A look at a few area highlights from games this past week as the new calendar year started:
• University rebounded a 3-2 overtime loss Dec. 30 to Holy Name to ring in the new year with a pair of Great Lakes Hockey League wins less than 24 hours apart in a home-and-home with St. Edward.
US won the first game, 1-0, in overtime at Cleveland Heights, getting a goal from Tyler Alt. The Preppers dispatched the Eagles at Winterhurst, 2-1, on Jan. 7, getting goals from Jack Henry Muha and Alt. Goaltender Kyle Flatow started both games, with 24 saves in the former and 30 in the latter.
The two victories marks US’ 39th and 40th over the Eagles in 66 tries since the 2000-01 season in the Greater Cleveland powers’ storied rivalry.
• Gilmour was runner-up in its Brother James Memorial tournament, falling, 2-0, on Jan. 7 to Bethel Park (Pa.). The Lancers had defeated Bethel Park, 4-0, two days prior to bounce back from a 3-0 setback to Bishop’s College School (Quebec) to open the tournament.
• Benedictine lit the lamp early and often in a 9-4 White South victory Jan. 5 over Brecksville. It marks the most goals in a game for the Bengals since defeating the Bees, 13-4, on Dec. 10, 2016, and is the eighth time in the last five seasons they have scored at least nine goals in a game. Mike Price and Matt Carson each netted a hat trick for Benedictine in the Jan. 5 win.
• Mayfield snapped a 1-5 stretch with a 10-0 Blue South victory over Brush and was competitive in a 4-2 loss to league power Brooklyn on Jan. 7. The latter was noteworthy because the Wildcats were mercy-ruled by the Hurricanes, 10-0, on Dec. 14, and lost to them, 8-2, on Dec. 27.
• Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin snapped a three-game losing skid with a 3-2 White South win over fellow area squad Chagrin Falls on Jan. 6. Trent Szmania had two goals and an assist for the Lions.
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