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Metal Jackets Split Weekend With Janesville

January 17, 2011 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Motor City Metal Jackets News Release


Trenton, MI - January 17, 2011 the Motor City Metal Jackets fall the first night and then win in OT on Saturday night.

The Motor City Metal Jackets have started the second half of the season with a loss to Janesville 6-3. The game was much closer than the scored indicated. The Metal Jackets came out in the first with two goals one by Balent and another by Wydo and that was all in the 1 and 2nd period. The third period was not favorable for the Metal Jackets where the Jets poured it on with 3 goals in the first 13 minutes of the period and the Metal Jackets kept hope alive with a goal from Smith with 4:30 left in the 3rd but that is all the fire they had.

On Saturday night it seemed that the game would go the same way as Motor City scored first then Janesville countering with another just 4 minutes apart. In the second period Klieman netted his second of the game to take a 2-1 lead going into the third. Half way through the 3rd Brancheau scored to make it 3-1. Again a two goal lead the Jets stormed back to score to at the 17:53 mark and 19:06 mark to tie the game. Then in overtime RJ Kleiman scored the hattrick with assists from Brancheau and Wydo. Kleiman had 3 goals and 1 assist, Wydo 3 assists, and Brancheau with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Head Coach/General Manager - David Cole "Playing a team 5 straight games in tough but we need to focus on one game at a time. I believe our team played well for most of the game and we are going to take this as a learning lesson. You take time off the other team will make you pay. I do have to give it up to the boys for never giving up and our leaders shined in the OT Win."

The Motor City Metal Jackets are a Junior A Organization playing in the North Division of the North American Hockey League. We play out of the Kennedy Recreation Center in Trenton, MI and are owned by Kenji Yamada from Toyko, Japan who now resides in Canton, MI. For more information about the Motor City Metal Jackets, including ticket information, promotional game nights, sponsorship opportunities, merchandise and team news, please visit, www.metaljacketshockey.com.

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