Squirrels 8, Gnu 3

Squirrels Give Up Season-High Three Against Gnu

The Squirrels won 8-3 on Sunday, outshot Gnu 57-22, but only led 3-1 after the first period and were outscored 1-0 in the third. The 5-1 second period and Chris Wautel’s two goals and three assists boosted the Squirrels to their first 8-0 start in three years.

Ben Sumner scored 21 seconds into the game with a backhand redirect of Paul Kobernick’s pass from the corner. Gnu tied the game at 8:08, but the Squirrels regained the lead as Greg Wenograd scored off of a rebound. Wautel scored his first on a breakaway at 12:03.

Gnu made the game interesting about one minute into the second period, and the score stayed at 3-2 for four minutes before the Squirrels ran away with it. Mike Bronson, Wautel, Matt Borlik, Chi Pham and Dan Carter scored to put the Squirrels up 8-2.

Sumner, Wenograd, Wautel, Bronson, Borlik, Kobernick, Pham, Carter, Don Marks, Charles Wolstein, Jon Magi, Drew Thiemann, Chris Long and Matt Benson played for the Squirrels. It was Benson’s first game for the team.

The next game is Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 10 p.m. against Meltdown.