MONROE — The Cheesemakers honored their seven seniors with a game against Waukesha North on Saturday, Dec. 10. Unfortunately, Monroe ended up on the losing end, 4-0.
“You’ve got two captains in seniors Seth [Brandt] and Easton [Dreyfus],” head coach Barry Einbeck said. “There are two very good leaders right there, and that’s what we need. We’ve had a couple game that have been tough recently, but that’s where the senior leadership comes in. They’ve done a nice job of doing that for us.”
Evan Reisinger scored two goals in the first period for the Stars. In the second, Jakob Schowengerdt capitalized on a power-play opportunity, putting Waukesha up 3-0. In the final period, Brock Goral capped the scoring with his own goal.
Dante Desidero stopped all 14 shots on net that he saw. On the other end, Xander Obert recorded 51 saves.
“Xander has been above and beyond what I thought he’d be playing this year,” Einbeck said. “He’s stepped up and played very well. He had 51 saves tonight, and a lot of them were really good. It could have easily been 6-0. He doesn’t have an A or C on his chest, but he’s still leading our team.”
Monroe had a tough time staying out of the penalty box, though, with 24 total minutes on 12 infractions.
“We’ve been on a trend recently,” Einbeck said. “That’s where us coaches and, hopefully, our captains will start reeling the kids back in. We’ve been talking about it, so now we just need to take the next step in making sure the kids stay under control and do the right things. It gets us off our game.”
OREGON 7, MONROE 2
MONROE — The Panthers used a three-goal third period to defeat the Cheesemakers on Friday, Dec. 9.
Two short-handed goals began the game, one from each team. With Nolan Bodenstein in the penalty box for tripping, Patrick Alt found the back of the net with an assist from Wyatt Janecke.
With less than a minute to go in the first, Jacob Cameron scored with teammate John McKenzie in the sin bin for slashing. Easton Lindert added on with another goal with just four seconds left in the period.
Oregon scored another two goals in the second period, beginning with an unassisted goal from Edgar Nieto. Simon Dosher extended the Panthers’ lead to 4-1 with another goal, assisted by Andrew Jicha and Cameron.
Carter Nemergut scored what proved to be Monroe’s final goal in the second period. He was assisted by Benjamin Erdley.
The Cheesemakers were held scoreless in the third, while the Panthers received goals three goals — two from Jicha and one from Ty Zurawik.
Monroe put 25 shots on Oregon’s goalie, Nate McAlpine, with two finding the back of the net. Conversely, Obert stopped 34 shots on goal, letting two across.
