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Ironmen drop second straight

November 24, 2012 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Jamestown Ironmen News Release


Your Jamestown Ironmen dropped their second straight home game, losing to the Johnstown Tomahawks, 3-2 in North American Hockey League play on Saturday.

Jamestown outshot the Tomahawks 17-6 in the first, but failed to get the puck past the goaltender as the game was scoreless through one period of play.

Johnstown opened up the scoring with a pair of goals in the second. Jamestown finally got on the scoreboard with a goal from Victor Johansson assisted by Ross Pavek with 3:04 remaining in the second to bring the score to 2-1.

Johnstown scored their second powerplay goal of the game early in the third to extend their lead to two. Luc Gerdes netted his fourteenth goal of the season for the Ironmen with 10:18 left in the third to bring the hometown team back to within one. That was all the scoring for Jamestown as they couldn't muster up another goal the rest of the way allowing Johnstown (11-6-6) to hang on for the 3-2 victory.

Ironmen Head Coach Dan Daikawa wasn't disappointed in the effort he saw from his team. "We played well," said Daikawa. "We knew that special teams play would be the difference between winning and losing this weekend and our penalty kill hurt us again (on Saturday)."

Johnstown scored two powerplay goals on five strong handed opportunities during the contest while the Ironmen went 0-3. Tim Shaughnessy got the start in goal for Jamestown, tallying up 24 saves on the night. Matt Lanzillotti and Nathan Ropelewski each chipped in an assist for the Ironmen.

This is only the second time this season that Jamestown (16-6-2) has been swept in a two game weekend series, and the first time it has happened at the Jamestown Savings Bank Arena. The Ironmen are 9-3 at home with two of those losses coming this weekend.

"You can't take any shifts off, or else you will pay the price," said Coach Daikawa. "We need to refocus and prepare for a long road trip."

Jamestown won't play another home game until the 21st of December and is slated for six games away from JSBA in the meantime.

Jamestown will travel to the west coast for a pair of games in California against the Fresno Monsters next weekend. The team will then make their way up the coast to Washington to take on the Wenatchee Wild the following weekend. The Ironmen will round out their road trip with a pair of games in Johnstown before returning home to take on Kalamazoo on December 21 and 22.

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