Nordiques 4, Squirrels 2

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In a rare Sat. night game, the Squirrels looked to regain their winning form against the Nordiques. The Nords however had different plans, after falling behind 1-0 on Brent Machado’s first period goal, the Nords scored the next two in the 2nd to take 2-1 lead deep into the 3rd period. The Squirrels evened things up at 2-2 apiece when Tony Richelsen poked in a shot off a feed from Ed Bager. Unfortunately that would be all the scoring for the Squirrels as the Nords knocked in the game winner shortly after and added an insurance goal late to seal the 4-2 win.

The Squirrels, played without Drew Thiemann, Ben Sumner, Greg Wenograd, Chris Long, Sergio Balatan, Jon Magi, Paul Kobernick, Rob Myers and Chi Pham. Brian Rimm subbed in net. The Squirrels’ next contest is Wed. Feb. 21st 10:25 against Scurvy.

Southwest Airlines 5, Squirrels 1

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The second game of the season against Southwest Airlines resembled the first one for the Squirrels, but this time instead of falling 3-1 they fell 5-1.

Despite being outshot only by two (28-26), the Squirrels couldn’t get any breaks and Southwest Airlines capitalized off of Squirrels’ mistakes. Ed Bager scored the only goal for the Squirrels.

Drew Thiemann, Brent Machado, Paul Kobernick, Charles Wolstein, Greg Wenograd, Tony Richelsen, Chris Long, Bager, Ben Sumner, Desi Richelsen and Jon Magi played for the Squirrels.

The next game is Saturday, Feb. 17, at 8:55 p.m. against the Nordiques.

Squirrels 3, Meltdown 1

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The Squirrels were scratching their heads Sunday, wondering why a 35-13 shot advantage only translated into a 3-1 come-from-behind victory against a team that is second-to-last in the standings.

Outplaying, outshooting, and out-hustling Meltdown was barely enough. After a scoreless first period, Meltdown got on the board first with a powerplay goal at 13:47. A few minutes later, the Squirrels finally scored on a shot by Greg Wenograd. The 1-1 tie lasted most of the second period before Chris Long knocked in Ed Bager’s pass to give the Squirrels the lead with 1:45 remaining in the second period. 27 seconds later, Ben Sumner sent a pass to Rob Myers, who got the puck past the goaltender for a 3-1 lead. The score stood for the rest of the game.

The Squirrels played without Chi Pham, Don Marks, and Sergio Balatan, and found themselves with 12 forwards and 4 defensemen before shifting back Wade Marks and Tony Richelsen.

The next game is Wednesday, Feb. 7, at 10:25 p.m. against Southwest Airlines.

Squirrels Notes: Defenseman Desmond Richelsen recently got engaged to Squirrel superfan, Trisha.

Hughes Leaves Squirrels, Becomes Mouseketeer

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Longtime ice Squirrel Adam Hughes played his final game for the team Sunday, and will now head off to the California to work for Disney.

Hughes, a player picked up during the inaugural ice season, played six sessions for the Squirrels, helping them win two championships.

Squirrels 11, Dead Kings 1

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The Squirrels and Dead Kings hadn’t played each other since July 10, 2005. That summer, the Dead Kings took four games from the Squirrels. A year and a half later, the Squirrels got a bit of revenge with a game that was nearly over with six minutes to go in the second period. Instead, the Dead Kings didn’t allow the Squirrels to get the 10-goal lead until 2:21 of the third period, when the Squirrels ended it at 11-1.

Tony Richelsen and Rob Myers each had three goals, Ed Bager and Brent Machado had two, and Greg Wenograd notched one for the Squirrels. Myers also had three assists. The seventh goal was scored 8:46 in the second period to start the running clock. The Squirrels outshot the Dead Kings, 31-10.

The Squirrels played without Don Marks, Wade Marks, Chi Pham, Brian Jackson, Paul Kobernick, Sergio Balatan, Adam Hughes and Phil Van der Vossen.

The next game is Sunday, Jan. 28, at 8:55 p.m. against Meltdown.