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December 22, 2012 - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL) News Release
Outlaws Earn Second Straight Win Behind DiLorenzo
WILLIAMSPORT, PA - After a tough road trip, Outlaws goaltender Mike DiLorenzo has picked up two straight wins in his last two starts heading into the Christmas break as the Outlaws topped the New York Bluefins 11-2 at Airmen Pond at Historic Bowman Field Saturday afternoon.
The Outlaws didn't waste any time getting on the board this afternoon as Anthony Battaglia found the twine 18 seconds into the contest. Williamsport would score three more times in the period. Jamie Zaleski would beat Brent Troyan at the6:56 mark to make it 2-0. Matt Smyth would make it 3-0 at the 10:23 mark and Brett Needham would make it 4-0 entering the 1st intermission with his goal at the 14:10 mark.
Smyth would start the scoring for the Outlaws in the second period with his power play goal at the 2:07 mark. Trevor Karasiewicz would make it 6-0 at the 6:23 mark. Jamie Zaleski scored his second goal of the game at the 7:55 mark of the period to make it 7-0.
New York would get on the board in the period with a goal from Michael Guerra at the 12:35 mark of the period to make it a 7-1 Bluefins deficit.
Jeff Winchester would then make it 8-1 in favor of the Outlaws on a beautiful tic-tac-toe play from Zaleski and Van Den Beld at the 19:35 mark of the period.
Williamsport held back much of the second period and in the third period but still found the twine against replacement goalie Alex Wyse.
Smyth scored his third goal of the game quickly in the third period at the 1:07 mark of the period to make it 9-1 Outlaws. Matt Puntureri would chip in a goal at the 2:28 mark on a play in which he wasn't trying to score, but made it 10-1 Williamsport. Smyth would score his fourth goal of the game at the 5:24 mark of the period to give the Outlaws their 11th goal.
Angelo Asaro would score on DiLorenzo at the 15:07 mark to make it 11-2.
DiLorenzo made 40 saves on 42 shots in the win, while Brent Troyan allowed eight goals on 32 shots and Alex Wyse allowed 3 goals on 13 shots faced.
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Demonz Lose in Overtime Home Streak ends at 11Games
By Robert Kirchner
(Dayton, Ohio) Last night's game proved why the Dayton Demonz hold first place in the Federal Hockey League. The Demonz were able to score 6 goals on the stingy Privateers, along with the ability to match-up with them physically, to pull out the 6-3 victory. However, all good things they say must come to an end, as the boys from Up-State New York gained an overtime victory on Demonz ice with a 5-4 win. The Privateers scored 3 unanswered goals, including the overtime winner, and snapped Dayton's 11 game unbeaten streak at Hara Arena.
The quiet home crowd was the indicator of the Demonz play in the first period. Dayton was unable to sustain any type of offensive zone time throughout the period. This may have been for a couple of reasons. First, The Privateers would take an early 1-0 lead, just 39 seconds into the period, working the puck low in the Dayton zone; an open Shane Ferguson put the puck into the Dayton net from door-step. At this point the Privateers went into a shutdown mode. The Privateers frustrated any Demons attack with a 1-2-2 fore-check, the Demonz were unable to create any quality breakouts, and limited offensive zone time. Privateer goalie Matt Anthony made sure it was one and done, leaving no rebounds, further deterring the potent Demonz offense.
Power Play goals, wide open play, lead changes, most importantly great goaltending by both Jeff Rose of Dayton and Matt Anthony of 1000 Islands were highlights of the period. Jason Hill's man-advantage goal evened the score at 1-1. The Privateers responded with another power-play goal, when Peter Larsen's blast was tipped in by Taylor Larsen for a 2-1 lead.
Dayton rounded out the scoring in the period. Jesse Felton would tie the game at 2-2 on the power-play. Jason Hill would freeze the goalie, by holding on to the puck for an extra tick, and his slap shot would be tipped by Felton.
Dayton took their first lead of the night 3-2, this time on an even-strength goal. Brayden Metz made a beautiful pass to Ryan Ramage's, who blasted it past the Privateer goaltender.
The third period saw the Demonz take a two goal lead, but two late goals by the Privateers would send the game to overtime with the game tied at 4-4 at the end of the regulation. Peter Cintala's slap shot inside the Privateer blue line increased the Demonz lead 4-2. Midway through the 3rd period, Ahmed Mahfouz was awarded a penalty shot (the first in Dayton this year), however he was unable to capitalize, as he shot the puck wide of the net. This may have been the momentum changer as the Privateers seemed to get a second wind, never looked back scoring the next 3 goals to win the game in overtime.
The Privateers would make things interesting, as Brent Tamane scored a late to make it 4-3. The Privateers pulled their goalie (for the extra-attacker) with over a minute left in the game, Justin MacDonald goal, seconds later, in a scrum in the crease, sent the game into overtime, with a score of 4-4.
The Privateers scored the winner, 2 minutes into the extra frame, on Adam McAllister's game winner.
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Levac Nets Hat Trick, Leads Danville to 8-5 Win over Danbury
Justin Levac lifted the Danville Dashers to an 8-5 victory with a hat trick against the Danbury Whalers.
Levac got on the scoresheet 10 seconds into the first period. He then added goals at 43 seconds into the first and at 7:25 into the third.
Danville gained an early advantage, leading 5-0 by the end of the first period.
The Dashers surpassed their usual scoring output this season. This season, Danville averages 3.7 goals per contest. By firing 46 shots on goal, the Dashers exceeded the 39.1 shots they average per game this year.
Danville additionally got points from Ryan Stern, who also registered one goal and two assists, Phillip Ste Laurent, who also tallied one goal and two assists, Darick Ste Marie, who also racked up two goals and three assists to lead the team in points, and Dustin Skinner, who also had one goal and one assist. In addition, Danville received assists from Shawn McNulty, who had three and Jonathan Juliano and Henry Coxe, who each chipped in one.
Danbury put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow Danville to score on any of its three power plays. With 54 shots on target during the contest, the Whalers exceeded the 34.9 shots they average per game this year.
Danbury was helped by Mike Atkinson, who registered three goals. Danbury also got points from Kamil Vavra, who also finished with one goal and one assist and Tyler Noseworthy, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Other players who recorded assists for Danbury were Steve Brown, who had one, Paul DAgostino, who had three, and Andrew J. Willock and Adam Houli, who each chipped in two.
Justin Sand made 49 saves for the Dashers on 54 shots. Danville ended with 19 minutes in penalty time with seven minors and one major. Mike Brown made 16 saves before being replaced by Nick Niedert, who took the loss and made 22 saves. The Whalers totaled 23 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major and went 2-for-6 on the power play.
Federal Prospects Hockey League Stories from December 22, 2012
- Ice Chips - FPHL
- Outlaws Earn Second Straight Win Behind DiLorenzo - Williamsport Outlaws
- Whalers Tonight vs Danville - Danbury Whalers
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