Motor City Shut Out by Alpena, 1-0
Published on December 13, 2008 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Motor City Metal Jackets News Release
Wyandotte, Mich. - Solid defense and goaltending were the name of the game Friday night for the Marquette Rangers, as they cruised to a 4-1 win over the Motor City Machine in front of 546 fans at Yack Arena.
Former Machine defenseman Reed Rushing, making his return to Yack, kick started the Marquette offense, scoring the first goal for the Rangers at the 4:27 mark of the first period. Rushing then pick up the primary assists on Marquette's second goal, another power play tally, this time by Chad Pietila.
Up 2-0 going into the third period, Marquette poured it on, as the exact same combination of Garrett Ladd, Collin Saint-Onge and Colin Smith combined for two goals, both by Ladd, in the first seven minutes of the period to put the Rangers ahead to stay.
Not all was lost for the Machine, though, as Ryan Misiak scored his fifth goal of the season on a nice play late in the period and new goaltender Matt Delaney stopped 27 shots.
Kevin Kissaw stopped 26 shots, earning No. 1 star honors for his performance.
These two teams meet again at 7:10 p.m. Saturday at Yack.
The Motor City Machine is in their first season in Michigan as members of the North American Hockey League. The Motor City Machine are formerly the Southern MN Express in which they made the playoffs three straight years and twice into the Robertson Cup finals. The NAHL is the nation's largest Junior A hockey league and is now in its 33rd year of operation. For more information, visit machinehockey.com or call (734) 642-0544.
Machine home games will be played at the Yack Arena in Wyandotte, Mich. All games are broadcast on machinehockey.com and video broadcast through B/2 Network.
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