Federal Hockey League Game Recaps
January 26, 2012 - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL) News Release
Brooklyn Powers Past 1000 Islands; 5-2
LEWISTON, ME - The Brooklyn Aviators picked up their fourth straight win with a 5-2 victory over the 1000 Island Privateers on Thursday night in the Maine Event at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Federal Hockey League action.
Andrew Owsiak chipped in with three assists while five different A's tallied in the win for Brooklyn.
Brooklyn jumped to an early 2-0 lead over 1000 Islands halfway through the opening period. Joe Dabkowski registered his first goal in an Aviators uniform at the 9:34 mark. Dabkowski broke in on Privateers goalie Matt Anthony and slipped the puck past the netminder to put Brooklyn on top 1-0. Steve Koich doubled the A's lead after his shorthanded tally found the back of the net 2:34 later. Koich broke up a pass at the Brooklyn blueline, skated the length of the ice and put the pack past Anthony on the backhand for the 2-0 edge. The Privateers cut the deficit to 2-1 with just 13-seconds left on Brad Townsend's fourth marker of the year.
Casey Mignone would give the Aviators a 3-1 lead 6:08 into the second period on his 13 th goal of the season, after his wrister beat Anthony high over the glove along the right side. Late in the frame, Aviators rookie forward Matt Atsoff put the A's up 4-1 as his shot slid under Anthony from the left wing circle with 5:16 left in the second. Michael Byrd tallied on a breakaway for the Privateers 1:10 later to cut into the Aviators lead at 4-2.
Brendan Baumgartner iced it late for the Aviators with a power play goal, his fourth of the season, to seal the victory for Brooklyn 5-2.
Aviators' netminder Jo St. Pierre earned the win making 36 saves, while Anthony is charged with the loss despite putting aside 37 shots
The Aviators return to action tomorrow night when they take on the visiting Akwesasne Warriors at the Aviator Sports and Events Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:35 p.m. and can be watched live via the Aviators broadcast network powered by LiveSportsVideo.com.
Great tickets are still available for all Aviators home games, and can be purchased by calling 718-758-7580 or logging on to www.BrooklynAviators.com, TODAY!
Warriors Earn Split of Two Game Homestand Against Outlaws
The Akwesasne Warriors came out fighting tonight and split their two game homestand against the New Jersey Outlaws winning 6-3. Once again the game started with a fast pace and the Warriors had to kill off an early Trevisani high sticking penalty before Nicholas Corbeil opened the scoring at the 12:34 mark of the first period. Slyain Deschatelets and Dan Mercer dropped their gloves 24 seconds later and that was followed by a fight between Jean Rene Forget and Craig Cole. The Outlasw got their first on a Travis Kauffeldt goal while Forget was serving a minor attached to his fighting major.
Akwesasne came out flying in what was a four goal second period. Corbeil scored his second goal at 3:57 after New Jersey had killed off a penalty. Sylvain Dechaletes scored his first oof the night at the 9:43 mmark giving the Warriros a two goal lead. Akwesasne continued to press and were rewarded with a Pierre Dagenais goal seconds later. New Jersey pressed late in the period to close the game but were held back by an excellent goaltending effore by David Plouffe, who had 51 saves on the night. Pierre Dagenais took advantage of an opening at the 19:54 mark, scoring his 44th goal of the season and his ninth in the past four games, sending Akwesasne to the dressing room with a four goal lead.
After Sylvain Deschatalets had his second fight of the night with New Jersey captain,Travis Kauffeldt, Kevin Cooper scored at the 8:04 mark of the third period. The Outlaws pressed the Warriors and made it a two goal game with a Brett Angel powerplay goal at 12:38 of the third. NEw Jersey kept pressing to close the gap even more and a late Forget hook gave them the powerplay opportunity to pull within one. Again, Ploouffe stood tall in the net and Sylvain Deschatelets closed out the scoring at 18:05 after Ahmed Mahfouz battled hard for the puck and an assist. The Warriros came away with the win with an excellent team effort against the league leading Outlaws. The Outlaws move on for a pair of games against the 1000 Island Privateers this weekend at Bonnie Castle and The Warriros continue their homestand on Saturday night with a rare scheduled appearance at the Ed Lumley Arena in the Cornwall Civic Complex against the Delaware Federals. Puck drop is 7:35.
Cape Cod Swims Past Dashers
Danville, IL - After a long road trip, the Danville Dashers were looking forward to finally playing some home contests. First up in the home-stand was the Cape Cod Bluefins. With both teams occupying the bottom half of the standings, it was sure to be a tight game. They would not disappoint.
Cape Cod got on the board early after a pair of Dashers' tripping penalties provided the Bluefins with a two-man advantage. The powerplay goal came off the stick of Kevin Hill with help from Andrew Hutton and Steve Kelley. It would be the only statistical highlights of the period. Cape Cod would carry a majority of the play compiling fourteen shots to Danville's seven. Both goaltenders exchanged several big saves apiece to keep the score close and low to end the first period.
The Bluefins would open the scoring in the second frame as well with a rebound tip from Brad Surdam. Assists went to Kevin Hill and Corey Bellamy. The team from the East would score again just seconds later with a strike from David Lun (assists to AJ Tesoriero and Matt Harrington). Igor Batora would stop the bleeding when his blast from near the blueline somehow bounced its way past the Bluefins' netminder. Billy Hunt would earn an assist on Danville's opening goal. Joe Pace would add another just seconds after a failed powerplay opportunity with help from Dean Yakura. Yakura would jump to the goalscorers column just moments later (assists to Ray Tremblay and Joe Pace) when he beat the goalie stick side to bring the score even at three apiece. It would be the last scoring action of the period and meant that Danville erased what had been a three goal advantage for Cape Cod.
A tie score to open the final regulation meant that both teams an equal opportunity to walk away with three points in the standings to kickoff the back-to-back affair. It would only take four minutes for the Dashers to take their first lead of the game on a goal from Dustin Skinner. Assists would be credited to team captain Chris Affinati and Hiro Kobayashi. The Bluefins would answer quickly when David Lun found the net for the second time (Kyle Granville on the assist). Cape Cod would then retake the lead thanks to a strike from Kevin McCreedy with picking up his second assist of the night, along with David Lun, after the puck appeared to bounced oddly off the official's skate, leading to the scoring opportunity. Tyler O'Brian made the save of the game off a one-timer shot when Dean Yakura got loose only feet from the Bluefins' net. The quick flash of the trapper prevented what would have been a game-tying goal. It would also prove to ultimately be the game winning save at it would be the last.
Cape Cod demonstrated a great sense of discipline as they only allowed Danville one powerplay opportunity the entire contest. The final of 5-4 in the favor of the Bluefins meant that the road team picked up three precious points in the league standings, while Danville continues to improve and keep games close. The final shot total showed visitors with a 34-28 advantage.
The same two teams will go to battle Friday night as Danville tries to avenge the Thursday night loss. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for seniors/12 and under and can be purchased at the David S. Palmer Arena box office. Game time is 7:05 local time.
Bluefins Step Off Bus, Beat Dashers 5-4
By Kenny Gregory
Cape Cod Bluefins
Danville, IL - After spending what seemed like an eternity on the bus heading from Cape Cod to Danville (20 hours), The Cape Cod Bluefins made their way into David S. Palmer Arena and won the front end of a back to back game against a much improved Danville Dashers team by the score of 5 to 4.
Cape Cod came out working hard as they scored the first 3 goals of the game, with goals by newly acquired forward Kevin Hill 2:54 into the opening period on the power play and that's how the 1st period ended. the Bluefins would score the first 2 goals of the 2nd period on goals by Brad Surdam and David Lun to make it 3-0.
Danville then dug deep and started putting shot after shot on the Bluefins newest goaltender Tyler O'Brien and scored goals by Igor Batora, Joe Pace and Dean Yakura to send the game to the locker room tied at 3.
Early in the third period, Dustin Skinner put the Dashers ahead for the first and only time tonight 4:20 into the period. The Bluefins then really reached back for that extra energy and found the reserve tank tonight when David Lun fired home his 2nd goal of the night to tie the game at 4 at 7:15 of the third period before captain Kevin McCready broke the tie 3 minutes later with his 19th goal of the season.
Cape Cod would hang on for the last 9:13, despite many opportunities by the Dashers as Tyler O'Brien kept his goal closed for the rest of the night, making huge save after huge save making 24 in total out of 28 Danville shots for his first victory as a Bluefin. Dashers goaltender Breton Lindoff takes the loss tonight, stopping 29 of 34 shots.
The two teams are back in action tomorrow night at David S. Palmer Arena to do battle in the 2nd game in 2 nights at 7pm central time. The Bluefins are back in action at Hyannis Youth and Community Center next Friday and Saturday, February 3rd and 4th as they take on the New Jersey Outlaws and Danbury Whalers respectively. Both games are at 7 pm eastern time. Great seats are still available.
Upcoming Games & Events
Friday, January 27 - New Jersey at 1000 Islands - 7:05 ET
Friday, January 27 - Akwesasne at Brooklyn - 7:35 ET
Friday, January 27- Cape Cod at Danville - 8:05 ET
Saturday, January 28 - New Jersey at 1000 Islands - 7:05 ET
Saturday, January 28 - Brooklyn at Danbury - 7:35 ET
Federal Prospects Hockey League Stories from January 26, 2012
- Federal Hockey League Game Recaps - FPHL
- Brooklyn Powers Past 1000 Islands 5-2 - Brooklyn Aviators
- Danbury Whalers Weekly - Willock Signs with Whalers - Danbury Whalers
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