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January 16, 2015 - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL) News Release


Hick's 2 Goals Leads Dayton Past Steel City 6-1

Dayton, OH--Friday night's Federal Hockey League game at Hara Arena matched the defending league champion Dayton Demonz vs. expansion Steel City. Hometown Dayton wanted to continue their climb to the top of the standings, coming in just three points off the league topping pace of Danbury. Steel City was looking for a stunning upset.

Jason Pietrasiak got the home team on the board first midway through the initial period when he blew one past Colin Dunne on the power play. Dayton's control of the game was evident, even with the slim lead. The Demonz had outshot the Warriors 13-1.

Jared Hicks scored down low, his 11th of the year and Dayton led 2-0 with about six minutes to go in the first period. The superiority of the defending champions showed in a 20-4 shots on goal advantage after one period of play.

Hicks converted Ahmed Mahfouz's centering pass into a 3-0 Demonz advantage just past the halfway mark of the second. The helper was Mahfouz's team best 36th of the year. Moments later, Dayton went up by four on Defenseman Brian Marks' 12th of the year. This one also assisted by Mahfouz.

Steel City finally tallied 14:58 into the period when MJ Graham beat Dustin Carlson top shelf. Dayton went into the third period with their three goal lead firmly intact.

The Demonz' lead increased to 5-1 at 5:46 of the third when Mark Rivera unloaded one from the right circle. Dan Morin finished the scoring with a slapshot late in the period, his fourth of the year.

Goaltender Dustin Carlson had a fantastic evening as he stopped 29 of 30 shots. The victory gave him a record of eight wins and three losses on the year as his Demonz won, 6-1.

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Spooner and Schoeneberger Lead Wolves Over Dashers, 6-5

In their last meeting, the Danville Dashers bested the Watertown Wolves at the David S. Palmer Arena. Now back on home ice, the Wolves looked to avenge the loss and maintain one of the top positions in the Federal Hockey League. Watertown drew first blood 5 minutes into the first period. League-leading scorer Justin MacDonald got a wrister past Danville's Lindoff on assists from Ben Schoeneberger and Zach Hale. Watertown's Matt Wray flogged Dasher Brad Denney with a flurry of fists in a fight that erupted with 3 and-a-half minutes left. Wray's fury earned him a game misconduct. Dasher Jonathan Juliano tied the game up with 31 seconds left on an assist from AJ Tesoriero. Wolf Colby Spooner responded with a goal of his own with 12 seconds left in the period. Kris McCarthy's and Chad Bennett assist on the goal would give Watertown a 2-1 lead at the end of the period. Watertown would see their lead grow when Dylan O'Neil assisted Schoeneberger with scoring a goal of his own. This led to a change of goalie for Danville as Matt Anthony entered the net. Danville took advantage of their next power play with a goal by Daniel Turgeon. Wolf Cody Dion doubled up the score on Danville again for Watertown to end the second period 4-2. The third period provided a case of déjà vu. Colby Spooner would get his second goal of the game with help from Chad Bennett and Justin MacDonald. Ben Schoeneberger would also get a second goal in the game with another assist from Dylan O'Neil. Danville would retaliate with 3 goals in two minutes. The first goal by James Gordon, the second and third made it a hat trick for Daniel Turgeon. Watertown would hold on to win 6-5. For the 3 game stars, Ben Schoeneberger receives the first, Daniel Turgeon receives the second, and Nick Niedert receives the third. The Watertown Wolves are now tied for first place in the Federal Hockey League with the Danbury Whalers.

Watertown's next home game will be against the Berkshire Battalion at the Watertown Municipal Arena on Saturday, January 17th. The puck drops at 7:35. For media inquiries please contact the Wolves front office at 315-681-6572 or email at amcwolves@gmail.com. Fans can also keep up with the Wolves on www.WatertownWolves.net, on our Facebook page, Twitter (@hockeywatertown) and Instagram (watertown.wolves).

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Battalion Blast Whalers, 7-2

Four second period goals by the Berkshire Battalion proved to be the difference as they downed the Danbury Whalers, 7-2. Leading the way for the Battalion with two goals each were Mike Kaselouskas, Vladyslav Gavrik and newcomer Brandon Contratto. Goaltender Louie George played 52 minutes to pick up his 12th win on the season.

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