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Chopped By The Tomahawks

October 28, 2012 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings News Release


Kalamazoo, MI- Even being outshot by a 43-35 margin, the Johnstown Tomahawks rode the momentum of four unanswered goals en route to a 6-2 victory over the Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings on Sunday at the Borgess Health Rink inside Wings West.

It took over seventeen minutes to start the scoring in this contest, but the last three minutes were very exciting, as they yielded three goals from the two teams. Getting the scoring started was the Jr. K-Wings, as Luc Boby sent a beautiful tape-to-tape pass along to Taylor Burden who was waiting on the doorstep to bury his fourth of the season and give his team a 1-0 lead.

The Johnstown Tomahawks didn't wait long to respond to the Burden goal, as Jordan Watt (4th) struck back just 48 seconds later. Watt walked through the Kalamazoo defense with some nifty stickhandling, and beat Kalamazoo goalie, Alex Okicki over the stick side to tie the game at 1-1.

With jus ten seconds remaining in the first period, Watt would be on the receiving end of a stretch pass, and created a breakaway on Okicki. Watt took a quick wrist shot that found the back of the net for his second of the game and fifth of the season.

Just like in the first period, the second period was bottom heavy in it's scoring, as the two teams scored three goals in the final six minutes. Kalamazoo tied the game at two apiece on a power play goal by Danny Hamburg, who tallied his sixth of the season by sliding home a rebound on a shot from the point.

Seventy-three seconds later, the Tomahawks would roar right back and re-establish their lead. Brandon Reinholtz was the final piece of a tic-tac-toe passing play that left him all alone on Okicki to sweep home his team-leading seventh goal of the season, and his third in two nights against Kalamazoo.

Then, with just two and a half minutes remaining in the second period, the Tomahawks were able to take a two goal lead, their biggest of the night. Andrew McDonald was the goal scorer for Johnstown, netting his second goal of the season, and his first as a Tomahawk. The lead would stand until the end of the second, as they took the two goal advantage into the locker room after forty minutes.

The third period belonged to the Tomahawks, as they stole the show in the final frame with two more goals. Mitch Kontny was able to light the lamp for the sixth time of the season at the 6:44 mark and give his team a 5-2 lead.

Sealing the deal was Kontny, who scored his second of the period and team-lead tying seventh of the season and wrapped up a decisive 6-2 victory for his team.

Official game stats can be found at: http://pointstreak.com/prostats/gamesheet_full.html?gameid=1993519

The Jr. K-Wings will hit the ice again on Saturday, November 3rd, as they take on the Port Huron Fighting Falcons at 7:00 PM at Wings Stadium.

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