Maxwell and Henry Score Two Each in Five-Goal Third but Thunder Fall in Alaska

Published on February 8, 2015 under ECHL (ECHL)
Stockton Thunder News Release


The Thunder scored five goals in the final period but Justin Breton's natural hat trick in the second helped the Aces squeak past the Thunder 8-5

Anchorage, AK - The Stockton Thunder show tremendous fight during the final 20 minutes, scoring a season-high 5 goals in the final frame, but fall just short of a miraculous comeback as the Alaska Aces escape with the win 8-5 Sunday afternoon in Anchorage. The line of Tyler Maxwell, Tyler Shattock and Vinny Scarsella continued what had been a solid weekend for them as they combine for 3 goals and 4 assists Sunday, while Garet Hunt inched closer to Thunder history with his 150th point of his Thunder career. Unfortunately, Justin Breton and his second-period natural hat trick put the Thunder in too big of a hole to dig out of and the Thunder leave Alaska winless at Sullivan Arena for the season. The Thunder return Wednesday for some home cooking as they'll faceoff with the Bakersfield Condors in a mid-week collision with their biggest rival.

1st Period

-AK goal: D Brad Cole (6) shot from the point goes over the goalie's glove (Cameron, Gogol assists), 7:54

-AK goal: F Jacob Doty (2) rebound off a shot from the slot ricochets off a foot and into the net (Tesink, Molle assists), 8:02

-AK goal: F Bryan Cameron (6) shot from the slot gets past the goalie after a centering pass (Connolly, Wolfe assists), 12:37 (PP)

-Shots: STK - 14 | AK - 11

2nd Period

-AK goal: F Justin Breton (4) breakaway chance results in a backhand shot sliding past the goalie's blocker side pad (unassisted), 2:23

-AK goal: F Justin Breton (5) rebound is kicked out into a scrum in front and one-timed past the goalie's glove (Wolfe, Francis assists), 12:25

-AK goal: F Justin Breton (6) catch-and-shoot opportunity on an odd-man rush is put top shelf over the goalie's shoulder (Doty assist), 12:58

-AK goal: F Curt Gogol (6) wraparound attempt is passed out front and one-timed past the goalie (Doty, Coffman assists), 14:27 (PP)

-Shots: STK - 13 | AK - 11

3rd Period

-THUNDER GOAL: F James Henry (8) shot on a rush goes blocker side past the goalie (Hunt assist), 3:38 (SH)

-THUNDER GOAL: F Tyler Maxwell (16) shot from the near side goes into the net after a pass across the goalmouth (Shattock, Scarsella assists), 7:34

-THUNDER GOAL: F James Henry (9) pass through crease off of defender Baldwin and deflects past goalie (Barnett assist), 11:25

-AK goal: F Brendan Connolly (19) shot from the slot goes past the goalie after a pass from behind the net (Francis, Currier assists), 11:36

-THUNDER GOAL: F Tyler Maxwell (17) rebound trickles behind the goalie and is buried from the doorstep (Scarsella, Stebner assists), 16:14

-THUNDER GOAL: F Tyler Shattock (10) rebound is chipped over the goalie's glove (Maxwell, Seabrook assists), 18:10 -Shots: STK - 18 | AK - 6

W: Troy Redmann (45 shots, 40 saves)

L: Cody Reichard (28 shots, 20 saves)

Notable Statistics

-Three Stars: 1- Justin Breton (Hat trick) 2- Tyler Maxwell (2 goals, 1 assist) 3- Tyler Currier (1 assist)

-Final Shots: STK - 45 | AK - 28

-Power plays: STK - 0/4 | AK - 2/4

-Tyler Shattock (1 goal, 1 assist) is on a three-game pointstreak

-Tyler Maxwell (2 goals, 1 assist) earns his third three-point game of the season

-James Henry (2 goals) earns his ninth multi-point game of the season

-Garet Hunt (1 goal) moves within 6 points of Mike Lalonde's all-time scoring record

-Hunt is one point behind Ryan Constant for second place all-time with 151 points

-The line of Shattock, Maxwell and Scarsella put up 4 goals and 7 assists over the weekend in Alaska

-Five goals in the third period is the most goals scored by the Thunder in a single period this season

-Thunder finish 10-years of games in Anchorage going 9-29-6

Quotes

"It was what we asked of the guys, not to fold the tents, but to come back and play a period they could be proud of. I didn't expect us to score as many as we did but it proves we can score and we don't give up. I don't think we played a poor game and I don't think the score reflects that." - Coach Kromm on third period comeback

"Obviously we have to bounce back and make some adjustments here to our lineup to make sure we have a group that can go and win a few games in-a-row and not just one hockey game and then lose three and to think that's closer to being acceptable. We need a group that can string games together." - Coach Kromm on using the momentum from the third against Bakersfield on Wednesday

"I was set up by [Tyler] Shattock twice on my first goal and buried the second one. On the second one, [Brad] Stebner got it to Vinny [Scarsella] and his one-timer and I picked up the garbage." - Tyler Maxwell on his two goals

"We didn't steal one up here and that was our mission. Our goal was to steal one here on Sunday and that was our number one priority, and we didn't get it done." - Tyler Maxwell on tonight's game falling short of Thunder expectations

"Going into the third we were down but we wanted to go out on a positive note. We have to take this into practice on Tuesday and to the game on Wednesday." - Tyler Maxwell on using the momentum from the third into Wednesday's game

NEXT HOME GAME

-Bakersfield Condors vs. STOCKTON THUNDER

Wednesday, February 11 @ Stockton Arena

Thunder Window Cling to the First 500 fans

Doors open @ 6:30 p.m., Puck drops @ 7:30 p.m.

UPCOMING HOME GAMES

-Colorado Eagles vs. STOCKTON THUNDER

Friday, February 13 @ Stockton Arena

Space Night - Glow in the Dark Pucks to the first 500

Doors open @ 6:30 p.m., Puck drops @ 7:30 p.m.

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