On Monday night the Dons played an “interesting” game against powerhouse and defending champions Del Norte High School. Interesting in that they did not have a goaltender to dress – so they played the entire game with a fifth skater. While the Dons seemed to anticipate a goal fest due to the mostly unmanned net – Coach Sciabarra cautioned them that these games are basically a game-long penalty kill situation, as the fifth skater can fall back to defend against long shots but quickly joins the play as a fifth attacker when the puck changes hands. This turned out to be exactly what happened, but the Dons did squeak by with a 9-8 win. This will prove to be a very tough matchup moving forward when they are at full strength. 

Last night the Dons fell to a tough Scripps Ranch squad 11-8. One player for Scripps scored 8 of their goals and that proved to be too much for the Dons to overcome. That being said, Coach anticipates a better matchup in the next contest now that they are aware of this skater’s prowess.

Next week the Dons play Poway on Monday at 8 PM and then finish out the pre-break schedule with Westview on Wednesday at 6 PM. They will then resume play in January on Monday, January 8.