Squirrels 5, Barbarians 0

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

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.

2004 Summer Ice Results and Stats

Stats

Number Player Name Goals Assists Points
11 Greg Wenograd 11 7 18
7 Joe Wu 8 7 15
13 Christian Long 5 7 12
98 Matt Borlik 7 5 12
55 Adam Hughes 7 3 10
5 Juan Canchasto 0 7 7
99 Jared Genser 4 1 5
2 Don Marks 3 1 4
25 Sergio Balatan 2 2 4
91 Jon Magi 2 2 4
12 Wade Marks 1 2 3
8 Oriana Senatore 0 1 1
16 Robin Berlin 0 1 1
24 Tom Terragno 0 1 1
9 Charles Wolstein 0 0 0
20 Drew Thiemann 0 0 0

Results

# Date Time Opponent Shots Score Result
1 6/24/2004 9:30 PM Ice Devils 30-15 10-2 W
2 6/28/2004 8:00 PM Ice Breakers 31-8 11-0 W
3 7/8/2004 9:30 PM Firecats 38-5 10-1 W
4 7/13/2004 9:30 PM Ice Men 38-14 6-1 W
5 7/26/2004 10:20 PM Ice Men 45-7 7-1 W
6 8/2/2004 8:00 PM Stingrays 16-18 2-1 W
7 8/9/2004 9:30 PM Green Hornets 26-5 4-2 W
8 8/16/2004 10:20 PM Panthers 21-18 2-3 L
9 8/23/2004 8:00 PM Huskies 26-19 5-2 W
10 8/31/2004 8:30 PM Cobras 20-30 1-3 L
11 9/13/2004 10:15 PM Bulldogs 22-30 5-6 L
12 9/26/2004 6:30 PM Homerhawks 25-20 2-5 L

Summer Ice Season Ends, Fall Season to Begin Soon

After starting the season 6-0, the Screaming Squirrels Ice team was moved up to the C division in the summer season of HNA. Including last night’s defeat to the Homerhawks, the Squirrels finished the season with three consecutive losses and find themselves on the outside looking in for the playoffs.

While disappointed in the results of the summer, we can now turn our attention towards the fall season, and look forward to being competitive in our new division. The season will begin towards the end of October, with a schedule to be released shortly. Our jerseys should also be in this week, so look back soon for photos of our new road uniforms.

 

Photo Gallery: Sept. 26, 2004