Jets Fade Late at Springfield 6-2
March 16, 2008 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Fargo-Moorhead Jets News Release
(Springfield, IL) It was another collapse after a solid first period for the Jets as they fell 6-2 on the road Friday night.
After falling behind 1-0 on a goal by Jared Rickord for Blues 6:06 into the game, the Jets rebounded on a goal by former Jr. Blue Justin Kirchhevel. Justin played a total of seven game collecting eight points (4G, 4A) last season before leaving to playing high school hockey and football back in Brookings, SD. Marc Mihulka would net his team leading 18th bomb of the year with less than one minute to play in first giving the Jets a short lived lead at 2-1. The Jets pounded goal tender Phil Cook for 15 saves on 17 shots as the Blues made just nine deflects on Adam Buegler.
Buegler wasn't very sharp in the first 20:00 minutes so he regrouped during the intermission to start the second stronger until the period was half way over. The Jr. Blues worked yet another power-play and a soft goal given up to Matt Larke to tie the game. This would be the spark needed burn the Jets from there on out for Springfield as they never looked back. Kyle Greco bagged the go-ahead goal on an assist from Larke to give the lead back to the Jr. Blues and end the second on top, 3-2. The Jets were out shot badly 16-7 in the poor period.
The third was dropped again for the Jets as 3-2 lead was sent to 4-2 by Cory Patterson who's heading to Army next fall. Buegler would remain in net as Scott Keeven and Larke peppered the net for the 6-2 lead. Though the Jets never scored again after taking a 2-1 into the first intermission they seemed to be out of sync the rest of the way. The Jets would end out shooting the Blues 36-31 but it didn't matter and they fell 6-2 as Alexandria won 7-5 at Kenai River.
Mihulka and Kirchhevel got the only goals in the game for the Jets while Buegler lost for the first time this year falling to 6-1-1. Okland remained on the bench despite the soft goals scored by the Jr. Blues on Adam. It would be a loss that proved costly as the hope for the playoffs got smaller with six points to make up and only seven games to play.
The FM Jets Junior A Hockey Club is in its fifth season as members of the North American Hockey League. The NAHL is the nation's largest Junior A hockey league and is now in its 32nd year of operation. For more information, visit fmjets.com or call (701) 235-2354.
Jets home games are played at the John E. Carlson Coliseum in Fargo, ND. All games are broadcasted on fmjets.com and video broadcast through B/2 Network.
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