| Southlake Carroll wins to put
itself in good spot
Team can earn title with
victory
04/08/2001
By Greg Lautenslager / Special Contributor
to The Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN – Southlake Carroll put itself in perfect position
to capture the state high school hockey tournament with
Saturday's convincing 4-1 win over Clear Lake at the Chaparral
Ice Arena.
Carroll needs only one win when it returns to the ice at 10
a.m.Sunday in the final day of the double-elimination
tournament. At 8 a.m. Clear Lake faces the winner of the Plano
East-Arlington game, played late Saturday. The winner of that
game would have to defeat Carroll in two straight games to
claim the title.
"For anyone who came here two days ago, this is what they
wished for," Carroll coach Laddy Tresl said.
Carroll entered the game with Clear Lake after a 2-1 win
over Plano East on Saturday morning in a rematch of Thursday's
Southwestern Bell High School Hockey League Championship game.
Daniel Vollmer scored the winning goal with 4:27 left in the
game.
Douglas Depker scored a goal in the first minute of each
the first and second periods to lead Carroll to the win over
Clear Lake in the night game. He scored off a rebound of Brian
Jacabowski's shot 45 seconds into the game.
No rebound was necessary on Jacobowski's next shot off a
pass from Guy Grivas. The wrist shot at close range rammed
into the Clear Lake goal with 5:29 left in the first period.
Depker scored his second goal 48 seconds into the second
period off a deflection of Jeff Luther's slap shot for a 3-0
lead.
"We got a good jump in both periods," Tresl said. "That
allowed us to relax and play with confidence."
Carroll outshot Clear Lake, 18-13. Carroll goalie B.J.
Cotton lost a shutout, when Clear Lake's Matt Harber scored on
a power play with 5:41 left in the game. Danny Force scored
Carroll's final goal with 3:08 left in the game.
Greg Lautenslager is a Dallas-area free-lancer writer.
TEXAS STATE HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS
(At Chaparral Ice Center, Austin)
DOUBLE ELIMINATION
LEWISVILLE 6 ROUND ROCK 3
SL CARROLL 2 PLANO EAST 1
ARLINGTON 6 SL CLEMENTS2
LEWISVILLE 6 CY-FAIRBANKS 2
ARLINGTON 4 KLEIN 1
PLANO EAST 3 LEWISVILLE 0
SL CARROLL 4 CLEAR LAKE 1
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