The Screaming Squirrels advanced to their first roller finals game in six years Wednesday with a 5-3 win against 5th-seeded Team Mylec, thanks to four second period goals and great goaltending by Stew Miller.
The Squirrels got on the board first as Ben Sumner stole a puck from behind the net and centered to Brian Iciek. But Team Mylec tied it up with 14 seconds remaining in the period to take a 1-1 tie into the half. The Squirrels also killed a 4-on-2 penalty kill during the period.
Team Mylec struck first in the second period to take a 2-1 lead, but 15 seconds later Eric Smith struck to tie the game again. Then a Don Marks slap shot found the net to give the Squirrels a lead. The Squirrels managed to kill off a 5-minute major as Mark Tessar scored short-handed, but the Squirrels gave up one on the kill. Iciek scored on the power play with about five minutes remaining for the insurance goal, then held on for the win.
The Squirrels advance to face the top-seeded Jesters, who beat District 5, 6-3 earlier in the evening.
The championship game is Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
| The Gardens IH – Patrick Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:28 pm | ||
| Squirrels 5 | Team Mylec 3 | |
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Squirrels 26
Team Mylec 24 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| Period 1 |
| Squirrels – Brian Iciek (power play) (Benjamin Sumner) , 10:49 |
| Team Mylec – Donald Jarboe Jr (Sean Otterson) , 16:46 |
| Period 2 |
| Team Mylec – Paul Mccomas (donald jarboe jr) , 4:14 |
| Squirrels – Eric Smith (unassisted) , 4:29 |
| Squirrels – Donald Marks (Brian Iciek) , 5:47 |
| Squirrels – Mark Tessar (short handed) (unassisted) , 7:35 |
| Team Mylec – David Handle (power play) (Paul McComas, DAVID MCFADDEN) , 7:50 |
| Squirrels – Brian Iciek (power play) (Steven Heger) , 13:07 |
| Penalties |
| Period 1 |
| Squirrels – Eric Smith (Hooking), 2 min , 2:56 |
| Squirrels – Robert Myers (Cross Checking), 2 min , 3:50 |
| Team Mylec – David Mcfadden (Hooking), 2 min , 9:10 |
| Period 2 |
| Squirrels – Jeff Ford (Body Checking), 2 min , 6:35 |
| Squirrels – Robert Myers (Cross Checking(Major), 5 min , 6:35 |
| Team Mylec – John Benante (Cross Checking), 2 min , 6:35 |
| Team Mylec – David Mcfadden (Slashing), 2 min , 12:16 |
| Squirrels – Jeff Ford (Cross Checking), 2 min , 14:23 |
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| Referee Default Referee, Keith Murphy, Hector RosarioScorekeeper Mel Eck |