The Squirrels won what at one point had the making of a blowout, but slowly became a nail-biter Monday in a thrilling 6-5 win against the Howard County Heat.
The Squirrels got off to a bad start, however, as they took a penalty only 14 seconds into the game and gave up a power play goal.
Jon Danziger tied it before the Squirrels took a couple more penalties. That turned out fine, however, as Amy Reich (who returned from injury) and Tero Moberg each scored shorthanded only 7 seconds apart. Brent Machado then scored less than a minute after that to put the Squirrels up 4-1 going into the second period.
Two more goals by Machado gave the Squirrels a commanding 6-1 lead with about half the game remaining. The Heat scored two quick goals to cut the lead to 6-3 going into the third, then scored two more with more with more than 8 minutes remaining.
The Squirrels killed off the rest of the game like a penalty, staving off what could’ve been an embarrassing Heat comeback and avenging a 7-2 loss to back in January.
It was the third win in a row for the Squirrels.
| The Gardens IH – Patrick Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:00pm | ||
| Squirrels 6 | Howard Heat 5 | |
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Squirrels 24
Howard Heat 27 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| Period 1 |
| Howard Heat – John Hettchen (power play) (unassisted) , 1:26 |
| Squirrels – Jonathan Danziger (unassisted) , 4:06 |
| Squirrels – Amy Reich (short handed) (Robert Myers) , 13:32 |
| Squirrels – Tero Moberg (short handed) (unassisted) , 13:39 |
| Squirrels – Brent Machado (unassisted) , 14:24 |
| Period 2 |
| Squirrels – Brent Machado (unassisted) , 2:33 |
| Squirrels – Brent Machado (Robert Myers) , 7:14 |
| Howard Heat – Jase Mock (unassisted) , 9:02 |
| Howard Heat – Chris Brandolini (unassisted) , 9:42 |
| Period 3 |
| Howard Heat – Bradley Klukas (Michael Carpenter) , 3:17 |
| Howard Heat – Kyle Oharo (Chris Brandolini) , 6:31 |
| Penalties |
| Period 1 |
| Squirrels – Desmond Richelsen (Hooking), 2 min , 0:14 |
| Howard Heat – Carsten Nilsson (Slashing), 2 min , 6:07 |
| Howard Heat – Carsten Nilsson (Slashing), 2 min , 6:07 |
| Squirrels – Desmond Richelsen (Roughing), 2 min , 9:59 |
| Squirrels – Brent Machado (Hooking), 2 min , 12:04 |
| Period 2 |
| Squirrels – Charles Wolstein (Interference), 2 min , 10:09 |
| Squirrels – Jonathan Danziger (Tripping), 2 min , 12:01 |
| Squirrels – Brent Machado (Checking from Behind), 2 min , 13:01 |
| Howard Heat – Chris Brandolini (High Sticking), 2 min , 13:01 |
| Period 3 |
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| Referee John Horan, Tom LatonaScorekeeper Valerie Young |