When the season was on the line, the Saint Michael Mustangs looked to their captain Lucas Nalezinski.
The Grade 12 student didn’t disappoint, scoring twice, assisting on the winning goal and helping his team kill the final seconds on the clock as the Mustangs edge the Blessed Trinity Thunder 4-3 in the Niagara Catholic Athletic Association AAA boys hockey final Wednesday in Grimsby.
“That is your role as captain,” said Nalezinski, who played AAA hockey for the Southern Tier Admirals from age 10 until quitting last year. “When your team gets down 2-0, you have to put your team on your back.”
Nalezinski did just that turning a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 advantage in the second period with a pair of unassisted goals.
The forward has been snake-bit all season and was glad to finally cash in when it mattered the most.
“I’ve been hitting four or five goalposts or crossbars every game before today. When you put in the work that happens,” he said of his offensive outburst Wednesday.
He takes his captaincy seriously.
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