Soo Eagles Weekly Update
December 14, 2012 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Soo Eagles News Release
Eagles travel to Janesville for final road games of 2012
The Soo Eagles have first-place in their sights in the NAHL's North Division, as they make their second treck to Janseville, Wisconsin, to take on the Jets on Friday and Saturday night.
The Eagles (17-8-3) are currently two points behind the first-place Jamestown Ironmen. The Janesville Jets are coming off an impressive weekend sweep, and currently sit in 5th place, evening up their record at (12-12-5). The Eagles swept the Jets in their previous trip last month. These teams will meet four more times after this weekend, all at Pullar Stadium in March.
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Eagles lose a pair of games on weekend road swing Despite the Soo Eagles dropping two-of-three games last weekend, they remain in second place, and are only two points behind the Jamestown Ironmen. The Eagles lost Friday at Michigan and Sunday at Kalamazoo. The Eagles took Saturday's contest against the Junior K-Wings. The Soo will be on the road, once again this weekend, as they travel to Janesville for a pair of games against the Jets, starting on Friday night.
Here is a recap of last weekend's action:
Michigan Warriors 5, Soo Eagles 2 - Friday, December 7, 2012 The Michigan Warriors scored four unanswered goals in the 2nd and 3rd periods, to pick up a 5-2 home win, over the 2nd place Soo Eagles. Martin Gruse had a goal and an assist and Dillon Kelley made 26 saves in the win. AJ Marcinek, TJ Stuntz, Corey Schuenenman and Darren McCormick also scored for the Warriors.
Nathan Harris and Kyle Froese had goals in the loss for the Soo. Eagles net minder, Tyler Marble made 37 saves. The Eagles were out shot, 42-28 by the Warriors. You can see the box score here.
Soo Eagles 3, Kalmazoo Jr K-Wings - Saturday, Decemember 8, 2012 Eric Rivard was all over the ice for the Soo Eagles Saturday afteroon, as he tallied two goals and one assist in the Eagle's 3-1 win over the Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings. With the victory, the Eagles creep to within one point of the Jamestown Ironmen, for top spot in the NAHL's North Divison. Jamestown is in action late Saturday night at Wenatchee. Rivard found the back of the net 14:41 into the third period to make the score 1-1 and again while on the power play 16:03 into the third, to make the score 2-1 in favor of the Eagles. Kalamazoo was stymied by the Eagles netminder Zach Nagelvoort, who stopped 31 shots during the victory. Nagelvoort lowered his goals against average, which was 1.77 entering the contest, as he has been red hot for the past month.
The Eagles also got a goal from Robin Hoglund as well. In addition, the Soo received assists from Cody Von Reuden, who had one and Jared VanWormer, who tallied two. The Jr. K-Wings were held below their usual level of production. Kalamazoo puts an average of 3.1 pucks into the net per game. The Jr. K-Wings forced Soo goalie Nagelvoort to work hard between the pipes, taking 32 shots. Kalamazoo was led by Trevor Boyd, who scored the team's only goal. Boyd scored on the power play 17:30 into the second period, to make the score 1-0 Kalamazoo. A tripping penalty on Kyle Froese, had put the Jr. K-Wings on the power play. Robbie Payne assisted on the tally.
The Eagles incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. Marcus Due-Boje recorded 22 saves for Kalamazoo. The Jr. K-Wings incurred 18 minutes in penalty time with four minors. You can see the box score here.
Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings 5, Soo Eagles 2, - Sunday, December 9, 2012 Kalamazoo was able to score early in the game and did not give up the lead the rest of the way. Christian George scored twice, as did Davis DeKorte, leading the Jr. K-Wings to a 5-2 victory over the Soo Eagles. The Jr. K-Wings lit the lamp early when Christian George let go a quick wrist shot that found the back of the net only 2:18 into the game. Less than five minutes later, Taylor Burden added to the Kalamazoo lead with a power play goal that pushed the score to 2-0.
The Soo Eagles were brought back in the game when defenseman Kyle Froese stickhandled his way to the front of the net and slotted on home to cut the Kalamazoo lead to 2-1. The second period started just like the first when George scored his second of the game when he tipped home a shot from Brennan Sanford. Minutes later, Davis DeKorte scored his first goal of the season when he slotted home a rebound on another Kalamazoo power play. It did not take long for the Eagles to answer back yet again, this time Chris Waterstreet crashed the net hard, found a loose puck and buried it the top corner to bring the score to 4-2, Jr. K-Wings leading heading into the final period.
In the third period DeKorte scored his second goal of the game and season when he snapped a wrister past Zach Nagelvoort to push the lead to 5-2. You can see the box score here.
Upcoming Eagles games
Friday, December 14th, at Janesville Jets - 7:00 pm CST (Janesville Ice)
Saturday, December 15th, at Janesville Jets - 7:00 pm CST (Janesville Ice)
Friday, December 21st, vs Michigan Warriors - 7:30 pm (Pullar Stadium)
Saturday, December 22nd, vs Michigan Warriors - 7:30 pm (Pullar Stadium)
Friday, December 28th, vs Port Huron Fighting Falcons - 7:30 pm (Pullar Stadium)
Saturday, December 29th, vs Port Huron Fighting Falcons - 7:30 pm (Pullar Stadium)
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