False start

Chief icers nearly climb out of
early 3-0 hole against Churchill

Jan. 7, 2010, 11:05 p.m.

  If you've ever tried to get your car rolling at a green light with a thick layer of ice under your tires, you'll be able to relate to Canton's hockey team Wednesday night.

  The Chiefs struggled to get going against Livonia Churchill and never did quite dig out of an early 3-0 hole in the Chargers' 6-3 triumph.

  The loss dropped Canton to 3-6-1.

  "We were down 3-0 after the first eight minutes," Canton coach Jeremy  Majszak lamented. "We just got out of the gate slow. It was a team effort."

  But the Chiefs never said die, fighting back to within 3-2  at the end of the first period thanks to goals from AJ Rosales (assisted by Kyle Korte) and Garrett Bryden, his first lamp-lighter of the year, assisted by Rosales.

  "Then we played really well coming out of the first intermission; the guys really stepped it up," said Majszak.

  After Churchill netted a goal to  pad its lead to 4-2, Canton countered with a Taylor Baker goal to narrow the deficit to one.

  "Taylor Baker played a very good game," said Majszak. "He really stepped up for us tonight."

  "In the third period we really went at  them, but we came out at the wrong end of the stick."

  Sophomore goalie Ryan Bazner stopped 23 of 29 shots.

  The Chiefs return to action Saturday in Midland, which carries an 8-1-0 record.