Penn High School Hockey Gold: Kingsmen stun Culver
Penn Hockey Gold scores victory at Culver Academy
The Penn Kingsmen Hockey Team (Varsity Gold) scored authored a signature moment for the program with a 3-2 victory at traditional powerhouse Culver Academy.
Penn looked to get revenge on the Eagles after a gut wrenching 8-2 loss in the state tournament last year.
The first period was a slow start for the Kingsmen, only having six shots on net, but the Kingsmen were able to hold off Culver’s nine shots with some great goal tending by Robert Bretchel.
Penn opened the scoring with a power-play goal by Grady Harrell, putting the Kingsmen up 1-0.
Gabe Hartford put the Kingsmen up 2-0 with an amazing pass from Finn O’Donnell.
Jaxton Giesel delivered a crisp pass to Harrell for his second goal, putting Penn ahead 3-1.
Culver closed the margin to 3-2, but Penn held on through six minutes of penalty kills.