOOMFIELD HILLS \u2014 Downriver Unified got four goals from Cameron Cousino and spoiled Senior Night for the North Oakland Eagles, claiming a 6-4 win on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Cousino got the scoring started just 5:21 into the game when he banged in a shot off the goalpost in transition. That was a sign of things to come as Unified in general and Cousino in particular were just a bit too fast for North Oakland in transition all night.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a couple of forwards that can motor pretty good, so we use that a lot,\u201d Downriver Unified head coach Garret Presnell said.\n<\/p>\n
Cousino would pile up four goals and an assist on the night, with all of his points coming off the rush or turnovers \u2013 or the rush following a turnover, including the game-winner when he stole the puck at the blue line and picked out the top corner with 9:31 to play.<\/p>\n
Henry Vena added a breakaway goal just 42 seconds later to make it 5-3 Unified, and North Oakland would never draw even after that, though Aidan London\u2019s power play goal with 5:12 to play pulled North Oakland to within a goal, 5-4.<\/p>\n
North Oakland’s Nolan Poolton (R) protects the puck from Downriver’s Garrett Worden during the game played on Thursday at the Detroit Skating Club. Poolton had a goal, but the Eagles lost 6-4. (KEN SWART – For MediaNews Group)<\/p>\n
North Oakland hit a post about a minute later. But the Eagles never really threatened after that, in part because they took three penalties in the last four minutes and had to spend most of the closing minutes on the penalty kill.<\/p>\n
Cousino would finish the scoring with an empty-net power-play goal with just 15 seconds left.<\/p>\n
North Oakland\u2019s power play was lethal, paying off on three occasions throughout the night \u2013 one each by Xavier Sanchez, Noah Voss, and London\u2019s late marker. Though while the Eagles were good five-on-five, they couldn\u2019t convert many chances at even strength, and they struggled to stay out of the penalty box, especially in the third period when they took five penalties.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we\u2019re five-on-five, we do fine. But we get a lot of penalties, and we pay for it every time,\u201d Eagles head coach Eric Button said. \u201cTonight was a perfect example.\u201d<\/p>\n