Squirrels 8, Laughing Skulls 3

Maybe it was a lingering Saturday night hangover or perhaps it was the old geezer officiating with Bruce Bagley, but heading into the 3rd period of Sunday’s early afternoon game against the Laughing Skulls, the Squirrels had drawn more penalty calls than they had scored goals.  Defenseman and former league penalty minute leader, Dan Carter, made a strong case that he deserves the title once again this year.  However, after his 4th minor penalty in the 2nd period he was excused from the game by league rule.  Carter, now tied for 2nd with the Skulls’ Francis Conlon at 72 PIM only trails the Vikings’ Eddie Ryland by 2 PIM for the league lead.  “I was kinda hoping they would throw a 10 in there somewhere”, said a dejected Carter after the game. “But you can’t make them change the call.”

With Carter out of the way, the Squirrels managed to calm down in the penalty department and clung precariously to a 5-3 lead in the 3rd period built on goals by Jason Nehmer, Matt Brolik, Dan Carter, Don Marks, and Paul Patrinicola.  Pesky hothead Eddie Zaruba had managed to strike for a pair in addition to a goal by Anthony Campanella to keep the Skulls within striking distance.  That’s when Squirrels forward Tony Richelson took matters into his own hands, first skating past everyone for an easy powerplay goal around the halfway mark of the period and scoring again a little more than 2 minutes later after Borlik netted his 2nd goal of the afternoon.  From there it was lights out for the Skulls.

The Gardens IH – Resor      Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Screaming Squirrels 8 Laughing Skulls 3
Game Details
Scoring Shots on Goal
1 2 3 Total
Screaming Squirrels 3 2 3 8
Laughing Skulls 2 1 0 3
Squirrels 30
Laughing Skulls 21
Scoring Summary
Period 1
Laughing Skulls Bronze 2Eddie Zaruba (Fred Newton) , 0:34
Screaming SquirrelsJason Nehmer (Desmond Richelsen) , 9:16
Laughing Skulls Bronze 2Anthony Campanella (unassisted) , 14:48
Screaming SquirrelsMatthew Borlik (Anthony Richelsen) , 14:57
Screaming SquirrelsDaniel Carter (powerplay) (unassisted) , 15:00
Period 2
Screaming SquirrelsDonald Marks Jr. (shorthanded) (Robert Valdes) , 9:38
Screaming SquirrelsPaul Patrinicola (powerplay) (Matthew Borlik, Desmond Richelsen) , 11:18
Laughing Skulls Bronze 2Eddie Zaruba (john lozupone) , 14:26
Period 3
Screaming SquirrelsAnthony Richelsen (powerplay) (unassisted) , 8:32
Screaming SquirrelsMatthew Borlik (Jason Nehmer) , 9:37
Screaming SquirrelsAnthony Richelsen (unassisted) , 10:59
Penalties
Period 1
Screaming SquirrelsDaniel Carter – (Roughing Minor), 2 min , 5:08
Laughing SkullsAnthony Campanella – (Roughing Minor), 2 min , 5:08
Laughing SkullsJohn Lozupone – (Tripping Minor), 2 min , 5:36
Laughing SkullsEddie Zaruba – (Hooking Minor), 2 min , 9:16
Laughing SkullsDouglas Church – (Hooking Minor), 2 min , 11:55
Screaming SquirrelsKyle Gassert – (Body Checking Minor), 2 min , 12:20
Laughing SkullsKevin Cox – (Interference Minor), 2 min , 12:37
Screaming SquirrelsDaniel Carter – (Holding Minor), 2 min , 13:32
Screaming SquirrelsDaniel Carter – (Slashing Minor), 2 min , 13:32
Laughing SkullsFred Newton – (Roughing Minor), 2 min , 13:32
Period 2
Laughing Skulls Bronze 2Anthony Campanella – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Misconduct), 10 min , 5:08
Screaming SquirrelsDaniel Carter – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Minor), 2 min , 5:08
Laughing SkullsAnthony Campanella – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Minor), 2 min , 5:08
Screaming SquirrelsDesmond Richelsen – (Interference Minor), 2 min , 7:52
Laughing SkullsDouglas Church – (Interference Minor), 2 min , 10:24
Laughing SkullsPatrick Herwig – (Slashing Minor), 2 min , 10:58
Period 3
Laughing Skulls Bronze 2John Lozupone – (Tripping Minor), 2 min , 2:36
Laughing SkullsDouglas Church – (Tripping Minor), 2 min , 8:02

Rosters
Screaming Squirrels Laughing Skulls
Goalies
Name Min Shots Saves
30 Eric Coulson 45 21 18
Name Min Shots Saves
1 Herb Malveaux 45 30 22
Players
# Name G A Pts PIM GWG
2 Donald Marks Jr. 1 0 1 0 1
5 Robert Valdes 0 1 1 0 0
12 Anthony Richelsen 2 1 3 0 0
17 Daniel Carter 1 0 1 8 0
21 Desmond Richelsen 0 2 2 2 0
25 Kyle Gassert 0 0 0 2 0
28 Matthew Borlik 2 1 3 0 0
55 Paul Patrinicola 1 0 1 0 0
61 Tero Moberg 0 0 0 0 0
88 Jason Nehmer 1 1 2 0 0
# Name G A Pts PIM GWG
3 Mike Ohanian 0 0 0 0 0
4 Patrick Herwig 0 0 0 2 0
5 Kevin Cox 0 0 0 2 0
9 Fred Newton 0 1 1 2 0
10 Eddie Zaruba 2 0 2 2 0
16 Justin Panzer 0 0 0 0 0
18 Douglas Church 0 0 0 6 0
19 Christopher Tucker 0 0 0 0 0
31 John Lozupone 0 1 1 4 0
39 Anthony Campanella 1 0 1 14 0
42 Vladimir Semendyai 0 0 0 0 0

Squirrels 9, Nordiques 2

Squirrels Begin A New Era, Continue Dominance

Thursday’s game against the Nordiques marked the beginning of the post-Mike Bronson era for the Screaming Squirrels.   Bronson, who spent 3 seasons with the Squirrels, amassed a whopping 59 goals and 95 points as part of the Gold and Black.  Rumors surfaced earlier in the week that as a gesture of good faith Bronson left the Squirrels a nut before heading to Chicago and presented it to Vice President and General Manager Ben Sumner.  However Sumner, who was vacationing on the West Coast, was not available for comment.

The Squirrels would need no superstar power on this night as they jumped to a multi-goal lead by the 2nd period and initiated the running clock rule about half-way through the 3rd.   Chris Wautel, recently called up from the team’s minor league affiliate, struck for 2 goals and 4 points in the first period alone.  Although not managing to put the puck in the net, defenseman Kyle Gassert was effective in using the puck at knocking down and knocking out several Nordiques who already had a short bench.  One Nordique player had to leave the game with a busted finger from a Gassert slapshot.  At the other end of the ice, Squirrels goalie Eric Coulson managed to stop most of the dozen or so shots that trickled his way, however, Nordiques star Hector Rosario managed to sneak one in through the 5 hole and Regan Sweeney put in the 3rd period’s lone goal past Coulson as well.

The Gardens IH – Resor      Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Nordiques 2 Screaming Squirrels 9
Game Details
Scoring Shots on Goal
1 2 3 Total
Nordiques 1 0 1 2
Screaming Squirrels 4 5 0 9
Nordiques 16
Squirrels 43
Scoring Summary
Period 1
Screaming SquirrelsTero Moberg (Paul Patrinicola, Chris Wautel) , 1:24
Screaming SquirrelsChris Wautel (Kyle Gassert, tero moberg) , 7:21
Screaming SquirrelsRobert Valdes (tero moberg, Chris Wautel) , 7:55
NordiquesHector Rosario (Regan Sweeney) , 8:12
Screaming SquirrelsChris Wautel (tero moberg) , 10:49
Period 2
Screaming SquirrelsAnthony Richelsen (shorthanded) (Robert Valdes) , 3:07
Screaming SquirrelsRobert Valdes (tero moberg, Chris Wautel) , 3:55
Screaming SquirrelsTero Moberg (Chris Wautel, Matthew Borlik) , 4:12
Screaming SquirrelsDonald Marks Jr. (Robert Myers, Matthew Borlik) , 6:32
Screaming SquirrelsDaniel Carter (tero moberg) , 13:49
Period 3
NordiquesRegan Sweeney (unassisted) , 5:15
Penalties
Period 1
Screaming SquirrelsDaniel Carter – (Interference Minor), 2 min , 1:50
NordiquesHector Rosario – (Elbowing Minor), 2 min , 12:08
Period 2
Screaming SquirrelsPaul Patrinicola – (Holding Minor), 2 min , 1:29
Screaming SquirrelsKyle Gassert – (Tripping Minor), 2 min , 10:25
Period 3
NordiquesHector Rosario – (Roughing Minor), 2 min , 5:15
NordiquesDon Brodnax – (Roughing Minor), 2 min , 5:15
Screaming SquirrelsDaniel Carter – (Roughing Minor), 2 min , 5:15

Rosters
Nordiques Screaming Squirrels
Goalies
Name Min Shots Saves
31 Terri Ball 45 43 34
Name Min Shots Saves
30 Eric Coulson 45 16 14
Players
# Name G A Pts PIM GWG
2 Sarah Bucior 0 0 0 0 0
19 Mike Dunlap 0 0 0 0 0
23 Don Brodnax 0 0 0 2 0
27 Walt Bender 0 0 0 0 0
28 Melissa Frederick 0 0 0 0 0
32 Tom Swindell 0 0 0 0 0
42 Trevor Frederick 0 0 0 0 0
72 Hector Rosario 1 0 1 4 0
89 Regan Sweeney 1 1 2 0 0
# Name G A Pts PIM GWG
2 Donald Marks Jr. 1 0 1 0 0
4 Chi Pham 0 0 0 0 0
5 Robert Valdes 2 1 3 0 1
12 Anthony Richelsen 1 0 1 0 0
17 Daniel Carter 1 0 1 4 0
18 Robert Myers 0 1 1 0 0
25 Kyle Gassert 0 1 1 2 0
28 Matthew Borlik 0 2 2 0 0
55 Paul Patrinicola 0 1 1 2 0
61 Tero Moberg 2 5 7 0 0
77 Jeff Headlee 0 0 0 0 0
96 Chris Wautel 2 4 6 0 0

Squirrels 6, Laughing Skulls 1

With a total of eight skaters at a time, the Squirrels played an all-round good game Sunday and beat the Laughing Skulls, 6-1.

It was Michael Bronson’s final game as a Squirrel, but he was only able to play in the first period due to a scheduling conflict with another team. He had an assist and in typical fashion, also a penalty before he went to the other rink. After he left, Tero Moberg finally found the rink and gave the Squirrels some relief on the bench.

This game will also be noted as one where players we could’ve used showed up to watch some of the game, including former roller captain Ed Bager. Hope you enjoyed the show, guys.

The Gardens IH – Resor      Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Laughing Skulls Bronze 2 1 Screaming Squirrels 6
Game Details
Scoring Shots on Goal
1 2 3 Total
Laughing Skulls 1 0 0 1
Screaming Squirrels 3 2 1 6
Laughing Skulls 14
Squirrels 33
Scoring Summary
Period 1
Screaming SquirrelsChi Pham (Jason Nehmer, Daniel Carter) , 1:49
Screaming SquirrelsChris Wautel (Michael Bronson) , 10:29
Laughing Skulls Bronze 2Eddie Zaruba (nic zamora) , 12:06
Screaming SquirrelsChi Pham (Benjamin Sumner) , 13:37
Period 2
Screaming SquirrelsChris Wautel (powerplay) (unassisted) , 4:43
Screaming SquirrelsJason Nehmer (powerplay) (Daniel Carter) , 10:34
Period 3
Screaming SquirrelsTero Moberg (unassisted) , 9:24
Penalties
Period 1
Laughing Skulls Bronze 2Fred Newton – (Tripping Minor), 2 min , 2:59
Laughing SkullsFred Newton – (Hooking Minor), 2 min , 6:09
Screaming SquirrelsJason Nehmer – (Hooking Minor), 2 min , 6:41
Screaming SquirrelsMichael Bronson – (Cross Checking Minor), 2 min , 14:10
Period 2
Laughing Skulls Bronze 2Vladimir Semendyai – (High Sticking Minor), 2 min , 4:17
Laughing SkullsVladimir Semendyai – (Tripping Minor), 2 min , 4:17
Screaming SquirrelsDaniel Carter – (Tripping Minor), 2 min , 6:13
Laughing SkullsJohn Lozupone – (High Sticking Minor), 2 min , 9:30
Laughing SkullsVincent Barracchini – (Hooking Minor), 2 min , 14:54
Period 3
Laughing Skulls Bronze 2Vladimir Semendyai – (Holding Minor), 2 min , 4:07
Screaming SquirrelsChi Pham – (Interference Minor), 2 min , 10:33

Rosters
Laughing Skulls Screaming Squirrels
Goalies
Name Min Shots Saves
1 Herb Malveaux 45 33 27
Name Min Shots Saves
30 Eric Coulson 45 14 13
Players
# Name G A Pts PIM GWG
2 Philip Brach 0 0 0 0 0
3 Mike Ohanian 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kevin Cox 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fred Newton 0 0 0 4 0
10 Eddie Zaruba 1 0 1 0 0
19 Christopher Tucker 0 0 0 0 0
24 Vincent Barracchini 0 0 0 2 0
024 Nate Heard 0 0 0 0 0
31 John Lozupone 0 0 0 2 0
42 Vladimir Semendyai 0 0 0 6 0
77 Paul Keys 0 0 0 0 0
86 Nic Zamora 0 1 1 0 0
# Name G A Pts PIM GWG
4 Chi Pham 2 0 2 2 0
8 Michael Bronson 0 1 1 2 0
12 Anthony Richelsen 0 0 0 0 0
17 Daniel Carter 0 2 2 2 0
19 Benjamin Sumner 0 1 1 0 0
55 Paul Patrinicola 0 0 0 0 0
61 Tero Moberg 1 0 1 0 0
88 Jason Nehmer 1 1 2 2 0
96 Chris Wautel 2 0 2 0 1
Staff
Other Facts
Referee
Bert Whitelock, Norm WilliamsScore Keeper
Thomas Haworth

Photo Gallery: Squirrels Vs. Gnu 3/17/2010

Squirrels 9, Gnu 0

The Squirrels had one of their smallest lineups of the season Wednesday, and so did Gnu. The play was one-sided and the Squirrels easily won, 9-0.

The Gardens IH – Resor      Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Gnu 0 Screaming Squirrels 9
Game Details
Scoring Shots on Goal
1 2 3 Total
Gnu 0 0 0 0
Screaming Squirrels 6 2 1 9
Gnu 12
Squirrels 23
Scoring Summary
Period 1
Screaming SquirrelsRobert Myers (Charles Wolstein) , 0:14
Screaming SquirrelsRobert Myers (Daniel Carter) , 1:36
Screaming SquirrelsAnthony Richelsen (Michael Bronson) , 2:14
Screaming SquirrelsAnthony Richelsen (Robert Myers) , 5:00
Screaming SquirrelsAnthony Richelsen (Matthew Borlik) , 7:25
Screaming SquirrelsDaniel Carter (Michael Bronson) , 8:56
Period 2
Screaming SquirrelsMatthew Borlik (Charles Wolstein, Anthony Richelsen) , 5:13
Screaming SquirrelsDaniel Carter (penalty shot) (Robert Myers, Anthony Richelsen) , 14:30
Period 3
Screaming SquirrelsMatthew Borlik (Anthony Richelsen) , 0:00
Penalties
Period 1
(no penalties)
Period 2
(no penalties)
Period 3
Screaming SquirrelsKyle Gassert – (Slashing Minor), 2 min , 6:12
Screaming SquirrelsEric Coulson – (Tripping Minor), 2 min , 12:54

Rosters
Gnu Screaming Squirrels
Goalies
Name Min Shots Saves
1 Sub Goalie Passaniti 45 23 14
Name Min Shots Saves
30 Eric Coulson 45 12 12
Players
# Name G A Pts PIM GWG
00 Mary Passaniti 0 0 0 0 0
3 Andrew Boswell 0 0 0 0 0
9 Nick Bergeris 0 0 0 0 0
12 Steve Chamberlain 0 0 0 0 0
13 Stephen Bergeris 0 0 0 0 0
17 Kevin Fendlay 0 0 0 0 0
20 Jim Shaffer 0 0 0 0 0
34 Michael Poston 0 0 0 0 0
45 Ian Soper 0 0 0 0 0
# Name G A Pts PIM GWG
8 Michael Bronson 0 2 2 0 0
9 Charles Wolstein 0 2 2 0 0
12 Anthony Richelsen 3 3 6 0 0
 
17 Daniel Carter 2 1 3 0 0
18 Robert Myers 2 2 4 0 1
19 Benjamin Sumner 0 0 0 0 0
25 Kyle Gassert 0 0 0 2 0
28 Matthew Borlik 2 1 3 0 0