Americans 4, Squirrels 1

Posted on November 22, 2004September 2, 2020 by Ben Sumner

by Ben Sumner & Philip Van der Vossen

The Screaming Squirrels faced the undefeated Americans on Sunday night at Cabin John, falling 4-1. The Americans came into the game leading the entire DC area in shots, averaging 44 per game. The Squirrels defense was up to the challenge, only allowing 14, their second lowest total this season. Meanwhile the Squirrels put up 19 of their own shots, but ran into some stellar goaltending in the opposing net. The Americans hardly controlled the zone, but capitalized on their breaks and bounces while the Squirrels did not. Defenseman Don Marks scored the lone goal for the Squirrels, taking it into the zone himself to cut the score to 2-1 in the second period. The Squirrels now have more than two weeks off, and will return to the ice Dec. 7, 10:30 p.m. at Cabin John to face the Moose.

Quote of the game:
“Anyone have a band-aid?” – Ben Sumner

Squirrels 6, Cobras 3

Posted on November 18, 2004September 2, 2020 by Ben Sumner

Everything was going wrong in the first period for the Screaming Squirrels on Wednesday. Down 3-1 to the Cobras after 15 minutes of play, the mood on the bench was none too pleasant and a second loss seemed probable.

But the Squirrels came storming out in the second period. Wade Marks scored, assisted by crisp passing from Jared Genser and Don Marks, and later Chris Long flipped in a rebound to tie the game.

Despite a couple of mental mistakes that the Cobras failed to capitalize on, the Squirrels kept up the momentum in the third period and held the Cobras to just 2 shots. A puck deflected in off of Sergio Balatan’s skate, and about a minute later Don Marks hammered home a slap shot from the point. A late bench penalty put the Squirrels a man down with less than two minutes to go, but Jon Magi and Greg Wenograd got around the defense, and Magi buried a short-handed goal to seal the 6-3 victory with less than a minute remaining.

Ben Sumner scored the first period goal for the Squirrels with a shot from the right circle. Balatan added two assists in the game, and the Squirrels outshot the Cobras, 25-22. The Squirrels next play the Americans at Cabin John on Sunday at 10:15 p.m.

Quote of the game:
“The cat pooed on all my stuff” – Juan Canchasto

Homerhawks 5, Squirrels 1

Posted on November 15, 2004September 2, 2020 by Ben Sumner

The Screaming Squirrels lost their first game of the winter season, falling 5-1 to the Homerhawks in Rockville.

Though the final score showed otherwise, the game wasn’t overly dominated by the Homerhawks, but the Squirrels couldn’t penetrate through their defense and get quality shots on goal.The Squirrels’ lone goal came in the first period when Juan Canchasto centered from the boards to Adam Hughes, who shot it in to tie the score at 1-1. The Squirrels previously lost to the Homerhawks at the end of the Summer season, 5-2.

Next up for the Squirrels are the Cobras, 9:30 at Wells in College Park.

Squirrels 5, Barbarians 0

Posted on November 8, 2004September 2, 2020 by Ben Sumner

The Screaming Squirrels won their first game of the season Sunday with a 5-0 victory against the Barbarians at Tucker Road. Playing with a shortened roster, the Squirrels showed little rust despite a 16-day layoff. Goaltender Drew Thiemann earned the shutout behind a defense that only allowed 13 shots, the least since allowing five in an August match. Five different goal scorers led the offense while posting 30 shots. Winger Juan Canchasto scored a goal and had two assists while dominating the corners down low, setting up teammates seemingly at will through the Barbarians defense. Defenseman Don Marks tacked on three assists from the blue line.

The game was halted twice in the second period as two Barbarians, including the goaltender, shook off injuries. Ben Sumner, Jared Genser, Greg Wenograd, and Wade Marks also scored for the Squirrels, who will next face the Homerhawks on Sunday in Rockville.

Squirrels 5, Vikings 5

Posted on October 21, 2004September 2, 2020 by Phil

The Screaming Squirrels opened our first full season of Hockey North America play by skating to a 5-5 tie with the Vikings. The scoring was back and forth with the Vikings taking a lead with just over 2 minutes remaining in the game. With just over a minute to go, the Squirrels took their time out, and with less than a minute remaining pulled the goalie. With only 17 ticks left on the clock, Adam Hughes took a shot off the pass from Don Marks and the rebound caromed up into the air. Greg Wenograd and Juan Canchasto were waiting in front of the crease as the puck came down, and Juan was able to put it in the back of the net. The Screaming Squirrels then skated a 5 minute, running clock, overtime with the Vikings and tied their first game while wearing the new road jerseys.