Boulanger gets tricky in Ringgold’s OT win

By JOSE NEGRON

jnegron@yourmvi.com

For the second consecutive year, the Ringgold hockey team will play for a championship. 

The Rams, who captured the Division 2 title last season, earned a spot in the PIHL Class B championship game with a 6-5 overtime victory over Elizabeth Forward in a semifinal matchup Monday night at the RMU Island Sports Center. 

Nathan Boulanger scored the final three goals for Ringgold, including the game-winning tally 55 seconds into the extra period. Boulanger netted the Rams’ sixth and final goal on a breakaway as he wristed a shot over the right shoulder of Elizabeth Forward goaltender Billy Siemon. 

“As soon as I picked up the puck and saw I was on a breakaway, I knew I was scoring,” said Boulanger, who scored just four goals in 10 regular-season games. “I just saw the top left and I shot it.” 

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