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BIG THIRD PROPELS PROWLERS
By Dennis Stuckey
(Port Huron, MI) - A five goal third period explosion led the Port Huron Prowlers to a 7-3 victory over rival St. Clair Shores on Friday night at McMorran Arena. The sixth meeting of the season between the teams saw another 82 minutes in penalties.
With scored tied at 2-2 going into the final period, the Prowlers Brandon Parkhouse scored his second goal of the game, just 15 seconds into the frame, finishing a two on one break and tapping the puck by Saints goalie Jan Pechek. Zach Tatrn and Scott Witmyer picked up asssits on the goal. 1:25 later John Scully connected from in front of the net on a Prowlers power play to give Port Huron its first two goal lead of the game. Tatrn and Matt Robertson assisted on the play, making it 4-2 for the home team. The Saints Jonathan Juliano drew his team back to with in a goal, when he fired in a goal at 7:29 from the high slot. Jan Blasko and Tom Kilgore got the helpers to make it a 4-3 score. But Port Huron responded with three straight goals. Tatrn scored from Parkhouse and Witmyer at 9:39, followed by a Witmyer goal at 14:03 from Robertson and Scully. Nathan Robson's second goal of the night on a wrap around at 19:09 closed out the flury. Mike MacIntyre drew the lone assist on the final goal, making it 7-3 Prowlers.
The game was tight through the first 40 minutes. Parkhouse scored at 18:24 of the first to give Port Huron a 1-0 lead. Tatrn had the assist, feeding the puck from behind the goal for Parkhouse to tap in. Just 4:48 into the second the Saints drew even on a Juan Munoz goal. Munoz got loose in the slot to slap a Michael Lipari pass into the net. Brandon Fehd also had an assist. Port Huron took three straight minor penalties, but managed to score a short handed goal during the second minor. Nathan Robson raced end to end and fired in his own rebound to put Port Huron back on top 2-1. Witmyer earned the only asssist on the play. During their next man advantage the Saints tied the score on a Marc Thompson goal at 19:07 of the second. Blasko and Lipari set up the play, making it 2-2 going into the third.
Curtis Martinu made 34 saves for the Prowlers, earning his first win of the season and ending a two game losing streak for Port Huron. The Prowlers will host Watertown on Saturday night. The puck will drop at 7:30 PM at McMorran.
Dashers' Offense Hits Wall in 2-1 Loss to Titans
By Easton Hoskins
The Danville Dashers seemed to hit a wall on Friday night, in a 2-1 loss to the Danbury Titans. Danville fell behind early when Taylor Bourne tapped in a rebound off of the pad of Dashers' goalie Storm Phaneuf. Bourne would also score the Titans second goal, and it would be the game winning goal. M.J. Maerkl would get the Dashers lone goal of the contest.
Danville out shot the Titans 40-39. Nikita Ivandikov picked up the win for the Titans, and Storm Phaneuf took his first loss of the season. Despite taking the loss, Phaneuf still played a solid game for Danville.
Danville will look to start a new winning streak, and get revenge on the Titans tomorrow evening in a rematch from the David S. Palmer Arena at 7:05 pm
Wolves Snap Losing Streak with Win Over Nationals
By Jay Harris
Coach Phil Esposito and the Watertown Wolves looked to snap their 5-game losing streak as they faced the Cornwall Nationals at the Watertown Municipal Ice Arena. Esposito added some fire power to the Wolves acquiring forwards Ryan Connolly and Brad Townsend. The defense side of the team saw the return of former Watertown Wolf Stanislav Vlasov, and Justin Apcar-Blaszak from the Danbury Titans.
New Wolf Ryan Connolly would draw blood when Austin Daae and Jeremy Akeson got him the puck and put the Wolves on the board six minutes into the first period. Former Privateer and Wolf Kris McCarthy duked it out with another former Privateer and new Wolf Brad Townsend earning them each five for fighting. Watertown's Mark Petaccio helped to extend the Wolves' lead on his pass Jesse Facchini making the score at the end of the period 2-0.
Akeson and Nate O'Brien helped to keep the goals coming when they assisted Daae in getting the first goal of the second period. Cornwall refused to let goalie Denis Tsaruk record a shutout. Cornwall's Jason Dolgy was at the right place at the right time to slap a deflected shot from teammate Kris McCarthy into the goal and get on the board. Espostio's starting line-up for the night saw their third goal of the night when Daae and Connolly set up Akeson with the shot to tickle and give the Wolves a 4-1 lead at the end of the period.
Cornwall looked to mount a comeback four minutes into the third period when Jason Dolgy racked up his second goal of the night on assists from Lou Dickenson and MJ Graham. Kyle Powell retaliated with an incredible flip of the puck over the goalie while the Wolves were short-handed. Cornwall's Marley Keca responded with a power play goal to bring the Nationals within 3 goals again. The Wolves' sixth goal of the night came from Mark Petaccio on assistance from Jesse Facchini and Justin Apcar-Blaszak. Cornwall would get one more power play goal from Joel Trottier before the clock ran out. The Wolves finished the night with a 6-4 victory.
The three stars of the game were Austin Daae, Jeremy Akeson, and Ryan Connolly. The Watertown Wolves host the Danville Dashers Friday, December 9 at the Watertown Municipal Ice Arena at 7:30 pm.
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