Milford High School

The Lakeland/Milford varsity hockey season started off with a bang as the unified HV Titans put up a bunch-o-goals handily winning their first game of the season 8-1 over the Fenton/Linden Unified Griffins. Junior blue liner Carson Rolland opened up the scoring (assist to Matthew Daugherty) just 53 seconds into the game skating 200 feet through all six Griffins and beating the goalie with a mesmerizing backhand shot that left most of the arena wondering exactly what just happened. Later in the period Milford senior Tommy Colt stole the puck and carried it into the Fenton zone as Lakeland senior Levi Weinberger patiently followed the play. Colt completed a spin-o-rama and slid the puck to Weinberger who finished the play with a glove side wrist shot. Fenton managed a powerplay goal to make it 2-1 but Weinberger scored his second of four goals in the final minute (assists to Alex Johnson and Fisher Seets) and the Titans never looked back. The final score was 8-1. Senior goalie Ben Johnson turned back 6 of 7 shots in 51 minutes of play. Scoring summary: Levi Weinberger had a big night with 4 goals and one assist. Linemate senior Alex Johnson put up a goal and 3 assists. Junior Carson Rolland 1 goal and 2 assists. Freshman Declan Sitar scored his first varsity goal and added an assist on the night. Junior Marty Strauch rounded out the scoring with a goal of his own. Assists also awarded to Tommy Colt, Ryan Marcella, Brennan Kennedy(2), Fisher Seets, Easton Jacobsen and Matthew Daugherty. Head Coach Tim Ronayne: "We're glad to get that first game under our belts. We've got a bunch of new faces and only a week or so of practice to prep. We saw a lot of good things out there. Our veterans definitely made a statement tonight and we really like how our new players are stepping in to their roles." On Wednesday the Titans took on Clarkston at their barn. Captain Levi Weinberger scored his first of the night when he slipped behind all Wolve defenders and received a pass from freshman standout Declan Sitar. Just scant seconds later Tommy Colt nabbed the puck from a careless CHS defender and found hard charging junior Marty Strauch who tucked the puck in for a two-goal lead. The Titan's final goal of the period came off a Weinberger faceoff win to Carson Rolland. Rolland snapped the puck on net where Weinberger and Alex Johnson stabbed at the rebound. Eventually Johnson shoveled it by the goalie. 3-0 Titans at the intermission. The Wolves managed a couple of powerplay goals late in the game but goalie Hunter Bennett notched a win stopping 19 of 22 shots. The remaining Titans goals: Easton Jacobsen (Weinberger and Rolland), Vince Modica scored a backbreaker out of the penalty box (Rolland), Weinberger (Jacobsen and Colt) and finally Weinberger score to complete back-to-back hat tricks (Marcella and Dougherty). Yes, that is another five point game from the captain. Coach Ronayne: "That was a good win against a solid Clarkston team. They came out flying and we needed some big saves from Hunter and the post before we got our scoring on track. We're very pleased with the progress of our defense and forwards thus far but we have a long way to go and some tough sledding ahead of us." Tough sledding indeed coach! The Titans meet in-rink rival Walled Lake United on Wednesday 11/11 @ 7:20 pm at the spacious Lakeland Ice Arena.