ROCKPORT – After the home opener Saturday was over the Camden Hills hockey team is sitting where not many people would have thought they would be this early in the season at 3-0.

Camden Hills has outscored its opponents 24-10 in the first three games including the 6-2 win over Hampden Academy Saturday at the Midcoast Recreation Center.

The Windjammers took a 2-1 first period lead and increased it to 4-2 at the end of the second period and finished off the game with the 6-2 win.

"Tonight was a well earned win, we had to play solid two way hockey," said Camden Hills coach Karl Enroth. "The final score does not indicate how close the game was. Hamden Academy was aggressive throughout the game and at times pinning us down in our end. The key was we just played hard through it keeping their shooting chances to the outside".

Scoring for Camden Hills were, Jack Orne and  Stephen Hand with two goals each; and James Annis and Simon Lydon, one each. Hand, Grayson Szumilas (2), Orne, Matt Prescott, Jonah Cameron and parker Lawson had assists.

Jet Magri was in goal for the Windjammers where he had 17 saves on 19 shots for the win.  Cody Varney was in goal for Hampden Academy where he had 22 saves on 28 shots.

Camden Hills was 1-for-4 in power play opportunities while Hampden was 0-for-2. The Windjammers had three minor penalties for six minutes in the box, while Hampden had six minor for 12 minutes.

In the first period Annis got Camden Hills going with a goal about three minutes into the game.

Hampden Academy pinned Camden Hills in their end several times during the period, but Camden Hills managed to escape without being scored on.

Hampden Academy applied heavy pressure at the four minute mark with Camden Hills caught on a long shift. The Windjammers broke the pressure as Orne skated  into a mid ice pass from Lydon to give the Windjammers a 2-0 lead . The Broncos responded 52 seconds later with a blistering slap shot from Joshua Kocik to cut the margin to 2-1 at the end of the period.

The second period saw Camden Hills convert on their first power play opportunity of the game as Szumilas and Lydon took advantage on a 2x1 odd man rush to score giving Camden Hills a 3-1 lead.  

Hampden quickly cut the margin to 3-2 scoring just 9 seconds later off the face-off. Both teams skated hard trying to get the key next goal. Stephen Hand fired a hard shot from the right face off circle that surprises the Broncos goalie, Cody Varney, and Camden Hills  takes a two goal lead into the final period.

In the final period Hand scored his second goal of the game to give the Windjammers a three goal cushion. Camden Hills buckled down in their defensive end as Hampden continued to apply some heavy pressure at times, but could not get any prime scoring chances. Orne added a late goal toward the end of the period to cap the scoring 6-2.

"Stephen Hand scored a couple important goals that gave our team a much needed cushion never allowing Hampden to get the momentum," said coach Enroth.  "Jet Magri was again solid in net making the saves he needed to make to keep Hampden from getting back into the game"

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Team-------------1---2---3---Total
Hampden--------1---1---0---2
Camden Hills---2---2---2---6
Scoring:
1st Period
CH 1 @ 13:05, Goal - James Annis, Assist Stephen Hand. Annis receives a pass from Hand skating toward the HA net and his beats goalie Cody Varney
CH 2 @ 3:47, Goal - Jack Orne, Assist Grayson Szumilas and Simon Lydon. Lydon and Szumilas breakout from the CH end and find Orne skating through mid ice, Orne skates in on net and scores
HA 1 @ 2:55,Goal - Joshua Kocik, unassisted. Kocik skates on to a CH turnover in the neutral zone and fires a hard slap shot from the blue line that gets past CH goalie Jet Magri

2nd Period
CH 3 @ 9:22, Power Pay Goal - Simon Lydon, Assist Grayson Szumilas and Jack Orne. Orne skating down the right side passes to Szumilas skating through mid ice creating a 2x1 with Lydon into the offensive zone. Szumilas passes to Lydon skating hard to the far post one timing the puck into the net.
HA 2 @ 9:13, Goal - Luther Vom Eigen, Assist Ryan Cole and Joshua Kocik. CH loses the face-off as HA breaks in on a odd man rush, Vom Eigen fires a shot into the CH Net.
CH 4 @ 2:51, Goal - Stephen Hand, Assist Matt Prescott. Hand receives a pass from Prescott and fires a hard shot from the right face-off circle for the goal.

3rd Period
CH 5 @ 13:03, Goal -Stephen Hand, Assist Jonah Cameron. Hand and Cameron work the puck down low into the HA end with Hand skating out of the left side corner firing a shot that beats HA goalie Cody Varney.
CH 6 @ 1:21, Goal - Jack Orne, Assist Grayson Szumilsa and Parker Lawson. Orne from the low slot assists to Szumilas and Lawson.

Thanks to coach Karl Enroth who contributed to this story
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