Saylor’s goal sends Rams to title game

By ASHLEY CHASE

MVI Sports

It was an overtime thriller as Ringgold defeated Bishop Canevin, 4-3, at the RMU Island Sports Center on Thursday to advance to the PIHL Class B championship game.

After nearly four periods of hockey, Ringgold cashed in for the game-winner with 1:36 left in the overtime frame.

Rams defender Hunter Hodgson worked the puck around a trio of skaters and when it came time to shoot or pass, he found fellow junior Ethan Saylor on the doorstep to chip home the goal and give Ringgold a return trip to the final, years in the making. 

“I was just thinking about making the best play I could,” said Hodgson. “I had to get around whoever I had to get around to make the play, and thankfully (Ethan) capped it off and ended the game. Nothing better you could ask for right there.”

“Hunter skated around like three people and I was just standing there back door and he slid it right to me,” Saylor said.

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