Promoted Squirrels Lose First
The league wasted no time in giving the Screaming Squirrels a challenge in their first game in the Bronze 2 division as the Blast handed the Squirrels their first defeat of the season, 6-2, on Thursday. Not all was lost, though, as the Squirrels learned that they could go head-to-head with the first-place Blast, and even lead for much of the first period.
Chris Wautel got the scoring started for the Squirrels with a shorthanded goal at 5:39 of the first period. The Squirrels held the lead and the forecheck until late in the first, when Blast put two up on the board.
Blast scored twice in the second period for a 4-1 lead, the twice more in the third as the Brent Machado answered with a goal.
Drew Thiemann made 25 saves in net as the Squirrels put up 20 shots. Wautel, Machado, Thiemann, Mike Bronson, Chris Long, Dan Carter, Rob Myers, Ben Sumner, Desi Richelsen, Matt Borlik and Jon Magi played for the Squirrels.
The next game is Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 10:10 p.m. against NTAC.
| FINAL | ||
| The Gardens IH – Resor Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:05pm | ||
| Screaming Squirrels 2 | Blast 6 | |
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Screaming Squirrels 20
Blast 31 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| Period 1 |
| Screaming Squirrels – Chris Wautel (short handed) (unassisted) , 5:39 |
| Blast – Jacob Laaveg (Karl Knudsen, John Kositz) , 13:22 |
| Blast – John Kositz (Joydeep Som, Scott Lewis) , 14:36 |
| Period 2 |
| Blast – Karl Knudsen (short handed) (unassisted) , 3:45 |
| Blast – Scott Lewis (Karl Knudsen) , 6:17 |
| Period 3 |
| Blast – Jim Demerritt Jr (John Kositz) , 5:26 |
| Blast – Jacob Laaveg (power play) (Karl Knudsen) , 8:04 |
| Screaming Squirrels – Brent Machado (Chris Wautel, Desmond Richelsen) , 13:26 |
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| Period 1 |
| Screaming Squirrels – Dan Carter (Hooking), 2 min , 5:25 |
| Blast – Jim Demerritt Sr (Hooking), 2 min , 7:23 |
| Period 2 |
| Blast – Jim Demerritt Sr (Hooking), 2 min , 2:12 |
| Blast – Jim Demerritt Sr (Hooking), 2 min , 6:30 |
| Blast – John Kositz (Holding), 2 min , 10:22 |
| Period 3 |
| Screaming Squirrels – Desmond Richelsen (Tripping), 2 min , 6:05 |
| Screaming Squirrels – Matt Borlik (Elbowing), 2 min , 14:01 |
| Blast – Joydeep Som (Head Contact), 2 min , 14:01 |
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| Referee Default Scorekeeper, , Steve Torre, Eric Haworth Scorekeeper |