NORTH BRANFORD — Westhill/Stamford’s Nick Ulbrich had Jack Manware lined up. The Branford senior had circled in the neutral zone, and Ulbrich had a bead on him in the third period.
And as Ulbrich arrived, Manware followed through and turned the tables, knocking the Westhill/Stamford forward to the ice.
It was that kind of night at Northford Ice Pavilion as No. 10 Branford beat the short-handed visitors 4-1, answering an early Westhill/Stamford power-play goal with a punishing long shift that tied the game before the first period was out.