WPCNR RINKSIDE. By “Red Light” La Fleur. November 25, 2007: The White Plains Ice Tigers bottled up Rye Town-Harrison’s Titans in their own end Sunday night, scoring 3 goals in the first period and cruising to a 6-1 win to take their own 2007 Invitational Tournament. The Tigers’ speed and relentless forechecking  and whirlaround passes to the front of the goal from behind the net and  consistent deft interception of clearing passes in the alleys, saw White Plains outshoot les visiteurs, 48-29.

Taking Matt-ers into their own hands:  Matt Altieri (6) fires...Titan goalie loses the puck in his pads, and Matt Goldstein far right is about to skate in and deftly poke it into the net for a 2-0 lead in the First Period. The Matt Line had three of the six Tiger goals. Steve McCarrick is at far left on the doorstep.

The Tiger speed is reminiscent of the old Montreal Canadians the way they fly down the ice and it was too much for the Titans to keep up. All six goals came on 3 on 1s  and breakaways and pesky puckwork behind the net. 

Goaltender Abuse: The chief Titan tormentor was Rui Encarnacao (9) who scored two goals on breakaways to put the game out of reach in the second period and was always around the puck no matter where it was.

Steve McCarrick scored the first Tiger goal swooping in on left wing trailing Matt Altieri, the puck slithered back to McCarrick who slipped it behind the Titan tender for a 1-0 lead at 5:41 of the First period.  At  8:11, Altieri  broke in again on the Titan goal all alone fired, the goalie made the initial stop, and  Matt Goldstein trailing the play swooped in for the rebound and rammed it home for a 2-0 lead.

At 9:44, it was McCarrick’s turn again getting a feed on a 3 on 1 from Altieri and Goldstein and rifled home a wrist shot inbetween the circles from 30 feet out for a 3-0 lead. 

Mike Cambareri in goal for the Tigers withstood an onslaught from the Titans the first five minutes of period two before Encarnacao got the first of two breakaway scores at  11:11 of the second stanza to put the game out of reach. Monroe Woodbury took Third place in the tournament and Stepinac fourth.

Mitch Stogel scored the other Tiger goal.

The Tigers play Scarsdale Thursday evening at 5:15 PM at Ebersole Rink.

White Plains come-from-behind win over Stepinac Saturday night, 4-3 was another fine performance.