In a battle of the two first place teams, the Screaming Squirrels and the Whalers fought for a scoreless 45 minutes Wednesday, with the lone goal coming in the third round of the shootout by the Whalers.
Merritt Lyon turned aside 38 shots, plus two more int he shootout, to keep the Squirrels in the game.
| Game Details |
| Scoring |
Shots on Goal |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
SO |
Total |
| Squirrels |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| The Whalers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Squirrels 22
The Whalers 38
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| Scoring Summary |
| Period 1 |
| (no scoring) |
| Period 2 |
| (no scoring) |
| Period 3 |
| (no scoring) |
| Shootout |
| The Whalers – Matthew Bender (unassisted) , 0:01 |
| Shootout |
| Squirrels |
The Whalers |
| SHOOTER |
SCORE |
| Vivek Pinto |
no |
| Neil Shah |
no |
| Marc Irby |
no |
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| SHOOTER |
SCORE |
| Michael Bender |
no |
| Kevin Holt |
no |
| Matthew Bender |
yes |
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| TOTALS: 0 |
TOTALS: 1 |
| Penalties |
| Period 1 |
| (no penalties) |
| Period 2 |
| (no penalties) |
| Period 3 |
| The Whalers – Chris Black (Hooking), 2 min , 1:40 |
| Squirrels – Joseph Ponzetti (Roughing), 2 min , 2:42 |
| Squirrels – Brent Machado (Tripping), 2 min , 10:19 |
| Squirrels – Joseph Ponzetti (Tripping), 2 min , 14:46 |
| Rosters |
| Screaming Squirrels |
The Whalers |
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| Other facts |
Referee
Mike Caldarella, , Maria Powell
Scorekeeper
Kim Martin |
