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Lake Catholic Hockey Sweeps Cougars Holiday Extravaganza Tournament

Varsity team went 5-0 on way to the tournament championship

hockey coach Ryan Okicki said and that's exactly what happened.

The Cougars varsity team went undefeated on the way to beating Cincinnati Moeller 6-3 Thursday afternoon for the championship. It was the second time they had beaten Moeller during the tournament and third time for the season.

Lake Catholic beat Moeller 7-1 on Wednesday but the visitors gave a fiercer fight during the championship game. The score was still 4-3 at the beginning of third period, but the Cougars scored two more goals to put the game on ice.

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Cougars won five games during the tournament, including:

  • 7-1 win against crosstown rival to open the tournament
  • 7-0 against North Royalton
  • 7-1 against Moeller
  • 7-0 against Medina
  • and finally 6-3 against Moeller for the championship.

Before the tournament, the Cougars were 6-6-1.

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Their next game is against St. Edward Wednesday at .


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