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November 21, 2014 - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL) News Release
The Danville Dashers Hold on to Beat the Dayton Demonz 3-2
(Dayton, Ohio) Danville was in town to take on the Dayton Demonz on Friday night. The Demonz looked to lift their spirits with a win after losing their last game to their rivals Danbury Whalers in an evenly matched game. Danville hoped to take home their first victory against Dayton this season.
Danville would take home their first victory against the Demonz this year with a final score of 3-2. Dayton would go down swinging till the end, the Dashers proved to be strong on defense stopping every effort the Demonz had.
The first period would start as a defensive battle between the two teams; however Danville would end the stalemate with a goal from Justin Brausen. Danville would take control of the opening period, generating pressure in the attacking zone. Dayton would fail to increase their offensive efforts, ending the first with a score of 1-0 in favor of the Dashers.
The Demonz evened the score in the second period with a slap shot from Brian Marks on a 5 on 4 man advantage making the score tied at 1-1. The Dashers continued their offensive pressure and forcing the Demonz to numerous turnovers that created many shots at the Demonz net, while generating many scoring opportunities. Brausen's second goal of the game with a one-timer gave the Dashers a 2-1 lead. Danville would not let up on the Demonz and would put another goal in the back of the net on a breakaway opportunity from Andrew Harrison, increasing the lead to 3-1. Seth Ronsberg cut into the Danville lead making it 3-2, receiving a beautiful pass across the Dashers crease, and putting the puck past the helpless Dasher net minder. The period would end with Danville leading 3-2 at the second intermission.
The Demonz would take "ownership papers" of the puck at the start of the third which led to multiple chances to even the score. Danville's defense and spectacular goaltending repeatedly put a stop to Dayton's offensive pressure. Another strong goaltending performance by Demonz goalie gave his team gave his team a chance to tie the game. The Demonz controlled the final frame, with puck possession, however were unable to tie the game.
With over a minute to play in the game Dayton had no choice but to pull Martinu for the extra attacker, with the Demonz firing a lot of rubber at the Dashers net. What looked to be an equalizer for the hometown sextet, the goal was waived off with seconds left on the clock, and the Dashers prevailed with the win, gaining the third win of the season.
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Delayed Start Due to Weather; Whalers Remain Hot
Even a two hour delay wasn't enough to cool down the red hot Danbury Whalers tonight. Due to circumstances out of the control of either team, the scheduled 7:35 face-off was pushed back to 9:35. However, the late start didn't seem to faze the home team, as Ryan Patsch had two goals and Kevin Hoy made 36 saves as the Whalers extended their winning streak to a franchise record of eight in a row with a 6-1 victory over Steel City on Friday night.
In a game where one might expect a little bit of a slow start from visiting Steel City, both teams came out and exchanged quality scoring chances. The Whalers scored the lone goal in the first period thanks to the 7th tally of the season for Ryan Patsch. The 2013 Co-Rookie of the year was the beneficiary of a juicy rebound given up by Warriors goaltender Dalton McGrath on a breakaway by Tim Richter. The CT native sent a back hand shot on goal that was kicked out by McGrath right the waiting Patsch who buried it home to make it 1-0 Danbury. The Whalers out shot the Warriors 21-11 after one period of play.
In the second period the Whalers came out and wasted little time in extending their lead as Brett Liscomb connected for his 6th goal of the season just 2:17 into the middle frame. Kristaps Nimanis blasted the puck onto the Warriors goal where goalie Dalton McGrath couldn't handle the rebound and Liscomb tucked home the rebound to make it 2-0. Just over three minutes later Ryan Patsch made it a 3-0 Danbury lead as he corralled a loose puck in the neutral zone and sprung free on a breakaway beating McGrath through the five hole. It was the 2nd of the game for Patsch and 8th of the season. Then at 12:59 Mike Zanella collected his 2nd of the season on a nifty drop pass from Vladyslav Gavrik who led the 3 on 2 charge into the Warrior zone where he dropped a pass to Zanella who fired it past the blocker of McGath and made it 4-0 Danbury. The Warriors had a few good opportunities to get on the scoreboard, including a 5 on 3 power play for twenty five seconds, but Kevin Hoy shut the door as the Whalers took the four goal lead into the second intermission.
In the third period the Warriors finally got on the board thanks to the 4th goal of the season for Tom Tracy. Zach Tatrn sent a backhand shot on goal that was kicked out by Hoy right to a waiting Tracy who buried it upstairs and made it a 4-1 game. Ian Delong and and Vladyslov Gavrik collected goals in the third for Danbury to make it a 6-1 game. It was the 10th of the season for Delong while Gavrik tallied his 3rd. Dalton McGrath made 43 saves on 49 shots in the defeat for Steel City.
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