D. Richelsen Lifts Squirrels
Defenseman Desi Richelsen is known as many things around the league, but scorer isn’t one of them. In the Squirrels 4-3 victory against Dog Star Thursday night, Richelsen finally got that label, while not losing his regular reputation, either.
The Squirrels got the scoring starting in the first period as Greg Wenograd slammed home a shot from the left side. Dog Star answered later on a power play.
In the second period, Richelsen wristed in a shot from the point to put the Squirrels up 2-1. Dog Star scored short-handed, and the game was tied going into the final period.
Midway through the third, Matt Borlik scored, and Richelsen followed less than a minute later to give the Squirrels a comfortable 4-2 lead with 6:35 remaining.
Both teams took a couple of penalties, including a major-misconduct slash against Dog Star in the final few minutes. With 11 seconds remaining, Dog Star scored, and then almost did again in the final seconds, but the Squirrels held on for their first win against them this season.
Along with the two goals, giving him three on the season, Richelsen had two penalties and scuffled with a few players on Dog Star, as expected.
Dog Star badly outshot the Squirrels, 24-14, as Drew Thiemann made 21 saves in net. Ed Bager had three assists.
The Squirrels played without Don Marks, Phil Van der Vossen, and Rob Myers.
The next game is Thursday, March 16, at 10 p.m. in the Patrick rink against the Vikings. The Squirrels lost to them 4-2 last week while skating with only nine players.