It was opening weekend for the Trenton Trojan Varsity Hockey team with much anticipated excitement for the 24-25 Team.  Opening weekend saw the Trojans face-off against two top HS Hockey teams in Hartland and Cranbrook.

 

On Friday night, the Trojans battled Hartland, which would be a classic game between the two long standing rivals.  Both goaltenders shared the spotlight as they turned away shot after shot.  It was Senior Evan Sivi for the Trojans who stood tall and gave the Trojans an opportunity to win.  All three periods were hard fought with the Trojans failing to convert on two breakaways and other scoring chances.  After 3 periods of play, the score remained tied 0-0.  In overtime, it was Hartland that struck just 30 seconds into the OT period as a mad scramble in front of the Trenton net resulted in a Hartland goal.  The Trojans took their first loss of the season but played hard and fought until the end.

 

On Saturday, the Trojans welcomed Cranbrook into town.  The defending D3 State Champion returned 20 players from last year's team and were looking to spoil the Trojan's night.  The Trojans struck first as Zach LaMay scored with an assist from Donovan Durbin.  However, the Cranes scored two in the second to take the lead.  In the third period, the Trojans evened the score as Landon Stark fired a shot past the Cranbrook netminder with assists going to Nathan Sparks and Seth Kneiding.  However, the Cranes scored again to make it a 2-3 game.  With 6 minutes left in the game, it was Sophomore Brett Allen who scored his first high school goal that evened the game at 3-3.  The assist on the goal went to Finn Aitkens.  Once again, this game went to overtime where both teams battled but failed to score.  The game ended in a tie.  Trojan netminder, Evan Sivi was again good between the pipes.