Jr. Blues Sweep the Brown Bears
Published on February 24, 2016 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Springfield Jr. Blues News Release
The Jr. Blues swept the Kenai River Brown Bears over the weekend with a 2-1 shootout win Friday night and a 4-1 win Saturday night.
Friday night, the Jr. Blues got the lead first when Luke Radetic scored off an assist form Jeff Skinner to give the Jr. Blues a 1-0 lead at the 18:39 mark of the first period. Both teams were held scoreless in the second period. In the third, the Brown Bears scored to tie it up at 1-1 and force and overtime. After both teams were held scoreless in overtime the game headed to a shootout where Joey Lupo and Anthony Scarsella both scored and Niko Della Maggiore had two saves to give the Jr. Blues the 2-1 win.
Della Maggiore had 31 saves in the win.
Saturday night, both teams were held scoreless in the first period, but the Jr. Blues got things going in the second with a Matt Long goal off assists from Joey Lupo and Nate Viberg to get the 1-0 lead.Less than two minutes later, Brennan Blaszczak found the back of the net off assists from Brady Tomlak and Erich Fear to push the lead to 2-0. Kenai River scored to cut the lead to 2-1, but then the Jr. Blues scored two goals in less than 30 seconds to push the lead to 4-1. The first was a Trevor Stone goal off assists from Petr Kuznetsov and Kennan Sabatini. The second was a Nate Viberg goal off assists from Joey Lupo and Matt Long. Neither team scored in the third period and 4-1 was the final.
Tommy Nappier had 26 saves in the win.
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