Saturday Night Rewind

Published on October 1, 2023 under United States Hockey League (USHL) News Release

Sioux Falls 4, Des Moines 3 ot

Des Moines led twice, but could not hold on as Sioux Falls came away with a 4-3 overtime road win Saturday night.

Andrew Clarke gave the host Buccaneers a 1-0 lead at 2:15 of the first and a power play marker from Jack Kernan at 13:36 of the second made it 2-0. Sioux Falls forward Jake Toll got his first goal as a USHLer when he scored late in the period, cutting the deficit to one.

Jaksen Panzer's first goal of the season at 1:30 of the third evened things up, but the Bucs regained the lead two minutes later on a Lubomir Kupco goal. Alexander Rybakov, who scored once in 42 games with the Stampede last year, got his first goal of the season at 14:41 to send the game into overtime.

J.J. Wiebusch made a toe drag to the middle of the ice before snapping a shot past Jonathan Reinholdt for the game-winner at 1:54 of the extra session. Wiebusch and Panzer both finished with two points in the game for the Stampede, as each had a goal and an assist in the win.

Caleb Heil stopped 27 of 30 shots to get the decision for Sioux Falls, while Ethan Dahlmeir and Reinholdt combined for 40 stops for the Bucs.

USA NTDP U18s 10, Green Bay 3

Cole Eiserman scored four times and Teddy Stiga had three goals and an assist at the NTDP U18s rolled to a 10-3 home victory over Green Bay.

The U18s, which outshot the Gamblers 40-22 in the contest, scored three times in the first period enroute to the win. Eiserman, who tallied twice in the opening 20 minutes and added two more in the third period, has a league-high nine goals and 10 points in four games so far this season. Stiga scored twice in the second and had another goal and added an assist on a James Hagens tally in the third. Hagens finished with three points on a goal and an assist in the game.

Mikey DeAngelo had a goal and an assist for Green Bay, which lost for the first time this season.

Jack Parsons stopped 19 shots for the NTDP, while Gavin Moffatt was credited with 32 saves for the Gamblers.

Fargo 3, Omaha 0

Anton Castro stopped all 24 shots in backstopping Fargo to a 3-0 home win over the Omaha Saturday.

The shutout is the third of his USHL career for Castro and Fargo stands 3-0-0-0 for 2023-24.

The two teams stood tied at 0-0 after a scoreless opening 20 minutes of action, but Fargo found its offensive legs in the second on goals from Michael La Starza and Leo Gruba to make it a 2-0 lead. Zam Plante's third goal of the season, which came at 1:06 of the third closed out the scoring in the game.

Omaha netminder Eric Olsson turned aside 35 shots in the contest.

Youngstown 12, USA NTDP U17s 0

Youngstown, the defending Clark Cup champions, received three goals from Adam Pietila and two goals and assist each from Michael Burchill and Ryan Botterill in claiming a 12-0 win Saturday night. The win is the first of the year for the Phantoms.

Youngstown put 16 shots on goal and scored three times in the first period and took control of the game with a six-goal second period. Pietila, who's committed to Northern Michigan and is in his first season in the USHL, scored all three of his goals in the third period.

The 12 goals in a game are the most by Youngstown since April 8, 2016 when the Phantoms bested the U17s (also by a score of 12-0).

Youngstown goaltender Owen Bartoszkiewicz stopped 25 shots in earning his second career shutout.

Muskegon 7, Chicago 4

A four-goal second period was the key to a 7-4 road win for Muskegon at Chicago Saturday.

Muskegon got a goal from Jack Galanek and Chicago had one from Mick Thompson and after the first period, the score stood 1-1.

Sacha Boivert scored twice and the Lumberjacks also received goals from Hunter Anderson and Cody Croal in the middle frame, while Joey DelGreco responded for the Steel and at the end of 40 minutes, Muskegon held a 5-2 lead.

The Steel scored twice early in the third on goals from DelGreco and Owen Tylec to pull within one, but Galanek's second at 13:40 and an insurance tally from Justin Solovey at 14:21 gave the Lumberjacks the edge they needed to close out the win.

Paxton Geisel had 23 saves for Muskegon, while Louka Cloutier, who had 28 stops, absorbed the loss.

Sioux City 4, Tri-City 3

Sioux City, which got a pair of goals from Kaden Shahan, scored first and didn't trail in picking up a 4-3 win at Tri-City.

Shahan, a 20-goal scorer last season for the Musketeers, opened the scoring at 11:07 of the opening period, but when Vladislav Lukashevich responded for the Storm two minutes later, the score stood 1-1 at the end of the first 20 minutes.

Tate Prichard, at 9:34, and Ethan Gardula, at 19:38, made it a 3-1 Sioux City lead after two periods of play. Shahan scored his second goal of the game early in the third to give the Musketeers a 4-1 cushion. Tri-City rallied on goals from August Falloon and Trevor Connelly, but the Lumberjacks held on to claim the 4-3 win.

Sioux City netminder Jakub Krbecek had 20 saves to get the win, while Ivan Zhigalov had 19 saves for the Storm.

Dubuque 4, Cedar Rapids 1

Erik Pahlsson scored twice in helping lead Dubuque to a 4-1 road win at Cedar Rapids Saturday.

Pahlsson, a Lanskrona, Sweden native who's playing in his first season in the USHL, started the ball rolling when he scored at 12:29 of the first period.

Jake Sondreal built Dubuque's lead to 2-0 with a power-play marker at 4:25 of the second, but when Joel Kjellberg's shot from the point found the back of the net for a Cedar Rapid's power play goal at 12:51, the score stood 2-1 at the end of the second.

The Fighting Saints completed the win with third-period goals from Pahlsson and Juraj Pekarcik.

Kevin Reidler kicked out 22 of 23 shots to get the win for Dubuque. Rudy Guimond, a sixth-round NHL draft pick by Detroit this past summer, had 36 saves for the RoughRiders.

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United States Hockey League Stories from October 1, 2023

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