Squirrels 10, Home Visions 9 (SO)

In the highest scoring game of the season, the Squirrels and Home Visions battled it out through three periods before settling the score in a shootout, where Tony Richelsen’s lone goal provided the difference.

The Squirrels got off to an extremely quick start, scoring on the first shift on a goal from Rob Myers. Myers then scored the second goal of the game on his very next shift. Home Visions scored before Tony Richelsen and Jon Danziger put the Squirrels up 4-1, but a late goal by Home Visions made it 4-2.

Tom Fischer and Danziger both scored in the second period, but Home Visions put up three of their own as the Squirrels held a 6-5 lead going into the third. That’s when Home Visions scored four of the next five goals, taking a 9-7 lead with about half the period remaining. But in a span of 22 seconds, Fischer and Myers netted two more goals, but there would be no more scoring for the rest of the period as the score stood at 9-9.

The shootout went beyond the standard three rounds as both goaltenders kept the puck out of the net. Richelsen’s goal in the fourth round and Nabil Allaoua’s remarkable saves gave the Squirrels the victory, their seventh in a row.

Despite the nine goals, the Squirrels still have given up the fewest goals in the league this season.