Squirrels 7, Dead Kings 3

Squirrels Get Wakeup Call

The Dead Kings came out of the gate shooting. The Squirrels couldn’t clear the zone, and the first loss of the season seemed to be a reality. But then the Squirrels found the trick to winning, and what started out as lopsided ice turned into a 7-3 victory behind a solid performance by goaltender Drew Thiemann.

The league’s leading scorer, Jeff Huntington, scored on a wraparound at 1:26 into the game to put the Dead Kings up, 1-0. The Squirrels tied it at 9:42 as Brent Machado scored what he referred to as a ‘fluke.’ Michael Bronson then put the Squirrels up 2-1 at 11:23 with a patient shot out front. Charles Wolstein picked up an assist on the play, the stay-at-home defenseman’s first point of the season. Then the Dead Kings scored on what looked to be a shot with a high stick, but the referees allowed it, and the score was 2-2 after a frustrating first period for the Squirrels.

The score remained tied throughout much of the second period before Chris Long saw a loose puck behind the goaltender, dashed over and hammered it home. Late in the period, Ben Sumner scored on what he referred to as a ‘fluke.’ The second period featured nine minor penalties on both teams, three pairs of which were coincidental.

Bronson, Matt Borlik and Long scored in the third period, but the Dead Kings didn’t give up, and got a third while peppering Thiemann with shots near the end of the game. Thiemann made 28 saves as the Squirrels scored seven times on 26 shots.

Bronson, Machado, Long, Sumner, Borlik, Thiemann, Wolstein, Brian Jackson, Dan Carter, Rob Myers and Matt Benson played for the Squirrels.

The next game is Jan. 3, 2008, at 10 p.m. against the Piranhas.

FINAL
  The Gardens IH – Patrick      Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 4:40pm
Screaming Squirrels 7 Dead Kings 3

 

 Game Details
 Scoring Shots on Goal
1 2 3 Total
Screaming Squirrels 2 2 3 7
Dead Kings 2 0 1 3
Screaming Squirrels 26
Dead Kings 31

 

 Scoring Summary
Period 1
Dead Kings – Jeff Huntington (unassisted) , 1:26
Screaming Squirrels – Brent Machado (Matt Borlik) , 9:42
Screaming Squirrels – Michael Bronson (Charles Wolstein) , 11:23
Dead Kings – Don Thorton (unassisted) , 12:59
Period 2
Screaming Squirrels – Chris Long (unassisted) , 9:37
Screaming Squirrels – Benjamin Sumner (Brent Machado) , 14:21
Period 3
Screaming Squirrels – Michael Bronson (unassisted) , 3:48
Screaming Squirrels – Matt Borlik (unassisted) , 7:48
Screaming Squirrels – Chris Long (Benjamin SumnerMatt Benson) , 8:20
Dead Kings – Joe Huntington (Chris Steacy) , 12:46

 

Penalties
Period 1
Screaming Squirrels – Dan Carter (Roughing), 2 min , 13:09
Period 2
Dead Kings – Matt Olsen (High Sticking), 2 min , 3:17
Screaming Squirrels – Robert Myers (Body Checking), 2 min , 3:17
Screaming Squirrels – Dan Carter (Roughing), 2 min , 4:19
Screaming Squirrels – Michael Bronson (Roughing), 2 min , 4:36
Dead Kings – Brian Ferrina (Roughing), 2 min , 4:36
Dead Kings – Ben Golway (Roughing), 2 min , 6:48
Screaming Squirrels – Matt Borlik (Goalie Interference), 2 min , 6:48
Screaming Squirrels – Chris Long (High Sticking), 2 min , 7:15
Dead Kings – Barry Cook (Interference), 2 min , 11:41
Period 3
Screaming Squirrels – Matt Borlik (Interference), 2 min , 1:19

 

Rosters
Screaming Squirrels Dead Kings
Goalies
Name Min Shots Saves
20 Drew Thiemann 45 31 28
Name Min Shots Saves
32 Kevin Mackey 45 26 19
Players
# Name G A PTS PIM GWG
6 Brian Jackson 0 0 0 0 0
8 Michael Bronson 2 0 2 2 0
9 Charles Wolstein 0 1 1 0 0
10 Brent Machado 1 1 2 0 0
13 Chris Long 2 0 2 2 0
17 Dan Carter 0 0 0 4 0
18 Robert Myers 0 0 0 2 0
19 Benjamin Sumner 1 1 2 0 1
24 Matt Benson 0 1 1 0 0
28 Matt Borlik 1 1 2 4 0
# Name G A PTS PIM GWG
2 Joe Huntington 1 0 1 0 0
5 Matt Olsen 0 0 0 2 0
6 Ken Siple 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ben Golway 0 0 0 2 0
11 Don Thorton 1 0 1 0 0
12 James Eberhardt 0 0 0 0 0
24 Chris Steacy 0 1 1 0 0
27 Martin Breen 0 0 0 0 0
44 Jeff Huntington 1 0 1 0 0
47 Barry Cook 0 0 0 2 0
88 Brian Ferrina 0 0 0 2 0

 

Other facts
Referee
Default Scorekeeper, , Allan Bass, Doug Green

Scorekeeper
Ilana Elfassi

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