The Squirrels won their first game of the season Sunday, overcoming another short bench to beat Wolfe Pack, 7-4.
After a scoreless first period, which included an early-game 5-on-3 penalty kill for the Squirrels, Wolfe Pack struck first, before Jon Danziger (a crash-the-net goal), Brent Machado (a controversial PP goal) and Terry Young (a tic-tac-toe passing goal) scored to give the Squirrels a 3-1 lead heading into the third period.
The Squirrels extended their lead early in the third as Ben Sumner smacked home a pass from Danziger from behind the net. Wolfe Pack scored again shortly after before Moose Cobb gave the Squirrels a 5-2 lead with about 10 minutes left.
The Squirrels, however, were tired, and Wolfe Pack knew it. It didn’t take long for them to score twice more. At 5-4, with plenty of time remaining, the Squirrels were on their heels.
Then a player on Wolfe Pack not only got called for a slash, but a spear as he was on the way to the penalty box. That gave the Squirrels a 7-minute power play, the first 5 of which wouldn’t expire due to the major.
Still desperate, Wolfe Pack put up a good fight but Danziger put them out of their misery, scoring twice down the stretch to give the Squirrels the 7-4 win.
| The Gardens IH – Patrick Sun, May 01, 2016 at 2:18pm |
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Wolfe Pack 4 |
Squirrels 7 |
| Game Details |
| Scoring |
Shots on Goal |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
| Wolfe Pack |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
| Squirrels |
0 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
|
Wolfe Pack 25
Squirrels 30
|
| Scoring Summary |
| Period 1 |
| (no scoring) |
| Period 2 |
| Wolfe Pack – Patrick Reilly (unassisted) , 7:31 |
| Squirrels – Jonathan Danziger (Brent Machado) , 9:45 |
| Squirrels – Brent Machado (power play) (unassisted) , 10:00 |
| Squirrels – Terry Young (Robert Cobb, Brent Machado) , 14:46 |
| Period 3 |
| Squirrels – Benjamin Sumner (Jonathan Danziger) , 0:54 |
| Wolfe Pack – Brian Sluder (Patrick Reilly) , 3:50 |
| Squirrels – Robert Cobb (tero moberg) , 5:28 |
| Wolfe Pack – Patrick Reilly (unassisted) , 6:56 |
| Wolfe Pack – Patrick Reilly (unassisted) , 7:32 |
| Squirrels – Jonathan Danziger (power play) (unassisted) , 10:43 |
| Squirrels – Jonathan Danziger (power play) (Brent Machado) , 13:13 |
| Penalties |
| Period 1 |
| Squirrels – Tero Moberg (Hooking), 2 min , 0:32 |
| Squirrels – Terry Young (Tripping), 2 min , 1:10 |
| Squirrels – Jonathan Danziger (Head Contact), 2 min , 9:05 |
| Wolfe Pack – Kevin Krieger (Holding), 2 min , 9:05 |
| Squirrels – Jonathan Danziger (Unsportsmanlike Conduct(Misconduct), 10 min , 9:05 |
| Period 2 |
| Wolfe Pack – Kevin Krieger (Hooking), 2 min , 0:21 |
| Wolfe Pack – Brian Oakley (Holding), 2 min , 9:49 |
| Period 3 |
| Wolfe Pack – Brian Sluder (Slashing), 2 min , 8:21 |
| Wolfe Pack – Brian Sluder (Unsportsmanlike Conduct(Game Misconduct), 10 min , 8:21 |
| Wolfe Pack – Brian Sluder (Unsportsmanlike Conduct(Misconduct), 10 min , 8:21 |
| Wolfe Pack – Brian Sluder (Spearing(Major), 5 min , 8:21 |
| Wolfe Pack – Patrick Mullen (Slashing), 2 min , 10:43 |
| Rosters |
| Wolfe Pack |
Screaming Squirrels |
| Goalies |
| Name |
Min |
Shots |
Saves |
| 4 Justin Weston |
45 |
30 |
23 |
|
| Name |
Min |
Shots |
Saves |
| 11 Torrey Pocock |
45 |
25 |
21 |
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| Players |
| # |
Name |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
GWG |
| 3 |
Brian Oakley |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| 5 |
Kevin Krieger |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| 11 |
Brendan Meany |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 14 |
Rich Meyers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 15 |
Brian Sluder |
1 |
0 |
1 |
27 |
0 |
| 24 |
Gayatri Reilly |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 36 |
Salvatore Crupi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 44 |
Patrick Reilly |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| 68 |
Patrick Mullen |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| 87 |
Larry Selleh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| # |
Name |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
GWG |
| 00 |
Robert Cobb |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Donald Marks |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
Charles Wolstein |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 10 |
Brent Machado |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| 19 |
Benjamin Sumner |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 25 |
Jonathan Danziger |
3 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
0 |
| 61 |
Tero Moberg |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| 92 |
Terry Young |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
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| Other facts |
Referee
Bruce Bagley, Jeff BakerScorekeeper
Patricia Wills |