Havoc Shutout the Mayhem 4-0 at the Von Braun Center
January 21, 2017 - SPHL (SPHL)
Huntsville Havoc News Release
HUNTSVILLE, AL- The Havoc record a goal in each period while Adam Courchaine stops 32 for the 4-0 victory against the Macon Mayhem at the Von Braun Center Friday.
"The guys put sixty minutes together tonight," said Courchaine. "Last weekend was tough for our guys but we learned from the stretch. You have to play a full sixty and tonight we came out in all three periods and worked hard." Huntsville kicked off the night with a power play goal when Andy Willigar was fed a pass from the far half wall by Johnny Daniels to rocket his fourth of the year. Tyler French received the secondary assist on the man-advantage goal 4:10 into the first.
Later in the first, while on their second power play of the night, Daniels flipped his eighth of the year as a Havoc into the back of the net. The Andover, M.A. native took the shot after receiving a pass from French. Daniels watched as the puck bounced off the goaltender's equipment and settled into the back of the net at 17:04.
"We are just keeping it simple during those power play chances while getting as many shots on net as we can," said French.
With the team walking into the second with the lead for the third straight home game, Huntsville saw another rocket on Space Night at the Von Braun Center. This time the puck came off the stick of Nolan Kaiser, who fired it home, at 8:40. French came up with his second assist of the game to make it a 3-0 game.
"We wanted to come out and show them we are the top team in the league and we did that tonight," said French.
After a physical second half of the second, the Havoc focused on shutting down the Mayhem rush while adding offensive pressure in the third. Sy Nutkevitch's hard work in the far corner was rewarded when the Montreal, Que. native scooped up the loose rebound for his sixth of the year at 6:14.
Adam Courchaine came up with one final stop in the dying seconds of regulation to notch his second shutout of the year and fourth for the team overall.
"It's all my team," said the Havoc netminder. "When they keep the pucks to the outside and block shots while clearing rebounds; it makes my job easy."
Memorable Moments
The Havoc now have power play goals in five straight with multiple man-advantage goals coming in three. Huntsville is 21-24 on the penalty kill during that same stretch.
Huntsville has five man-advantage goals in four games against Macon in franchise history. Tonight's game marked the first of five on the year between the two teams and first of three in the next three weeks. The Havoc will head to Georgia the first weekend of February; their only visit to the Macon Coliseum this season.
The Havoc have scored multiple goals in eight of their last nine first periods while scoring at least a goal in each period of a game in three straight and seven of last eight.
Huntsville's four shutouts on the year are the most amongst one team in the league. All four of them have occurred on Pharmacy First ice at the Von Braun Center. Adam Courchaine now has 129:52 of shutout hockey at the VBC dating back to January 13th.
Tyler French recorded his third multi-assist game this year and his first since December 3rd. The Kelowna, B.C. native now has points in three of last four games at home.
Andy Willigar notched his third power play goal and fourth overall of the year tonight. The Innisfail, Alta. native now has points in each of his first six games as a Havoc after signing January 2nd.
Nolan Kaiser returned from his first call-up to the ECHL on December 27th and now has points in eight of his last nine. The Calgary, Alta. native has three goals and nine assists during the stretch.
Sy Nutkevitch, who leads the Havoc and the SPHL in points, registered his second goal in last three games and now has points in 21 of Huntsville's first 29 games this year.
Johnny Daniels extended his point streak to four with an assist tonight.
Next Game Want to look like the Havoc? Saturday is your chance when the team hands out a free replica jersey to the first 1,800 people 13-years and older sponsored by Huntsville Hospital, TOC SportsCenter and WZDX.
Huntsville, who is off to their best start in franchise history, will take on the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs for the first time in history at the Von Braun Center. For more information and tickets contact the Havoc front office at 256-518-6160.
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