Minnesota Magicians Weekly
April 13, 2015 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Minnesota Magicians News Release
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Divisional Playoffs - Round 1
Best of 5 Series: Fairbanks Leads 2-0
Player of the Week: Vaughan Ahrens (Below) - The rookie goaltender made 96 saves in two games in Fairbanks over the weekend.
Weekend Recap:
The Magicians made the long trip to Fairbanks, Alaska for the 2nd time this season to face off against the Ice Dogs in their first ever playoff appearance over the weekend. Playing in front of a sold out crowd of over 2,200 people at Big Dipper Ice Arena each night, the Magicians faced the tall order of trying to defeat the Midwest Division Champions in extremely hostile territory. Despite the adversity, however, the Magicians competed vigorously on Friday night, taking the game to overtime and coming within a cross bar of sending the Ice Dogs home with a Game-1 loss before ultimately falling in heartbreaking fashion. On Saturday, a physically and emotionally exhausted, road weary Magicians team was unable to muster any offense and overcome a slow start to the game. The end result of the weekend was a 2-0 deficit in a best-of-five series, meaning that the upcoming slate of games at Richfield Ice Arena is a do-or-die situation for the Red & Black.
Friday:
Final Score: Magicians 4 - Fairbanks 5 (OT)
Star of the Game: Lukas Laub - The veteran forward had two points in the game, assisting on Sam Becker's first period goal, and then tying the game in the 3rd period with an unassisted goal.
Venue: Big Dipper Ice Arena - Fairbanks, AK
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Fairbanks - Adam Wilcox ( Lonnie Clary, Yannick Vedel ) 5:18
Magicians - Sam Becker ( Nikita Milekhin, Lukas Laub ) 5:41
Period 2
Magicians - Nathan Krusko ( Kane Durment, Connor Bucsis ) 2:05
Fairbanks - Jacob Hetz (extra attacker) ( John Teets ) 12:16
Magicians - Nolan Schaeffer ( Austin Rueschhoff, Jack Christensen ) 14:56
Fairbanks - Yannick Vedel ( Adam Wilcox ) 16:00
Fairbanks - Ethan Somoza ( John Teets ) 19:53
Period 3
Magicians - Lukas Laub (unassisted) 10:45
Overtime
Fairbanks - Chandler Madry (unassisted) 15:33
Goaltenders
Magicians - Vaughan Ahrens (58 Saves on 63 Shots)
Fairbanks - Kevin Aldridge (32 Saves on 36 Shots)
Saturday:
Final Score: Magicians 0 - Fairbanks 4
Star of the Game: Vaughan Ahrens - The rookie goaltender made 38 saves in the game, doing all he could with little offensive support.
Venue: Big Dipper Ice Arena - Fairbanks, AK
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Fairbanks - Jacob Hetz (power play) ( Chandler Madry, Jesper Ohrvall ) 2:37
Fairbanks - Todd Burgess ( Hans Gorowsky, Ethan Somoza ) 4:30
Fairbanks - Chandler Madry ( Jesper Ohrvall ) 11:58
Period 2
Fairbanks - Hans Gorowsky ( Ethan Somoza ) 1:19
Period 3
(no scoring)
Goaltenders
Magicians - Vaughan Ahrens (38 Saves on 42 Shots)
Fairbanks - Patrick Munson (25 Saves on 25 Shots)
Up Next:
Friday April 17th - 7:3o PM vs Fairbanks Ice Dogs at Richfield Ice Arena
Saturday April 18th - 8:00 PM vs Fairbanks Ice Dogs at Richfield Ice Arena (If Necessary)
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