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November 16, 2012 - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL) News Release


Sich's OT Tally Lifts Outlaws Over Whalers

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa - For the third time in as many meetings, the Williamsport Outlaws and Danbury Whalers had a game decided in overtime, but for the first time the Outlaws come away with the OTW thanks to the goal from Rob Sich at the 1:51 mark of overtime.

As expected, this meeting was extremely physical with a lot of hitting from both sides. The first period saw no goals, but did see a combined 20 minutes of penalties between the two clubs. In total, the Whalers and Outlaws would combine for 52 penalty minutes (26 minutes each). With the power plays starting at a high rate, it was the penalty kills that showed the true skill as they combined for a total of 3 for 14 on the power play (Danbury 2-7, Williamsport 1-7).

The scoring came in the second period and was started by Brett Needham, who redirected a Jeff Winchester shot behind Mike Smith on the power play at the 8:43 mark of the second period. Trevor Karaseiwicz picked up the second assist, his 16th of the season.

The Outlaws would add a second goal in the period when Martin Moucha scored his fourth goal of the season at the 10:51 mark of the period. Matt Smyth picked up the first assist, extending his point streak to 10 games. Karasiewicz notched the second assist for his league leading 17th assist of the season, and his team high 18th point.

Danbury would tie the game in the third period with goals from Tyler Noseworthy at the 2:35 mark and a goal fromAdam Houli at the 10:49 mark, both goals coming on the power play.

The last time Danbury played in Williamsport, the Outlaws surrenderd a 3-1 lead and lost in overtime with Mike Dilorenzo in net, feeling all too familiar, regulation ended tied a two goals apiece.

Chris Whitley, who came away with the second star, would not let history repeat itself making two saves in overtime. Whitley finished with 39 saves on 41 shots.

Sich's goal was his team high 11th goal and at the time of this publication was a league high total.

The Outlaws outshot the Whalers 41 to 34 in the win.

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A League of Their Own

(Dayton, Ohio) The Cape Cod Bluefins were welcomed to Hara Arena with a 9 to 3 thumping by the first place Dayton Demonz. The Demonz have made Hara Arena a very uncomfortable place for visiting teams this year. The Demonz remain undefeated at home with 4 wins and 0 losses.

Something is strange when two defenseman Tyler Howe (6-5) of Cape Cod, and (5-10) James Sanford of Dayton took the center position for the opening face-off. When the puck dropped so did the gloves. What team was trying to send a message David or Goliath?

Both teams had offensive opportunities with play going end to end. The difference is Dayton capitalized on their scoring opportunities to take a 4 to 1 lead going into the first intermission.

Dayton got on the board first, when Cape Cod turned over the puck in front of their goalie and an opportunistic Nick Petriello scored at 4:04. Cape Cod scored 41 seconds later off the rush when Chris Campanale beat the Dayton goalie to tie the game at 1-1. Dayton would score the next 3 goals, on an offensive rush by Luke Flicek, a power play goal by Ahmed Mahfouz, and Jason Hill would score with 38 seconds left in the period, as Cape Cod's power play expired.

They say the best defense, is a strong offense. Dayton did just this in the 2nd frame. The Demonz controlled play in the Bluefins zone for extended periods of time. Outscoring the Bluefins 4-1(like the first period) to take and 8-2 lead after 2 periods of play. Dayton would continue to score by committee. Marcus Pryde, Seth Ronsberg (2 goals), and Jesse Felton would lead the Demonz charge. Taylor Larsen would add Cape Cod's lone goal on the power play.

Both teams exchanged goals in the 3rd period. Cape Cod would score on the power-play (5 on 4) Nick Wheeler's shot from the point to make it 8-3. Dayton would answer with a goal that floated over the goalie into the back of the net on Luke Flicek 2nd goal of the game to seal the victory 9 - 3.

Both teams meet tomorrow night with a 7:35 start time at historic Hara Arena.

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1000 Islands downs Danville in overtime, 4-3 (OT)

Justin MacDonald gave the 1000 Islands Privateers a 4-3 (OT) victory over the Danville Dashers when he scored 2:05 into the extra period.

MacDonald was all over the ice for 1000 Islands, as he finished with two goals in the win.

Danville's power play was ineffective against the Privateers' penalty kill, which allowed zero goals while shorthanded.

1000 Islands' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on six Danville power plays. The Privateers relied on a core group of players for most of their offense, as MacDonald, Adam McAllister and Peter Campbell took 27 of the team's 42 shots.

1000 Islands also got points from Chris Greene, who also tallied one goal and one assist. In addition, 1000 Islands received assists from Terry Watt and Brent Tamane, who contributed one a piece.

The Dashers found themselves short handed often, totaling 30 penalty minutes and allowing six power plays. Danville's defensemen also contributed in the offensive zone and ended up with 19 shots between them. The 43 shots that the Dashers put on net surpassed Danville's average of 38.7 shots per game this season.

The Dashers were led by Jonathan Juliano, who had two goals. Juliano scored the first of his two goals at 18:31 into the second period to make the score 2-2. Ryan Huggett picked up the assist. Juliano's next tally made the score 3-2 Danville with 14:42 left in the third period. Danville played down a man on Huggett's interference. Danville also got a goal from Dustin Skinner as well. More assists for Danville came via Ryan Stern and Joe Pace, who each chipped in one.

1000 Islands' Peter Dundovich stopped 40 shots out of the 43 that he faced. The Privateers ended with 15 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major. Josselin St Pierre took the otl and made 35 saves before being replaced by Kyle McClure who made three saves.

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