Fairbanks Completes Weekend Sweep Of Wild
March 9, 2014 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Wenatchee Wild News Release
Wenatchee, WA. - The Wenatchee Wild played the Fairbanks Ice Dogs at the Town Toyota Center Saturday night and skated stride-for-stride with the Midwest Division leaders, before falling at the end 5-2, in front of 3,029 fans.
A left point blast by Mitch Demario (Franklin, Wisconsin) opened the scoring for the Wild. The power play goal was assisted by Omar Mullan (Dearborn, Michigan) and Matthew Nuttle (Marilla, New York) at 11:32, putting Wenatchee on top, 1-0.
The Ice Dogs tied the game early in the second period on a goal by Brett Gervais, assisted by Lonnie Clary at 21 seconds, making it a 1-1 score. It didn't take the Wild long to regain the lead, as Nicholas Rivera (Pacific Palisades, California) knocked home a sharp angle pass at the left post. Mullan drew the lone assist at 2:02, putting Wenatchee back on top, at 2-1. Tayler Munson struck on the power play for Fairbanks, tying the game. The power play goal was assisted by Kyle Lee and Doug Rose at 12:18, knotting the contest at 2-2.
The Ice Dogs took their first lead late in the third, as Wyatt Ege scored from Brett Gervais and Colton Wolter at 16:32, putting Fairbanks on top, 3-2. The Ice Dogs would add an empty net goal in the final minute, as Viktor Liljegren scored from Nick Hinz at 19:05, then Rose would hit the empty net again at 19:56 with an unassisted marker and the Ice Dogs would skate away with a 5-2 win. "Frustrating" said Wenatchee Wild Head Coach Bliss Littler. "Played awful well tonight. Come up with no points is frustrating, but the effort was very good and we'll build on that."
Fairbanks outshot the Wild 29-24 on the night. Chase Perry (Andover, Minnesota) had 24 saves for Wenatchee, while Kevin Aldridge had 22 stops for Fairbanks. The Wild went 1-for-2 on the power play and 1-of-2 on the penalty kill.
Wenatchee is now 28-22-6; Fairbanks is now 42-13-1.
The Wild takes next weekend off, then hosts the Port Huron Fighting Falcons on Friday and Saturday, March 21st and 22nd, then wrap up the regular season by hosting the Aberdeen Wings on Friday and Saturday, March 28th and 29th. Individual and group game tickets for all home games are on sale now. Call 509.888.PUCK (7825).
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