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MATT GILL’S HAT TRICK LEADS TEAM GRAY TO 3-2 TITLE GAME WIN

OVER DEFENDING CHAMPION NOMADS

 

Left winger Matt Gill was a one-man wrecking crew for Team Gray in the Fall 2011 championship game, accounting for all three of his team’s scores in a 3-2 win over the dynasty Nomads. With two goals in the first period and one more to open the second, Gill was easily the Most Valuable Player in leading Team Gray to its first title game win in five seasons.

Gill’s first goal came courtesy of an excellent trap-breaking pass from Rob Damiano in the defensive zone. Gill collected the clearing pass at the offensive blue line, and then managed to use a size advantage over the Nomads’ Jerry Lamb to drive to the goal despite having the opposing winger draped all over him. Gill was able to chip the puck up and over Nomads’ goalie Jay Borelli to make it 1-0 at the 8:10 mark.

A 3-on-1 break the other way tied the score less than a minute later though, when the Nomads’ Bob Cahill gained the line on the right side and found wide open linemate Rick Bertolami on the left. Bertolami ripped a no-doubt shot high up over Gray goalie Mike Harmon.

Gill grabbed the lead back for Gray before the period was over via a tip of a Chris Howgate shot, and made it 3-1 in the first minute of the second period. Once again, it was a sharp clearing pass that created the opportunity for Gill, this time coming from the stick of defenseman Tim Southwick, who found a passing seam through traffic along the right side. Gill was able to beat pressure from the middle and drive around the edge towards the goal, putting on a successful deke on the crossing maneuver to get Borelli to expose the low right side.

The Nomads’ Kevin Hoag did everything in his power to make it interesting in the third period, setting up a Brian Coyne score, drawing a penalty, and launching a near-equalizing slapshot in the closing seconds that Harmon was able to deflect high over the net. Harmon finished with 28 saves on the game while Borelli totaled 16.

 

SCORING:

1^st pd: Gray – Gill (Damiano, Southwick), 8:10; Nomads – Bertolami (Cahill, Uretsky), 8:55; Gray – Gill (Howgate, MacKeen), 16:28.

2^nd pd: Gray – Gill (Southwick), 0:56.

3^rd pd: Nomads – Coyne (Hoag), 5:39.