“He has been encouraging,” Allison Peotter said. “He gets excited for us when we win. He’s probably going to come watch the game on Saturday.”
Both Peotters know a thing or two about running a counterattack.
“It’s all about anticipation,” Allison Peotter said. “You don’t have to be a fast swimmer to counter, you just have to anticipate the right moment to leave. Instead of watching [the opposition] shoot it when you’re on defense, you assume that your goalie has it. [Baldoni] is a great goalie, and I know she can block almost every shot that’s shot at her. You just anticipate the shot going off, and you counter before you see it. You don’t even look at what happened.
“Normally, the person you’re guarding is still watching the play. You beat them to the chase.”
It happened frequently during the Sea Kings’ 12-7 victory over Montebello in the Division I quarterfinals on Feb. 15. Peotter scored five goals in the game, three of those on counterattacks and one in a power-play situation.
