Playoffs: Whalers 5, Squirrels 4

The Squirrels made it back to the championship game for the first time since 2022, but came up short against the Whalers, falling 5-4.

Having only won four games all season and finishing in last place, the Whalers had their better players suit up and pulled away from the Squirrels in the third period.

The Whalers scored the first of the game about midway through the first period, but Geoff Grek, playing right wing, tied it moments later. Grek also nearly scored at the buzzer of the first period after swiping at a puck that a defenseman was carrying past the goalie.

The Whalers scored twice in the second period, including on the power play, to go up 3-1 going into the third period.

Don Marks’ slap shot found the net with eight minutes to go in the game, but the Whalers scored twice more in the next five minutes, including one that bounced off of a Squirrels defenseman.

Down 5-2, the Squirrels still didn’t let up, as Grek scored his second of the game with 1:17 remaining. With an empty net, Mike Bartock scored with 6 seconds remaining, but the Squirrels ran out of time.

The loss in the championship game was the first time since 2012 that the Squirrels fell in the Finals. They had won six since.

FINAL
  The Gardens IH – Patrick      Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 9:28pm
Screaming Squirrels 4 The Whalers 5

 

 Game Details
 Scoring Shots on Goal
1 2 3 Total
Screaming Squirrels 1 0 3 4
The Whalers 1 2 2 5
Screaming Squirrels 26
The Whalers 18

 

 Scoring Summary
Period 1
The Whalers – Sean Harkins (Kevin McCarthy) , 7:12
Screaming Squirrels – Geoffrey Grek (Jason Wolf) , 10:18
Period 2
The Whalers – Sean Harkins (unassisted) , 11:27
The Whalers – Eric Ritz (power play) (Jacek Cibor) , 13:37
Period 3
Screaming Squirrels – Donald Marks (unassisted) , 7:00
The Whalers – John Obrien (unassisted) , 8:31
The Whalers – Aaron Landers (Jacek Cibor) , 11:15
Screaming Squirrels – Geoffrey Grek (Vivek PintoDavid Chung) , 13:43
Screaming Squirrels – Michael Bartock (Geoffrey GrekMario Constantinou) , 14:54

 

Penalties
Period 1
(no penalties)
Period 2
Screaming Squirrels – Donald Marks (Roughing), 2 min , 12:54
Period 3
Screaming Squirrels – Mario Constantinou (Interference), 2 min , 0:35

 

Rosters
Screaming Squirrels The Whalers
Goalies
Name Min Shots Saves
73 Craig Beatty 45 18 13
Name Min Shots Saves
33 Michael Killoy 45 26 22
Players
# Name G A PTS PIM GWG
2 Donald Marks 1 0 1 2 0
5 Robert Valdes 0 0 0 0 0
11 Geoffrey Grek 2 1 3 0 0
12 Anthony Richelsen 0 0 0 0 0
17 Michael Bartock 1 0 1 0 0
19 Benjamin Sumner 0 0 0 0 0
22 Mario Constantinou 0 1 1 2 0
23 Rylan Gottron 0 0 0 0 0
24 David Chung 0 1 1 0 0
27 Emily Emmons 0 0 0 0 0
41 Jason Wolf 0 1 1 0 0
82 Vivek Pinto 0 1 1 0 0
# Name G A PTS PIM GWG
1 Joshua Fellman 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brandon Bruce 0 0 0 0 0
10 Timothy Davin 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sean Harkins 2 0 2 0 0
17 Kevin Mccarthy 0 1 1 0 0
20 Seun Oyewole 0 0 0 0 0
21 Jacek Cibor 0 2 2 0 0
26 Bobby Holt 0 0 0 0 0
31 Aaron Landers 1 0 1 0 1
44 John Obrien 1 0 1 0 0
53 Michael Rossi 0 0 0 0 0
82 Eric Ritz 1 0 1 0 0
88 Kevin Holt 0 0 0 0 0

 

Other facts
Referee
Adam Mckenzie, Thomas PizzilloScorekeeper
Mandy Bromilow
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