Icehawks Move Into First Place Tie With Win In Dayton

January 20, 2010 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Port Huron Icehawks News Release


DAYTON, OH - The Port Huron Icehawks moved back into a first place tie with the Muskegon Lumberjacks on Wednesday night with a 4-1 victory on the road in Dayton. Larry Sterling made 34 saves and Port Huron's special teams scored two shorthanded goals and a power play goal in the win.

The Icehawks improve to 8-1-0-0 in the season series with the Gems and 26-9-0-3 overall. The fifth place Gems fall to 16-19-3-1.

Sterling lost a shutout bid late in the third period when the Gems Tim Hartung scored on a power play at 16:19. Corey Couturier and Mike Vaskivuo assisted the goal. Port Huron's Adam Maccarone restored a three goal lead when he scored his second goal of the season into an empty net at 19:33. The unassisted goal was the second shorthanded goal of the game for Port Huron. Shots were 16-10 for Dayton in the third.

The Icehawks opened a three goal lead in the second period with goals just 59 seconds apart. Derek Patrosso scored unassisted and shorthanded at 15:49 for his 19th goal of the season. Less than a minute later Mickael Bedard scored on a power play. His 23rd goal of the season was assisted by Pete Rouleau and Patrosso. Shots in the second period favored Port Huron 18-11.

Tab Lardner opened the scoring in the first period cashing in on a breakaway at 16:11. Daniel Tetrault and Mike Gershon assisted the goal, the 12th of the year for Lardner. Shots were tied 8-8 in the first. For the game Port Huron outshot Dayton 36-35. Sterling made 34 saves while Derek MacIntyre stopped 32 shots for Dayton.

For game stats: http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/gamesheet_full.html?gameid=1057681.

The Icehawks return home on Saturday night to host the Quad City Mallards. Single game tickets for all Icehawks home games are on sale now at the McMorran Arena Box Office, any Ticket Master location or by phone. For more information, call 810-966-3800.



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