Saturday, September 17, 2011 (Black Stars vs Tri-Valley Blue Devils)

On Saturday, the Black Stars Squirt B team played a spirited contest against the Tri-Valley Blue Devils at Ice Oasis.
Despite a strong effort from the Black Stars, Tri-Valley prevailed 5-3. The Blue Devils took advantage of Black
Stars penalties, scoring two power play goals.

Tri-Valley opened the scoring five minutes into the first period. The Black Stars responded two minutes later with
Christian Castelo’s wrist shot high to the stick side after a feed from Jeremy Hsu. The Blue Devils regained the lead
on a power play goal with five minutes left in the first period before taking a 3-1 lead early in the second period.
The Black Stars drew to within 3-2 when Max Zlochevsky converted a Quentin Kinney pass. Tri-Valley pulled
away in the third period with a power play goal and an even strength goal to make the score 5-2. The Black Stars
continued to battle, and Isaiah McKinney scored an unassisted goal with eight minutes remaining to account for the
5-3 final. The Black Stars showed good hustle in the remaining minutes, but could not convert their chances. Dylan
Desilva continued to provide solid goaltending for the Black Stars, facing 21 shots in the game and making several
top quality saves.