Squirrels 5, Whalers 4

With only eight skaters on Thursday, the Screaming Squirrels took a couple of multi-goal leads and held on to upset The Whalers, who had a much deeper bench and a much better record.

The Squirrels jumped out to a 3-0 lead with three goals in three minutes in the first period, before surrendering two in the final minute. Tony Richelsen scored on a breakaway with a backhanded shot, only moments after he was stopped on a breakaway with a forehand that normally works. Then Marc Irby scored twice, once on the power play.

Rob Myers tallied in the second period to give the Squirrels a 4-2 lead.

With a period to play, the Squirrels had tired legs, and the Whalers scored quickly to start the third period. Irby got the Squirrels the two-goal lead back only minutes later. Though the Whalers scored shortly after that, the Squirrels held on, even killing off penalties, to secure the 5-4 win.

The game was delayed as the rink crew replaced broken glass along the boards.

  The Gardens IH – Resor      Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 10:21pm
Squirrels 5 Whalers 4

 

 Game Details
 Scoring Shots on Goal
1 2 3 Total
Squirrels 3 1 1 5
Whalers 2 0 2 4
Squirrels 25
Whalers 28

 

 Scoring Summary
Period 1
SquirrelsAnthony Richelsen (unassisted) , 10:03
SquirrelsMarc Irby (Donald Marks, Brent Machado) , 11:42
SquirrelsMarc Irby (power play) (Brent Machado) , 13:05
WhalersMatthew Bender (Kevin Holt, John OBrien) , 14:16
WhalersAaron Landers (Joey Goldberg) , 14:34
Period 2
SquirrelsRobert Myers (unassisted) , 6:53
Period 3
WhalersJohn Obrien (Kevin Holt, Matthew Bender) , 0:35
SquirrelsMarc Irby (Anthony Richelsen) , 2:04
WhalersTom Dionesotes (unassisted) , 3:36

 

Penalties
Period 1
SquirrelsJoseph Ponzetti (Holding), 2 min , 11:12
WhalersEric Ritz (Roughing), 2 min , 11:12
WhalersGary Kessler (Tripping), 2 min , 12:43
Period 2
SquirrelsBrent Machado (Delay of Game), 2 min , 3:01
WhalersPatrick Mullen (Tripping), 2 min , 8:51
Period 3
SquirrelsBrent Machado (Roughing), 2 min , 6:03
SquirrelsRobert Myers (Tripping), 2 min , 12:06
WhalersJohn Obrien (Unsportsmanlike Conduct(Misconduct), 10 min , 13:36
WhalersJohn Obrien (Cross Checking), 2 min , 13:39

 

Rosters
Squirrels  Whalers
Goalies
Name Min Shots Saves
11 Torrey Pocock 45 28 24
Name Min Shots Saves
33 Michael Killoy 45 25 20
Players
# Name G A PTS PIM GWG
2 Donald Marks 0 1 1 0 0
8 Marc Irby 3 0 3 0 1
9 Charles Wolstein 0 0 0 0 0
10 Brent Machado 0 2 2 4 0
12 Anthony Richelsen 1 1 2 0 0
18 Robert Myers 1 0 1 2 0
19 Benjamin Sumner 0 0 0 0 0
51 Joseph Ponzetti 0 0 0 2 0
# Name G A PTS PIM GWG
4 Brandon Bruce 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gary Kessler 0 0 0 2 0
10 Timothy Davin 0 0 0 0 0
13 Joey Goldberg 0 1 1 0 0
16 Ben Simon 0 0 0 0 0
19 Tom Dionesotes 1 0 1 0 0
20 Justin Kadesch 0 0 0 0 0
26 Bobby Holt 0 0 0 0 0
31 Aaron Landers 1 0 1 0 0
44 John Obrien 1 1 2 12 0
68 Patrick Mullen 0 0 0 2 0
82 Eric Ritz 0 0 0 2 0
88 Kevin Holt 0 2 2 0 0
91 Matthew Bender 1 1 2 0 0

 

Other facts
Referee
Jeff Baker, Mike Leviseur

Scorekeeper
Valerie Young

All fixed!

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