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Davies Nets First OT Winner in Club History

November 20, 2015 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Bloomington Thunder News Release


GENEVA, Illinois- The Thunder scored their first overtimewinner to take a 3-2 win on the road against the Chicago Steel Friday night. Jeremy Davies (Northeastern University) wasthe hero for the Thunder in the win, netting the game winner from just abovethe crease. Bloomington has played in five overtime games over their last sixgames winning their last two games in extra time. Bloomington (8-6-3) is insecond place in the Eastern Conference, while Chicago (5-9-3) is in eighthplace above Team USA.

First period was scoreless thanks to even play by thegoaltenders Hayden Lavigne (Universityof Michigan) and John Lethemon(Michigan State University) who made 24 and 35 saves respectively in thegame. Bloomington had chances early from BaileyConger (St. Lawrence University) and EthanSomoza (Bemidji State University), but couldn't bury any on the Steelnetminder who made 11 saves in the period. The Steel turned on the offense andmatched the Thunder's 11 shots in the period. Lavigne stood tall for the Thunderanswering on all Steel shots through 20 minutes of penalty free hockey.

The second period gave the Thunder more momentum as theyfired 13 shots on Lethemon. The Steel were the first to strike as Tanner Laczynski (Ohio State University)netted his third of the season six minutes into the middle period. Then theThunder took control.

With their lone power play of the game, Bloomington took themomentum with a shorthanded save from Lavigne and a one-timer opportunity. Theyfollowed up the power play with a goal five minutes later. Jake Slaker (St. Lawrence University) took a 2-on-1 and played theshot off the pad of Lethemon. The rebound came right to Mitchell Chaffee who scored his fourth goal of the season to tiethe game.

Bloomington had took over the lead in the third when Pat Curry dug the puck out of thecorner and fired a low angle shot to the back of the net. The puck snuckthrough the five hole of Lethemon just over six minutes in. Two minutes later,the Steel tied it on a turnover. Leading scorer Jake Jaremko (Minnesota State University-Mankato) netted his 11thof the season on the power play with the assist going to Marcel Godbout.

In overtime, the Thunder netted the game winner as Daviescrossed in front of the net. He forced Lethemon to go down and then put it justunder the cross bar for the Thunder's second win in three games.

The Steel were 1-1 on the power play as the Thunder were 0-2on the man advantage. In the win, Bloomington took 39 shots to 25 of the Steel.

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