The Eagles opened the 2023 portion of their schedule Wednesday night at Twin Ponds.
HARRISBURG – Cumberland Valley found itself trailing 5-2 midway through the third period of Wednesday’s Central Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League Bears Division game against Cedar Crest, and the Falcons were threatening to tighten their grip on the game’s momentum with a flurry of chances at the Eagles’ end of the ice at Twin Ponds.
Cedar Crest buzzed about the net, testing Cumberland Valley goaltender Jeremy Giordano, who ended up on his stomach before the puck rolled out into open ice. A Falcon forward wound up and unloaded a shot, but Giordano absorbed it in his equipment, ending the threat and drawing some of the loudest cheers of the night from his teammates on the bench and the few dozen fans in the bleachers.
Giordano was down but not out.
So, too, were the Eagles after Wednesday’s 6-3 loss to Cedar Crest. A relatively young and inexperienced Cumberland Valley roster took its lumps over the first two months of the regular season but aims for consistency as it enters a four-week, seven-game sprint to the finish.
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“We have a whole month of hockey here left for us where we have a lot of opportunities to stack some wins,” said Cumberland Valley head coach Matthew Fitzgerald. “I have full confidence that these guys will turn some heads. It wouldn’t be wise to count anyone in that room out.”
The Eagles (4-7-0-0) have just one win in regulation since starting the season with a 2-0 record. They dropped their last two contests to the Falcons (6-6-0-0), a composite team featuring players from several Lebanon County schools and another club targeting one of the Bears Division’s six playoff spots.
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