USHL Waterloo Black Hawks

Shootout Success II: Spooky Similarities

Published on October 27, 2007 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Waterloo Black Hawks News Release


Four days from Halloween, the Waterloo Black Hawks and Ohio Junior Blue Jackets played a surreally similar game to their first meeting less than 24 hours earlier, both resulting in 3-2 Waterloo wins.

One difference Saturday was that the Hawks took the lead first. On a powerplay seven minutes into the action Kory Kaunisto located John Lee's deflected shot and scored his first goal of the season.

Ohio tied the score when Brett Perlini stole a puck in the Hawks' end and set up a long goal from Nolan Ryan at 11:23. Just 1:29 later, with Waterloo back to the powerplay, Brock Montpetit's hard work behind the Blue Jacket net led to Billy Maday's go-ahead strike.

The Hawks remained ahead until 7:01 of the third when a fluttering shot from Greg Pateryn found the net, and for the second consecutive night the game went to overtime and eventually a shootout tied at two.

Once again, Scott Pavelski netted a big goal, this time the first of the shootout, with Waterloo's fifth shot. Once again, Ohio's Patrick Goebel tied the shootout score at 1-1. Once again, the game was decided in the seventh round; Nick Larson's shot over Corson Cramer's right shoulder put the Hawks up 2-1. The game ended in Matt DiGirolamo's glove when he stopped Danny Hobbs' bid to force an eighth round.

The Black Hawks' four-game road trip ends in Cedar Rapids Friday. The Hawks return home Saturday to host the Omaha Lancers at 7:05.

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