The Eagles co-op hockey team made the most of Senior Night, celebrating our six seniors, and getting them the win as they beat Forest Hills Northern Eastern 3-1. Senior Brendan Farmer scored two goals in the first period to give the Eagles a lead that they would not relinquish. Jack Micus assisted on the first goal.  Brody Baysore, and Josh Trendt assisted on his second. In the second period, Josh Trendt added a third goal off a pass from Brody Baysore from behind the net, Farmer also assisted on the goal.   Brayden Melinn and Cole Butler combined for the win stopping 46 shots in the game. Friday night the Eagles will face portage Central in their final regular season game. Game time is 4 o’clock at Eagles Ice Center.

The Eagles co-op hockey team extended their win streak to five games beating Jenison 3-2 last night. While it wasn’t the team’s best effort, Brayden Melinn stood tall in the nets, making some huge saves in the third period to preserve the 3 to 2 win. The Eagles scored two minutes into the first. With Danny Groszkiewicz getting a back door pass from Landon Smith. Collin Peal assisted on the play. Next, Brody Baysore scored on a breakaway, beating the goalie over his blocker. Brendan Farmer assisted on the goal. The Eagles gave up two goals in the first four minutes of the second and headed into the third period deadlocked at two. Colton Laufer scored two minutes into the third. Off a quick shot from in front of the net. Josh VanSchepen, and Luke Afman assisted on the play. The Eagles were out shot in the game 23 to 12 with Melinn stopping 21 of them.  This weekend, the Eagles travel to the Trenton Showcase tournament to face warren de la Salle on Friday afternoon and Lake Orion on Saturday evening.  With the win, it puts the Eagles back into first place in the league with three games to play. 

It's been quite the run of games in the last two weeks for the Eagles Co-op hockey team.  They played Mona Shores in Muskegon and came out with a huge league win beating Mona Shores 2-1 making it 4 league wins in a row in 8 days.  In doing so the hockey team sits in first place in their league with 4 games to go.  Mona Shores outshot the Eagles in the first period 12-4, but only two of the shots were from in close as the Eagles did a great job of keeping the shots to the outside.  The best scoring chance in the first was by Colton Laufer as he had a breakaway and per the ref hit the post and the cross bar.  Many people in the arena felt otherwise, but the team kept battling.  In the second period the team flipped the script out shooting the Sailors 12-4.  Brody Baysore opened the scoring as he intercepted a pass and beat the Mona goalie over his glove to go up 1-0.  In the third period Mona evened the game off a scramble in front of the net.  With 2 minutes to go in the game Colton Laufer intercepted a cross ice pass and walked in on a breakaway and with the same move made no mistake this time as he put the Eagles up by a goal and the team went on to play a great last two minutes of defensive hockey to secure the win.  Brayden Melinn played well in net stopping 22 of 23 shots on goal.   The next game is a league game at home vs Jenison on Tuesday 31 at 6:00. 

Hockey Varsity Eagles beat Forest Hills Central 7-4 The Eagles, co-op hockey team led by Danny Groszkiewicz’s hat trick, played in a barnburner last night against crosstown rival Forest Hills Central.  The team seemed out of sorts in the first two periods, giving up a goal in the first and then being down 4-1 at the end of the second. Josh VanSchepen scored the teams only goal of the second period on the power play, assisted by Colton Laufer and Josh Hooper.  In the third period the team scored 4 goals in two minutes and 6 seconds. First Jack Micus scored on a 4 on 3 powerplay assisted by Groszkiewicz and Hooper. Then Groszkiewicz scored another powerplay goal beating the goalie five hole with assists going to Josh VanSchepen and goalie Braden Melinn. 13 seconds later Colin Peal scored from the blue line. Brendan Farmer and Nolan Rinehart drew assists.  18 seconds after that goal Laufer scored on a rebound with assists going to Josh VanSchepen and Groszkiewicz.  Groszkiewicz scored off a neutral zone turnover forced by Hooper who assisted on the play, and then scored again to finish off the hat trick on the open net with a minute and a half to go in the game. Spencer Burg assisted on the goal. Brayden Melinn got the win with 24 saves as the Eagles Coop team moved to 1-0 in the league.   The team travels to Sault Saint Marie this weekend for two non-conference games.  

On Saturday, the Eagles traveled to Wyandotte for their second game of the weekend. Wyandotte scored twice in the first period to go up early in the game.  In the second, Brendan Farmer scored a power-play goal as he drove the net and beat the goalie on a deke to his back hand side.  Cam Laufer assisted.  Danny Groszkiewicz scored 11 seconds into the third to tie the game.  Josh Hooper, and Jack Micus assisted on the goal. Wyandotte went up by a goal on an unassisted power-play goal six minutes later.  With 3 minutes to go Josh VanSchepen scored an unassisted goal beating the goalie on the short side.   A minute later, the Eagles took two penalties, and Wyandotte scored a power-play goal with a two-man advantage to win the game 4-3.  The next Eagles hockey game is at home on Tuesday night against Forest Hills Central at 6:00. 

The team jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first two periods Friday night.  Colin Wildman one timed a pass from Nolan Rinehart to open the scoring. Colin Peal assisted on the play. Later Spencer Burg scored his first goal of his high school career with a shot from the blue line. Landon Smith and Mike VanBeynen assisted in the goal.  Brody Baysore finished the first period scoring off an assist by Cam Laufer.  In the second period Josh VanSchepen scored a short-handed breakaway goal.   Later Wildman scored his second of the game on the power play with assists to Colton Laufer and Danny Groszkiewicz.  Rinehart finished off the scoring during a goal mouth scramble.  Wildman added an assist.  Brayden Melinn stopped 25 of 26 shots on net.  

The Eagles Hockey team won their first game yesterday beating Rockford 7-0.  Josh Hooper scored his first high school goal of his career in the first period on the Eagles Power Play.  Collin Wildman and Colton Laufer assisted on the goal.  In the second period the Eagles scored twice.  Colton Laufer scored a short handed goal on a break away.  Spencer Burg assisted on the play.  With 5 min to go in the second Colin Peal scored on the PP on a shot from the blue line. Burg assisted on the goal.  In the third period the Eagles broke open the game scoring 4 goals.  Josh Hooper scored on a powerplay goal getting his second of the game.  Jack Micus and Cam Laufer drew assists.  Wildman scored at the 14 minute mark with a shot from the slot off a pass from Miles VanBeynen.  With 3 minutes to go Cam Laufer scored his first high school goal of his career.  Jake Eaton and VanBeynen assisted on the goal.  With 46 seconds to go in the game Hooper scored his 3rd goal of the game getting his hat trick.  Micus and VanBeynen assisted on the goal.  Brayden Melinn and Cole Butler split time in the net getting the combined shutout stopping all 16 shots.  The team travels to Detroit this weekend to play Allen Park and Wyandotte.  

On Saturday the Eagles traveled to Byron Center.  They welcomed back the four players from West Catholic who had just won the football state title the day before to the team and to the ice for the first time all season. Byron jumped out to a 4-0 lead until Miles Van Beynen scored on a breakaway to notch the first and only goal for the Eagles.  Byron Center’s senior-ladened team proved to be too much early in the season but the team will get another shot at them in playoffs.  Again Melinn played very well in net stopping 30 of 34 shots on goal.   The next game is at home vs Rockford on Wednesday at 3:30. 

The Eagles lost to Grand Rapids Catholic Central 2-4.  Catholic jumped out to a two goal lead.  In the second period Josh Trendt came off the bench and crashed the net putting in a rebound goal off a shot from Jack Micus from the blue line.  Brody Baysore scored off a sneaky back door pass by Landon Smith.  The game stayed tied until three minutes to go in the third when Catholic scored off a faceoff and then added an empty net goal.  Brayden Melinn played very well in the opener stopping 30 of 33 shots.