Historic Season Ends as Fairbanks Edges Hawks 6-3
May 12, 2019 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Johnstown Tomahawks News Release
BLAINE, MN - The Johnstown Tomahawks' historic season came to an end Sunday afternoon as the Fairbanks Ice Dogs edged the Tomahawks 6-3 at Fogerty Arena.
Scoring Breakdown:
1st Period Recap
The Ice Dogs conveted after the Tomahawks turned the puck over when Matt Koethe finished a pass from Luke Ciolli for a 1-0 lead.
Fairbanks increased their lead to 2-0 with a power play goal from Noah Wilson just 48 seconds later.
Tanner Edwards made it 3-0 Ice Dogs at the 4:15 mark of the first period.
Edwards notched his second goal of the game at 15:14 to send the Ice Dogs into intermission up 4-0.
Shots on Goal After the First Period: Johnstown (5) | Fairbanks (13)
2nd Period Recap
The Tomahawks started their comeback attempt with an early goal from Cam Hebert at the 5:41 mark of the second period.
Christian Gorscak cut the Ice Dogs lead to 4-2 with his second goal of the playoffs at 17:02.
The Fairbanks lead was diminished to 4-3 when Andy Nedeljkovic deflected a Chris Trouba shot past Mattias Sholl.
Shots on Goal After the Second Period: Johnstown (18) | Fairbanks (21)
3rd Period Recap:
Jonathan Sorenson restored the Fairbanks two-goal lead with a goal at 10:36 of the third period.
Brendan MacLaren added the sixth Fairbanks goal in the empty net for a 6-3 final score, closing the book on the Tomahawks historic season.
Final Shots on Goal: Johnstown (30) | Fairbanks (28)
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