Playoffs: Squirrels 8, Mastodons 1

The 4th-seeded Screaming Squirrels stormed into the playoffs Saturday with a thrashing of the 5th-seeded Mastodons, 8-1. The Mastodons had beaten the Squirrels twice in the regular season and lost once, but the playoff game was no contest.

Even without defensemen Tony Richelsen and Don Marks, the Squirrels shut down the Mastodons’ DJ Hayes, the league’s top scorer, and put up eight even without top goal scorer Marc Irby.

The game was tighter than the final score would have suggested. Jon Danziger put the Squirrels up 1-0 at 5:22 of the first period. The second goal wasn’t scored until the first shift of the second period when Neil Shah shot home a pass from Danziger. Shortly after, a misplay led to a Mastodons goal. The Squirrels scored three more in the second – including two on breakaways by Arie Stock – and the Squirrels took a 5-1 lead into the third.

In the third, Brent Machado scored his second on a power play, Ben Sumner scored from a Machado pass on a 4-on-4, and Chi Pham scored the final one. The game was also chippy.

The Squirrels advance to the second round which will be played Thursday.

FINAL
  The Gardens IH – Resor      Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 4:00pm
Screaming Squirrels 8 Mastodons 1

 

 Game Details
 Scoring Shots on Goal
1 2 3 Total
Screaming Squirrels 1 4 3 8
Mastodons 0 1 0 1
Screaming Squirrels 26
Mastodons 20

 

 Scoring Summary
Period 1
Screaming SquirrelsJonathan Danziger (Robert Valdes) , 5:22
Period 2
Screaming SquirrelsNeil Shah (Jonathan Danziger, Brent Machado) , 0:39
MastodonsJ Grimes (Paul Sobchenko, Laura Brezinski) , 1:56
Screaming SquirrelsBrent Machado (Jonathan Danziger, Benjamin Sumner) , 2:16
Screaming SquirrelsArie Stock (Chi Pham) , 9:21
Screaming SquirrelsArie Stock (unassisted) , 13:27
Period 3
Screaming SquirrelsBrent Machado (power play) (Neil Shah, Jonathan Danziger) , 3:17
Screaming SquirrelsBenjamin Sumner (Brent Machado) , 5:38
Screaming SquirrelsChi Pham (Jonathan Danziger) , 14:02

 

Penalties
Period 1
(no penalties)
Period 2
MastodonsIan Mccarthy (Roughing), 2 min , 4:19
Screaming SquirrelsBrent Machado (Roughing), 2 min , 4:50
Period 3
MastodonsJ Grimes (Tripping), 2 min , 1:35
MastodonsPaul Sobchenko (Tripping), 2 min , 3:43
Screaming SquirrelsArie Stock (Tripping), 2 min , 4:59
MastodonsMark Aylward (Body Checking), 2 min , 14:51

 

Rosters
Screaming Squirrels Mastodons
Goalies
Name Min Shots Saves
37 Merritt Lyon 45 20 19
Name Min Shots Saves
37 Brendan Henry 45 26 18
Players
# Name G A PTS PIM GWG
4 Chi Pham 1 1 2 0 0
5 Robert Valdes 0 1 1 0 0
7 Neil Shah 1 1 2 0 1
9 Charles Wolstein 0 0 0 0 0
10 Brent Machado 2 2 4 2 0
15 Arie Stock 2 0 2 2 0
17 Vivek Pinto 0 0 0 0 0
19 Benjamin Sumner 1 1 2 0 0
25 Jonathan Danziger 1 4 5 0 0
51 Joseph Ponzetti 0 0 0 0 0
61 Tero Moberg 0 0 0 0 0
# Name G A PTS PIM GWG
3 Andrew Boswell 0 0 0 0 0
4 Ian Mccarthy 0 0 0 2 0
7 Laura Brezinski 0 1 1 0 0
12 Dj Hayes 0 0 0 0 0
21 Jordan Mckindles 0 0 0 0 0
26 Mark Aylward 0 0 0 2 0
31 David Marcus 0 0 0 0 0
36 Emily Potere 0 0 0 0 0
45 Kris Weinhold 0 0 0 0 0
48 Chris Brinker 0 0 0 0 0
77 J Grimes 1 0 1 2 0
91 Paul Sobchenko 0 1 1 2 0

 

Other facts
Scorekeeper
Chris Mccorkle
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