Squirrels 6, Scurvy 3

The Squirrels entered Wed. night’s contest looking to snap a two-game losing streak. Greg Wenograd put the Squirrels on the board first, but Scurvy answered back shortly after as the teams skated to 1-1 1st period tie.

The Squirrels regained the lead with a power play tally by Desi Richelsen as he skated past several would-be defenders and blasted a shot over the left shoulder of a hapless Scurvy net minder. Not to be outdone, Richelsen’s younger brother Tony scored shortly afterward with a nifty breakaway goal, squeezing the puck just past the goalie’s short side. Later, playing from behind his own net, Chi Pham found a blazing Ed Bager down the middle of the ice for a perfect breakaway feed, which Bager promptly canned after a second whack of the puck as the 2nd period closed with the Squirrels comfortably up 4-1.

Scurvy pulled to within two goals twice but another tally from Wenograd off a turnover and a late goal from Matt Borlik sealed the deal for the Squirrels, 6-3. Drew Thiemann was stellar in net and the Squirrels out shot Scurvy, 34-19. Squirrels missing in action; Ben Sumner, Sergio Balatan, Phil Van der Vossen, Paul Kobernick, Brian Jackson, Donnie and Wade Marks.

On an unrelated note, Desi Richelsen and half the Squirrels came out of the closest shortly after the game as Richelsen led a gang rape of team leading scorer Ed Bager at center ice. Due to the incident Bager will no longer be on the Squirrels active roster.

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