Dayton Soars Past Steel City 12-1
February 28, 2015 - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL)
Dayton Demonz News Release
(Dayton, Ohio) The Dayton Demonz came into the game fighting for first place in the final regular season standings. Steel City arrived in town coming off a 16-0 defeat at Berkshire. The visitors would leave town after suffering another defeat as Dayton peppered the Warriors goal with an unbelievable 73 shots in a 12-1 victory.
Heavily favored Dayton scored 39 seconds into the contest on a pass from Jared Hicks to Ahmed Mahfouz down low. The goal was his 33rd of the season and the Demonz led 1-0. Hicks scored himself midway through the period on an assist from Mahfouz and Dayton went up 2-0. That score held up after one period of play. The Demonz outshot the Warriors 24-7 in the initial 20 minutes.
Hicks scored his second of the night off a deflection early in the second. It was his 25th and the scoreboard read 3-0 in favor of Dayton. The floodgates began to open when Mark Rivera notched his 28th on a shot over the left shoulder of Steel City goaltender James Robbins.
Moments later, the Demonz tallied their fifth goal of the night, this one by Clinton Atkinson. Dayton had a comfy five goal cushion with 10 minutes yet to play in the period. The Warriors finally scored on Forward Timothy James' first of the year, making it 5-1. However, Rivera got it back as he netted his second of the game on a beautiful setup by Robert Dongara late in the period. The Demonz went to intermission with a comfortable 6-1 lead.
Mahfouz continued to fill the stat sheet with his second of the evening, on another assist from Hicks. The score coming from point blank range and increasing the lead to 7-1. Just seconds later, Michael Hansen scored his first of the year. Incredibly, Dayton scored four goals in a minute of action midway through the period. Lester Brown and Roger Tagoona each scored in the sequence as the game deteriorated into a runway, 10-1. It became 11-1 two minutes later, with Atkinson notching his second of the game.
Len Pelletier scored on the struggling Dayton power play, pushing it to 12-1.
Stars of the Game
1. Dayton's Len Pelletier
2. Dayton's Jared Hicks
3. Dayton's Ahmed Mahfouz
Next Home Game: Friday, March 6th vs. Danville at Hara Arena. Game time is 7:35 p.m.
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