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Taurence Machine Player of the Week

November 10, 2008 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Motor City Metal Jackets News Release


(Wyandotte, Mich.) Nick Taurence made his ice time pay off with a two goals.

Offensive: Nick Taurence (Trenton, Mich.) scored a pair of goals in the split with Mahoning Valley over the weekend. After trailing 2-0 in the third period of Friday's game, Nick took a rebound in front of Tibbett and brought the Machine within one at 2-1 but it wasn't enough.

Saturday night was even sweeter as Motor City was leading 1-0 before Nick found yet another open seam giving the Machine a 2-0 advantage en route to their first home win of the season at 3-2.

"This was a long time coming as we've taken leads before and couldn't hold them. All week we worked hard and finally got this monkey off our backs," protested Taurence.

On the season Taurence has skated in 17 games powering his team to 9 points (4G, 5A).

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, a team that 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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