BIDDEFORD ”“ Haley Reny can do twice as much on one good leg as most others can do on two.
Make that four times as much.
Reny fired in four goals, while Jenna Roy and Kellie Renk chipped in a tally apiece to lead Biddeford to a 6-3 triumph over Cape Elizabeth/Waynflete, Wednesday at Biddeford Ice Arena.
The Tigers scored four times in the third period ”“ with Reny netting three of the tallies ”“ breaking open what had been a tightly contested tilt for the first two stanzas.
She did all that damage to the Caper defense with one healthy hoof, and one gimpy one, the by-product of an injury sustained in the season opener against Scarborough.
“I’m wicked sore,” said Reny, a senior. “But I just kept my mind on the game so I wouldn’t worry about my foot. I just stayed focused, ignore the pain, and just go through with it.”
It was the Capers who were left to throb, after Biddeford seized control in the third period.
Reny netted her second of the game just 33 seconds into the third period, after planting herself at the edge of the crease and poking home a loose puck to make it 3-2.
“Crash the net,” said Reny, reciting the age old recipe for goal scoring, “and just fight for the puck.”
The winless Capers weren’t ready to fold just yet.
Cape sophomore defenseman Hannah Dineen, daughter of Portland Pirates coach and former NHL All-Star Kevin Dineen, knotted the score, 3-3, polishing off rink-long rush with a seeing eye shot into the top corner.
“That was an absolute wrist shot,” said Reny.
However, with 2:37 gone in the period, Renk, a senior defenseman, restored the Biddeford lead, 4-3, when she bolted in from the blue line and threaded in the game-winning goal.
“I always tell her to go with the puck,” said Reny. “She has the speed and has the shot to get down there and back.”
Reny added two insurance markers ”“ the last into an empty net ”“ to seal the result.
The Tigers will hit the ice again Saturday, at Falmouth.
— Contact Dan Hickling at dhickling@journaltribune.com.
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