Wild Blanked By Fairbanks
March 8, 2014 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Wenatchee Wild News Release
Wenatchee, WA. - The Wenatchee Wild played the Fairbanks Ice Dogs at the Town Toyota Center Friday night and it was an solid effort from start to finish that gave the Ice Dogs a 4-0 win over Wenatchee, in front of 2,177 fans.
Fairbanks opened the scoring late in the first period, on a goal by Jacob Hetz. Johnny Mueller and Ross Olsson assisted at 18:29, giving the Ice Dogs a 1-0 lead.
Halfway through the second period, the lead doubled for Fairbanks, as Viktor Liljegren scored from Tayler Munson and Nick Hinz at 10:26, giving the Ice Dogs a 2-0 lead.
The lead grew in the third period, as Duggie Lagrone scored, assisted by Todd Burgess and Kevin Aldridge at 9:36, putting Fairbanks on top 3-0. Lonnie Clary then scored from Jake Bushey at 13:50 and the Ice Dogs were up 4-0, which ended up being the final. "They played like champions" said Wenatchee Wild Head Coach Bliss Littler. "And we played fat and happy. Every aspect, from coaching, to whatever you want to talk about, they were better we were tonight. I thought we were still feeling good about last weekend and forgot to check in and I'll take the blame for that. I don't want to make any excuses, Fairbanks, they played like champions. Anything I say it takes away because they were that much better than we were tonight. The only bright spot for us was Chase Perry. So, regroup and need to be better tomorrow."
Fairbanks outshot the Wild 35-16 on the night. Chase Perry (Andover, Minnesota) made 31 saves for Wenatchee; Aldridge had 16 saves for the Ice Dogs. The Wild went 0-for-2 on the power play and 3-of-3 on the penalty kill.
Wenatchee is now 28-21-6; Fairbanks is now 41-13-1.
The Wild hosts the Ice Dogs again tomorrow night, with puck drop at 7:05pm PST. Then, after taking next weekend off, Wenatchee hosts the Port Huron Fighting Falcons on Friday and Saturday, March 21st and 22nd, then wrap up the regular season by hosting the Aberdeen Wings on Friday and Saturday, March 28th and 29th. Individual and group game tickets for all home games are on sale now. Call 509.888.PUCK (7825).
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