Playoffs: Bullets 6, Squirrels 5

The Squirrels’ season ended Saturday with a 6-5 loss to the higher-seeded Bullets, but not without a scrappy fight that had the Squirrels coming back from a 6-2 third-period deficit to make it interesting.

Down 3-0 after the first period, and getting beat easily on zone time and getting stung by top-corner shots, the Squirrels finally got on the board at 5:55 of the second period as Geoff Grek fought for a goal in front of the net. But the Bullets answered with two more goals to go up 5-1. Vivek Pinto scored another dirty goal, only for the Bullets to answer again.

In the third period, Grek scored with a knuckler at 6:09. Then with a power play, Pinto scored another dirty goal. With less than three minutes left, Pinto stole a puck at the blue line and got a breakaway, poking a shot through the 5-hole to cut the lead to 6-5. In the last two minutes, the Squirrels needed a whistle but couldn’t get one, and time ran out.

The Bullets outshot the Squirrels, 33-22.

Despite the playoff loss, the Squirrels were at least happy to make the game interesting.

FINAL
  The Gardens IH – Patrick      Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 7:35pm
Bullets 6 Screaming Squirrels 5

 

 Game Details
 Scoring Shots on Goal
1 2 3 Total
Bullets 3 3 0 6
Screaming Squirrels 0 2 3 5
Bullets 33
Screaming Squirrels 22

 

 Scoring Summary
Period 1
Bullets – Michael Bell (Nathan Kowal) , 2:18
Bullets – Jon Hoffman (Brian PurkinsChuck Kubit) , 4:59
Bullets – Jon Hoffman (power play) (Justin NelmsSean OSullivan) , 9:28
Period 2
Screaming Squirrels – Geoffrey Grek (William King) , 5:55
Bullets – Nathan Kowal (Eddie LewisMichael Bell) , 6:52
Bullets – Nathan Kowal (Justin Nelms) , 11:05
Screaming Squirrels – Vivek Pinto (unassisted) , 12:01
Bullets – Eddie Lewis (Max Adsit) , 12:32
Period 3
Screaming Squirrels – Geoffrey Grek (Vivek Pinto) , 6:09
Screaming Squirrels – Vivek Pinto (power play) (Timothy Stump) , 10:22
Screaming Squirrels – Vivek Pinto (unassisted) , 12:14

 

Penalties
Period 1
Screaming Squirrels – Robert Valdes (Interference), 2 min , 8:20
Period 2
Bullets – Michael Bell (Hooking), 2 min , 13:14
Period 3
Bullets – Chuck Kubit (Hooking), 2 min , 8:27

 

Rosters
Bullets Screaming Squirrels
Goalies
Name Min Shots Saves
Andrew Weiser 45 22 17
Name Min Shots Saves
73 Craig Beatty 45 33 27
Players
# Name G A PTS PIM GWG
0 Eddie Lewis 1 1 2 0 1
2 Brian Purkins 0 1 1 0 0
3 Michael Bell 1 1 2 2 0
18 Sean Osullivan 0 1 1 0 0
19 Justin Nelms 0 2 2 0 0
25 Aaron Llanso 0 0 0 0 0
30 Chuck Kubit 0 1 1 2 0
45 Adam Moore 0 0 0 0 0
51 Nathan Kowal 2 1 3 0 0
55 Max Adsit 0 1 1 0 0
83 Jon Hoffman 2 0 2 0 0
# Name G A PTS PIM GWG
5 Robert Valdes 0 0 0 2 0
11 Geoffrey Grek 2 0 2 0 0
19 Benjamin Sumner 0 0 0 0 0
22 Mario Constantinou 0 0 0 0 0
23 Timothy Stump 0 1 1 0 0
24 David Chung 0 0 0 0 0
27 Emily Emmons 0 0 0 0 0
77 William King 0 1 1 0 0
82 Vivek Pinto 3 1 4 0 0

 

Other facts
Referee
Kevin Eisentraut, Taylor EisentrautScorekeeper
Priscilla Yau
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