Wild Claim 4-3 OT Win over Kenai River
December 1, 2014 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Wenatchee Wild News Release
Tonight marked the last game of the two night series between the Wild and the Brown Bears and Wenatchee was able to take home the victory 4-3 in overtime. With this win, the Wild evened out the series 1-1 and participated in a second game to go past regulation time this weekend. Wenatchee took home three out of the four points possible for the series and are currently only three points out of 4th place with 25 total points. Mike Coyne, captain of the Wenatchee Wild, was not only able to help lead his team to this win but on top of everything, he was able to score his hat trick with the overtime game winning goal .
Maurin Bouvet opened the scoring game up for the Brown Bears with his goal four minutes and thirty eight seconds into the first period. Evan Butcher and Jack Gessert were able to set Bouvet up for the singular goal of the first 20 minutes.
Mike Coyne scored the first Wenatchee goal of the game with an unassisted short hander at 16:21. At 17:16, Jack Gessert netted a power play goal in the Wild net with assistance from Ben Campbell and Joseph Kaszupski.
The third period saw the most scoring action with three goals fairly early on in the period. Gustav Berglund and Austin Chavez helped set up Evan Butcher for his second point when he lit the lamp at 1:28. Coyne scored his second point of the game as well when he beat Brown Bear netminder Josh Creelman at 8:31. Stevie Bryant and Colin Burston assisted captain Coyne on this point. To tie up the game 3 goals a piece, Jake Ahlgren put the biscuit in the basket for a 3rd Wenatchee goal. Ryan Gotelaere and Dan Bailey had the assists on this goal that occurred at 10:04.
Going into the overtime period, Wenatchee would come out victorious after Mike Coyne scored his hat trick goal only two minutes and thirty two seconds into the extra time. Shane Cuckovich gained the last point of the game with his assist on this goal.
Wenatchee out shot the Brown Bears by an impressive 41-25. The Wild took 23 total penalty minutes on 6 infractions. Penalties were called on Mike Coyne (High Sticking), Chris Jones (Fighting (Major)) (Fighting (Misconduct)), Shane Cuckovich (Slashing), Ryan Gotelaere (Interference), and Ivan Bondarenko (Checking from Behind). The 3 Stars of the Game, in order, went to Mike Coyne, Jake Ahlgren, and Chris Jones.
Michael Bullion was back in the Wenatchee net tonight, and while being between the pipes for 62:29 minutes, he was able to stop 22 shots on goal out of 25.
"After the game, Coach Littler said, "We had a real good first period but unfortunately they made a play [and] we were playing catch up. I thought the weekend was a learning experience for us as we played from behind a lot and found a way to collect three of the four points. Its always nice when your captain throws in a hat trick. Mike has been working hard, its good to see him rewarded. We need to clean up defensively before Fairbanks comes in Thursday."
The Fairbanks Ice Dogs will be traveling to Wenatchee for a 3 game series this upcoming weekend spanning December 4th, 5th and 7th. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:05 pm PST on both the 4th and the 5th but it will drop at 5:05 pm PST on the 7th. Fairbanks versus Wenatchee match ups are always great rivalry games, so make sure you don't miss out!
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