If you watched the first half of the first period, you might have thought Duchesne's Ice Hockey team just wasn't "feeling it".  Timberland came out early and dictated the tempo of the game and by the halfway point of the first period were up 2-0 on Duchesne.  However, Coach Ed Kelsey kept repeating the phrase, "It's early boys.  There is still a lot of hockey to play."  That was the fuel that started the fire.

Moments later, Junior Ryan Adkerson fired a long pass to Senior Nick Morgan who buried it in the net to get within a goal.  Not long after that, Trenton Gebben-Thompson took a face off and fired it down the length of the ice where Senior Carson Kuhn blew past the Timberland defenders and got the puck for a breakaway goal to tie up the score before the end of the first period.

That momentum carried into the second period.  Tied at 2-2, Duchesne took a tripping penalty and were going to be short-handed for two minutes.  In that two minutes, Senior Nick Morgan and Freshman Owen Kelsey scored two short handed goals in less than a minute to put Duchesne up 4-2.  Duchesne kept rolling and put up two more goals in the second period to complete their six unanswered goal run. Senior Nick Morgan completed a hat trick with one of those goals, and Freshman Owen Kelsey got his second of the night.

Freshman goalie Braylon Douglas got his first start of the season.  After going down 2-0 in the first, Braylon proceeded to shut down everything that came near him after that despite numerous shot attemps by Timberland including a few breakaways from their top players.

Despite being down three players, including two senior defenders, the team stepped up to fill those gaps, especially on defense. 

What really seemed to keep fueling the team throughout the game was the large turnout of Duchesne students that not only came to the game, but were being loud and even dancing to the arena music during clock stoppages.  It was no surprise at the final buzzer that the full team went straight to the glass where the students were seated and celebrated the great victory with them.

Next up for Duchesne is Francis Howell High School in Game 3 of the St. Chuck Cup Tournament.  Both teams are 1-1 in the tournament with two games remaining.  That game will take place on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 7:00pm at Wentzville Ice Arena and Duchesne would love to have another great student and fan turnout for that game.  Hope to see you all there!