Wild Blanks Minot In Home Opener
Published on October 4, 2013 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Wenatchee Wild News Release
Wenatchee, WA. - The Wenatchee Wild opened their home season Friday night, defeating the Minot Minotauros 3-0, in front of 2,913 at the Town Toyota Center.
The Wild opened the scoring with a blast from above the right circle by Trey Bradley (Tampa, Florida). The power play goal, coming at 7:47 of the opening period, was assisted by Matthew Nuttle (Marilla, New York) and Troy Loggins (Huntington Beach, California), giving Wenatchee a 1-0 lead. The advantage grew to 2-0 not quite 4 minutes later, as David Powlowski Rochester, New York) banged home a one-timer at the right post for the Wild's second power play goal of the period. Nicklas Rivera (San Francisco, California) drew the lone assist at 11:36.
After a scoreless second period, both teams came out a bit more physical in the third, but neither could dent the twine until late in the period, when Wenatchee's Loggins busted in off the left wing and tucked home a backhander for the team's third power play goal of the night. Parker Tuomie (Biemerhaven, Germany) and Nuttle assisted at 17:20 and the Wild skated out the rest of the time from there for the 3-0 victory. "We had our chance on the power play to score some goals" said Head Coach Bliss Littler. "It was nice to get some. And on the penalty kill, we did a nice job. That starts with your goaltender." Littler continued, saying "For a young group, we learned some lessons tonight and tomorrow Minot will come back. Tomorrow will be a great challenge for us."
Wenatchee's Chase Perry (Andover, Minnesota) made 24 saves, in registering his first shutout of the season. The Minotauros' Brandon Wildung made 34 saves.
The Wild went 3-for-8 on the power play and 4-of-4 on the penalty kill.
With the win, Wenatchee improves to 4-3-0 on the young season, while Minot slips to 2-4-1.
Wenatchee's home opening weekend at the Town Toyota Center against the Minot Minotauros continues tomorrow (Saturday) night, with faceoff at 7:05pm PDT. After this weekend, the Wild hit the road for four games, with two at Port Huron Friday and Saturday, October 11th and 12th and two at the Soo on Friday and Saturday, October 18th and 19th. Wenatchee's next home action after this weekend is against the Kenai River Brown Bears. The games on Friday and Saturday, October 25th and 26th, start at 7:05pm PDT, with the game on Sunday, October 26th, starting at 5:05pm PDT. Individual and group game tickets for all home games are on sale now. Call 509.888.PUCK (7825).
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