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his lungs when the puck hit the back of the net, breaking the ice for the fourth time and shifting the momentum for his team. As the game progressed just under halfway into a five-minute overtime period, one of the team’s six first-year students, Adam Kaplan, buried the gamewinning goal on the team’s 46th shot to reach second round of the playoffs against Desert Vista. With the team riding high, Miscio told his team to bottle up their adrenaline following the big win and take a big slurp of it the following night when Notre Dame had its date with Desert Vista. The game proved to be another challenge with another hot goaltender but senior goaltender Ethan Hatzung was equally as hot, stopping all 40 shots he faced. Forward Reed Gramlich pulled the puck between his legs and lifted it over the goaltender, scoring his third goal of the playoffs and second big goal of the playoffs. Fresh off of two tight playoff wins, Miscio’s priorities shifted to a rematch
of last year’s state championship against top-seeded Pinnacle High School. (The game was scheduled for yesterday, Feb. 12. For an update see Scottsdale.org.) “We got them last year and they were the top seed last year,” he said. “We broke down film among the four coaches and while Pinnacle is a dynamic team, the matchup is going to be 100% heart and the weapon that I think we have is that I am blessed with an incredible group of partners as a coaching staff and we will have a few systems that we are going to try to implement throughout the game.” Miscio underscores the pride he has with his team. “I started to cry after our game against Desert Vista and I told them ‘thank you for making an old man happy,’” he said “With what we’ve done with a younger crew and my impetus of coaching is what’s next in life and what can I do with this young man after his senior year even if he never plays hockey again after his senior year. “One of the biggest lessons we learned this year was that you have to learn how to lose to be a winner and as long as they walk off that ice with their heads held high, that’s what matters to me.”
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