Squirrels 5, Whale 2

With only two subs on the bench, the Screaming Squirrels played long shifts and sucked wind for much of the game Thursday, but somehow managed a late-game scoring surge to beat the recently demoted Whale, 5-2.

Despite playing defensively much of the game, the Squirrels jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with goals by Stu Miller and Kyle Gassert. Then the Whale struck back with two goals in less than a minute.

Very little happened in the third period. Whale, which had three subs, continued to put pressure on the Squirrels, but goaltender Bob Sewell came up big.

Then something unexpected happened late in the game. The Squirrels, utterly exhausted, scored three goals in about a minute and a half after capitalizing off of Whale turnovers, including two by Stu Miller and one by Mark Tessar.

This is the first loss for the Whale in this division. No penalties were called in the game.

The Gardens IH – Patrick      Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Whale 2 Squirrels 5
Game Details
Scoring Shots on Goal
1 2 Total
Whale 2 0 2
Squirrels 2 3 5
Whale 36
Squirrels 39
Scoring Summary
Period 1
Screaming Squirrels InlineStuart Miller (Donald Marks Jr.) , 3:24
Screaming Squirrels InlineKyle Gassert (Mark Tessar) , 7:04
WhaleJ Christiaan Collins (unassisted) , 9:59
WhaleJ Christiaan Collins (Josh Vichness) , 10:48
Period 2
SquirrelsStuart Miller (Donald Marks Jr., Mark Tessar) , 12:41
Screaming Squirrels InlineMark Tessar (Kyle Gassert) , 13:24
Screaming Squirrels InlineStuart Miller (unassisted) , 14:04
Penalties
Period 1
(no penalties)
Period 2
(no penalties)

Rosters
Whale Squirrels
Goalies
Name Min Shots Saves
4 John Alexander 34 39 34
Name Min Shots Saves
1 Robert Sewell 34 36 34
Players
# Name G A Pts PIM GWG
8 Mike Kent 0 0 0 0 0
21 Josh Vichness 0 1 1 0 0
23 Kevin Thompson 0 0 0 0 0
27 Russell Mosley 0 0 0 0 0
29 Bryan George 0 0 0 0 0
88 Michael Goldstein 0 0 0 0 0
97 J Christiaan Collins 2 0 2 0 0
# Name G A Pts PIM GWG
2 Donald Marks Jr. 0 2 2 0 0
4 Chi Pham 0 0 0 0 0
19 Benjamin Sumner 0 0 0 0 0
25 Kyle Gassert 1 1 2 0 0
38 Stuart Miller 3 0 3 0 1
99 Mark Tessar 1 2 3 0 0
Staff
Other Facts
Referee
Default Referee, Keith Murphy, Jason HarabScore Keeper
Melissa Gill
Game Notes
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