Squirrels 5, Bullets 2

When the Bullets started the game with only one sub on the bench, the Squirrels knew that it could be a long game for them. But by the time late-arriving Bullets lengthened their bench to four subs, the Squirrels scored five in a row for a 5-2 win.

It wasn’t until the game way halfway done, and with a two-goal deficit, when the Squirrels finally found the net. Dave Chung centered a pass to Mike Bartock, whose hesitated, then shot it in to put the Squirrels on the board. Vivek Pinto’s phenomenal one-man effort tied the game a few minutes later. Then Jason Wolf scored late in the period to give the Squirrels a 3-2 lead. Early in the third, Rylan Gottron whiffed on a shot, but the timing threw off the defensemen as Demetri Bedel scored to put the Squirrels up by two. Despite the 4-2 lead, the Bullets were pressing, but late in the period, Ben Sumner’s no-look pass from the corner found Wolf out front all alone, and he scored his second to put the Squirrels up, 5-2.

Craig Beatty made 24 saves in net, while the Squirrels put up 36 shots against the first-place Bullets.