Wild Drops Close One At Johnstown
February 21, 2014 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Wenatchee Wild News Release
Johnstown, PA. - The Wenatchee Wild hit the road for the final time in the regular season, for a Friday night game with the Johnstown Tomahawks at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena and the Tomahawks would come out on top, with a two-goal third period the difference, in a 4-3 win over the Wild in front of 2,865 fans.
Johnstown opened the scoring early in the first period, getting a goal from Jordan Watt. Zach Wallace and Brandon Reinholz assisted at 1:24, giving the Tomahawks a 1-0 lead. Wenatchee tied the game on a blast by Brandon Schrader (Sanborn, New York), assisted by Parker Tuomie (Biemerhaven. Germany) and Alex Bontje (Nobleton, Ontario) at 6:58, knotting the game at 1-1. Tuomie got the lead for the Wild, firing home a spin-around backhander in close. Brenden Harris (Las Vegas, Nevada) and Troy Loggins (Huntington Beach, California) assisted on the power play goal at 11:00, putting the Wild on top, 2-1. Tuomie, camped out front, got another one, off an assist from Loggins at 16:32, putting Wenatchee on top 3-1 after one.
Watt got a power play goal for Johnstown, assisted by Dakoda Menslage and Shane Bednard at 14:42 of the second period, cutting the Wild lead to 3-2.
In the third period, Watt rounded out his hat trick with a 4-on-4 goal for the Tomahawks. The counter, assisted by Bednard at 6:26, tied the game 3-3. Johnstown would then take the lead on a goal by Joe Drabin, unassisted at 12:05, giving the Tomahawks a 4-3 lead. The Wild would go with the extra attacker towards the end of regulation but were unable to get the equalizer as Johnstown would hang on for the 4-3 win. "We were worried about the wrong things tonight" said Wenatchee Wild Head Coach Bliss Littler. "We had our chances. It was unfortunate. We had them in a good spot where we wanted them, then we changed. Have to do better on the road, got to be better. It takes everybody. Got to do better tomorrow. It'll be a good challenge."
Wenatchee outshot the Tomahawks 30-23. Chase Perry (Andover, Minnesota) would make 19 saves for the Wild and Alex Okicki made 27 stops for Johnstown. The Wild was 1-for-6 on the power play and 2-of-3 on the penalty kill.
Wenatchee is now 24-20-6; the Tomahawks are now 26-19-3.
The Wild plays at Johnstown again tomorrow (Saturday) night, then returns home to host the Kenai River Brown Bears in a key Midwest Division showdown on Thursday, February 27th and Saturday and Sunday, March 1st and 2nd. The Thursday and Saturday games start at 7:05pm PST and the Sunday game faces off at 3:05pm PST. Individual and group game tickets for all home games are on sale now. Call 509.888.PUCK (7825).
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