Monday night, March 7, brought a thriller varsity hockey semifinal game to the Weather Center between the longtime rivals the Frisch Cougars and the TABC Storm. Fans from both sides piled in early and by the time the puck dropped it was standing-room only. The Storm came out firing with a quick stuff in by Captain Yair Knoller on the first shift of the game. Later in the period, TABC defenseman Joe Moskowitz intercepted a pass and fired one past the Frisch goaltender Matt Reinhart to give TABC a 2-0 lead. In the second period, Frisch came out extremely strong. After coincidental minor penalties on both teams, Yair Knoller made a series of beautiful moves to score a 3 on 3 goal and extend the lead to 3. Excellent goaltending by both Matt Reinhart of Frisch, who made a pair of beautiful glove saves, and Shua Beilin of TABC, who was strong all night, kept the score the same heading into the third period. Frisch right off the bat cut the lead to two on a beautiful breakaway goal by Brian Alter. Frisch kept the onslaught on through the first half of the period with chances from Yehuda Brinn, Stevie Brinn and Jordan Soclof, all stopped by Shua Beilin. Later in the period, Zach Rothenberg cleaned up a rebound in front to put the lead back at three. The Storm took the 4-1 victory and will travel to Lawrence Middle School on March 13 to play the HAFTR Hawks.

By Jonah Ganchrow