FHL Game Recaps

Published on December 18, 2015 under Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL) News Release

Demolition Pound Berlin 7-4 on Felten's Return, First Responders Night

By Lee W. Mowen

DAYTON, OHIO- On Jesse Felten's return to Dayton and the Demolition honoring the fine folks that are the First Line of Response, the home team didn't disappoint with a 7-4 triumph of the Berlin River Drivers. Dayton scores four goals in the 2nd to seal the win and break a three-game losing streak. Bryan Haude got his first start with the Berlin River Drivers since the trade earlier this week for Forward Chad Bennett, opposing former teammate Louie George.

Berlin got on the board first at the 10:44 from Stathis Soumelidis's first blast of the year. His opening goal was helped from David Brancik and Matias Simontaival while on Berlin's 52nd Power Play opportunity. However, Berlin's lead was short lived with a little bit of the Power Play magic again. Dayton struck their first goal of the night with Derrick Schwartz flooding the crease of Haude, with a little direction from Michael Dolman and Cody Milligan at the 13:47 mark. Dayton answered back with another Power Play goal, this time from Martin Uhnak (Mike Henderson and Brian Marks assists.) Berlin tallied the first full-strength goal to close out the 1st Period. At the 17:40 curfew, Sean Poitras ships in his fifth offering of the season from Pavel Kubena and Donald Olivieri's redirections to tie things up at 2-2. After the first trip to the locker rooms, Dayton came back out recharged and refocused.

Dayton tallies four unanswered goals in the 2nd, starting at 3:32 with Cody Milligan's 6th goal (from Artem Pestriakov's first pro assist and Rich Ledy) and continuing with Tom Tracy's 8th at the 5:59 mark (Dolman and Uhnak assist on Tracy's tally.) Brian Marks continues to march the Wrecking Crew's offense in the 2nd with his 4th score on the year and a little bit a help from Daytonian Brett Wall at the 12:34 point. Michael Dolman capped off the Demolition offense in the 2nd with a goal at 14:16, with Martin Uhnak and Rich Ledy fronting the opportunities. The River Drivers avoided the 2nd Period shutout with a Steven Gallo rush (his 2nd goal) from Sean Poitras winged attack. Dayton led 6-3 after two periods on First Responders Night.

The third period saw a blistering comeback attempt from the visiting Berlin River Drivers, who would outshoot Dayton 19-8 in the final frame and 42-33 on the contest. Both teams got one more goal, with Dayton's Michael Dolman tallying one more score (reaching the tenth goal of the year.) Dolman's second score had some blueprints pounded in from Derrick Schwartz and Tom Tracy. Berlin's last attack occurred at the 19:04 bookmark, from Soumelidis and Kubena with Poitras on the rush. Dayton won 7-4 to snap their three-straight losing streak and continue Berlin's to five.

Louie George picks up his third win with a 38 save performance, battling Bryan Haude's 26 save night. Brian Marks was the third star of the night with a one goal/one assist night, followed by Martin Uhnak's one goal/two assist night. Michael Dolman was the first star with two goals and two dishes.

Berlin heads up to Port Huron Saturday, while Dayton prepares for another home match vs. the Prowlers on Sunday for Teddy Bear Toss night.

Dashers 7 Goal 3rd Period Steals Victory

By: Tommy Pecoraro

It was definitely not a good night to be a goaltender, with 15 goals being scored combined by both sides. Both sides would exchange outbursts of goals and through 2 periods the Bulldogs had the game by the.... well you get the picture. Ultimately Danville was able to snatch victory from the hands of defeat, and much to the bewildered Brewster squad's dismay, skated away with the 3 points.

The first period may have been the only normal period in the game. Cory Giroux scored a nice goal to give Brewster a 1-0 lead halfway through the 1st, however Lester Brown tied things up with a power play goal in the final minute. The 2nd period was pretty much all Brewster. The Bulldogs scored 4 goals in a span of 4:17, from Cory Giroux, Ian DeLong, Marcus Mitchell, and lastly John Scully right after Matt Cooper was chased from the goal and Matt Anthony taking over goaltending duty between the 3rd and 4th goal. It seemed the Bulldogs were unstoppable at this point, and maybe in thinking they were, it ended up being their undoing. It started with a Dan Turgeon goal late in the 2nd, the final minutes of the 2nd being all Danville, firing away on Austin Lefkowitz, you could tell what kind of a period it would be in the 3rd. The Dashers started the 3rd period with 5 unanswered goals in the span of 5:36. Brent Clarke, then Dan Turgeon, then Miles McCauley to tie it 5-5, then Brent Clarke again to make it 6-5, then Ray Tremblay to make it 7-5. The Bulldogs final gasp came on a late power play that was capitalized by Sean Maktaak, however two empty net goals would be scored, one each by Dan Turgeon and Brent Clarke to cap off their respective hat tricks, and just like that, one of the Dashers biggest franchise comebacks, and one of the Bulldogs biggest disappointments, came to a close.

For Brewster, Cory Giroux had two goals. John Scully had a goal and 2 assists, Ian DeLong and Sean Maktaak had a goal and assist each, Marcus Mitchell had the other goal, and Zach Hale had two assists. Austin Lefkowitz stopped 33 of 40 for the loss. For Danville, Brent Clarke had 3 goals and 4 assists, Daniel Turgeon had 3 goals, Ray Tremblay and Lester Brown had a goal and 2 assists each, Miles McCauley had a goal, Aleh Shypitsyn, Scott Morongell, and Grant Holliday each had 2 assists. Matt Cooper stopped 20 of 24, and Matt Anthony stopped 8 of 10 for the victory.

The Dashers will be in Danbury tomorrow night to take on the Danbury Titans for a 7:35 puck drop. The Bulldogs will await the Titans for Sunday night's game, which will be extra special considering it will be played on outdoor ice behind the main Brewster Ice Arena complex. It will be the first outdoor FHL game since the 2012-13 season, when the Williamsport Outlaws played their only season outdoors at Bowman Field. Attendance for tonight's game was 125.

Federal Prospects Hockey League Stories from December 18, 2015

• FHL Game Recaps - FPHL
• Demolition Sign Dayton Fan Favorite Jesse Felten - Dayton Demolition
• Prowlers Take Thursday Tilt 6-4 against Demolition - Port Huron Prowlers

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