Ireland 6
It was Ireland who flew out of the blocks with Aidan Dempsey
netting inside two minutes . Ireland doubled the lead with Conor Foley finding
the net With seven left in the first period Ireland went thee up though Patrick
Corbett. It looked like Ireland were in control but Puerto Rico narrowed the
gap to one with two goals just before the end of the 1st quarter
The 2nd
period was much tougher but eventually PR levelled it with six minutes gone
Both sides cancelled each other out leaving the tie level at the break.
Ireland took the lead early in the 3rd quarter when
Tadhg O’ Riordan netted from long range. Joe Walsh was in fine form producing a
number of great saves in the Irish net. The pressure eventually told when PR levelled
the tie again with 4 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. Nothing could separate
the sides again in this period .
PR finally took the lead for the first time in the tie
with four minutes gone in the final
quarter It was sharpshooter Foley who powered through to level the tie yet
again with nine left in the tie.
With six minutes to go the tie was in the melting pot
and it was PR who took the lead again before O’ Riordan equalized yet again
with four left.
The tie looked set for OT until PR broke forward and
broke Irish hearts with 27 seconds left to win this engrossing encounter.
Ireland:Conor Kelly,Ruairi Dunbar,Tiernan Donovan ,Tadhg O'Riordan,Thomas Burke,Patrick McShane,Luke Palmadesso,Sean Gibson,Kevin Somerville,Conor Foley,Luke Maloney ,Gearoid Dunbar,Conor Shears,James Fennessy,Joe Walsh,Andy Meyers, Jack Galvin,Brady Morin,Patrick Corbett,Brendan Boles,Brian Smyth,Pat Smyth,Aidan Dempsey
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