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Ironmen Win in Overtime

November 13, 2012 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Jamestown Ironmen News Release


Your Jamestown Ironmen came out on top once again last night, with a 2-1 overtime victory over the Janesville Jets in North American Hockey League Action at the Jamestown Savings Bank Arena.

It was a physical competition from the very beginning and it certainly wasn't pretty, but in the end, Jamestown (14-3-2) won their eighth straight home game. Janesville (7-9-3) came in to face the North Division leading Ironmen and attempted to throw them off their game with brute force. The Jets antagonized from the opening faceoff, using their physicality to get under the skin of the home team players.

It worked to some degree as the product was a 'sloppy game,' according to the Ironmen Head Coach Dan Daikawa. "They had a good game plan, and it put us off our game a bit. Janesville was winning the little battles early on."

Both squads traded goals in the first period, with Jamestown's score coming from Luc Gerdes, who leads the team with 12 goals on the season. Assists went to Victor Johansson and Tyler Dunagan. There was no more scoring throughout regulation, but there were plenty of penalty minutes to go around. Jamestown tallied up 33 minutes of penalty time and one game ejection on 11 whistles while the Jets wound up with 51 minutes on 11 infractions.

The under matched Jets looked to pick a fight every chance they got, and the game stood tied, 1-1 as time ran out in the third. The division foes headed into a 4-on-4 sudden death overtime where Ryan Urso sealed the victory for the Ironmen with a goal 2:14 into the extra period. Assists came from Aaron Scheppelman and Dunagan.

"In the end, we figured a way to win, but you can never win as individuals," emphasized Coach Daikawa. "If we want to continue to be successful, we have to get back on our game and execute as a team."

Despite Coach Daikawa's criticisms, his squad has won ten out of their last eleven games and still sits with a three point lead atop their division. Jamestown outshot the opponent last night, 37-25 and Reid Mimmack put on another clinic in net with 24 saves for the hometown team, improving his record on the season to 11-2.

Janesville didn't waiver from their game plan even after the contest was over, trying to scuffle with the victors after the winning goal was scored. As the Ironmen gathered at center ice to raise their sticks after another home win, Janesville had to be escorted off the ice by the NAHL officials.

This makes for a very interesting matchup tonight as the two teams square off again at 5pm at the Jamestown Savings Bank Arena.

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