Sunday Wrap-Up: Ice Bats Pull Off Miraculous Comeback

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New Jersey 2 @ Maine 5 - The New Jersey Titans took a little trip North to take on the Maine Nordiques. The first period was silent for 19 minutes of the game until the Titans scored on a power play goal from Junsang Park, Nicholas Carey with the assist. The second period would also only see one goal, this time from the Nordiques, Brody Emond scoring, being assisted by Griffin Hardwick and Jaxson Sardinha. In the final period the Titans would answer back with a goal from Dewight Singleton. The Nordiques would have an answer with a goal from Breck Langevin, Hayden Brown and Ayzik Laliberte with the assist. Brody Emond would then score his second goal, Jaxson Sardinha and Malachi Clark with the assist. Keaton Bremer would score for the Nordiques being assisted by Boston Merrow and Carter Wells. Before the end of the game the Nordiques would score again for their fourth straight unanswered goal, this time from Griffin Hardwick on the power play, Zeke Molina and Jaxson Sardinha with the assist. The Maine Nordiques defeat the New Jersey Titans 5-2.

Pelham 1 @ Carolina 4 - The Pelham Prowlers went on the road to take on the Carolina Rage. The Rage would strike first with a power play goal from Connor Kelley, James Parnell with the assist. James Parnell would then get a goal of his own, being assisted by Tobin Tuzinsky. Before the end of the period the Rage would score again, this time it was Reece Beckwith on an unassisted goal. In the second period the Prowlers would get on the board with a goal from Marlon Derksen, Dylan Ray with the assist. That would be the only goal in the second period. In the final period Reece Beckwith would score again, this time on the power play being assisted by Connor Kelley. The Rage bounce back with a win over the Prowlers 4-1.

Atlanta 0 @ Texas R 13 - The Atlanta Capitals took a trip to Texas to take on the 12-1 Texas Roadrunners. The game started with 2 goals in the first period from the Roadrunners. The first from Lucas Dyer, Wyatt Mineheine and Joseph Izzo with the assist. The second from Logan Diskey being assisted by William Heskett and Jacob Brown. The second period was much more productive for the Roadrunners starting with a goal from Joseph Izzo assisted by Lucas Dyer and Wyatt Mineheine. Logan Diskey then scored again assisted by Lucas Dyer and Jospeh Izzo. Jayden Hitt then scored an unassisted goal. Wyatt Mineheine would get on the board being assisted by William Heskett. To end the second period Jayden Hitt would score again, this time assisted by Kristopher Pope. The final period started with back to back goals from Lucas Dyer, Michael Garrett and Wyatt Mineheine each getting one assist. Michael Garrett would score being assisted by Lucas Dyer and Cayson Ash-Hendricks. Alex McMillan would score, assisted by Wyatt Mineheine. Lucas Dyer would score his fourth of the game. Finally the final goal of the game was scored by Kristoher Pope, Ronin Draffan getting the assist. The Roadrunners win 13-0.

New Hampshire 2 @ Long Beach 5 - The Long Beach Sharks earned their fifth win of the season with a 5–2 victory over the New Hampshire Jr. Mountain Kings on Sunday afternoon. Sean Bailey opened the scoring for Long Beach in the first period, assisted by Gustav Martinsson and Brendan Dalton. New Hampshire’s Talon Schackman answered shortly after with a goal assisted by Jacob Landry and Kyle Bouvier. Long Beach regained control as Jack Plummer scored assisted by Dalton and Martinsson, followed by Eli McCarthy extending the lead assisted by Ryder Pisiak and Wyatt Strahan. In the second period, McCarthy scored again for his second of the night assisted by Spencer Nicoloff and Jake Raiola. Ryder Pisiak then added another goal assisted by McCarthy and Strahan to make it 5–1. New Hampshire scored a late power play goal in the third from Sedrick Swygert Jr., but Long Beach held strong to secure the win.

Louisiana 8 @ Bayou State 1 - Remaining undefeated, the Louisiana Drillers powered to an 8-1 victory over the Bayou State Rougarou on Sunday afternoon. Brayden Pelcl got things started for Louisiana in the first period with a power play goal assisted by Carter Gnau and Dayton Ruppel. Later in the period, Brody Neish added another power play goal with assists from Emerson Laroche and Ruppel. In the second period, Bayou State’s Ethan Tierman scored their only goal of the night assisted by Judah Temple. Louisiana quickly answered as Brody Neish scored assisted by Laroche and Dylan Johnson. Brody Haas followed with a power play goal assisted by Neish and Gnau, and Dayton Ruppel added another power play tally assisted by Neish and Pelcl. Louisiana kept rolling in the third period as Isaac Erickson scored assisted by Jack Slotka and Zachary Marsell. Brayden Pelcl scored his second of the game assisted by Neish, and Brody Haas capped off the scoring assisted by Neish and Pelcl.

Texas B 8 @ Tulsa 1 - The Texas Brahmas kept its perfect season intact Sunday afternoon, led by a hat-trick performance from Nicholas Catalano to easily take care of the Tulsa Oilers by a final score of 8-1. The win stretched Texas’ season-opening winning streak to 10 games, good for second place in the south division with 20 points – just one point behind first-place Austin with seven games in hand. Texas scored early and scored often. Catalano’s fifth and John Scharf’s sixth goals of the season got the Brahmas out to a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes. Scharf’s goal was the first of four power-play goals for Texas. Aleksander Jelisejevs wasted no time to begin the second period, potting another power-play marker for his third of the campaign just over a minute into the frame. Just under a minute after Jelisejevs’ tally, Jason Fatta notched a power-play goal of his own to put Texas up 4-0 early in the second period. Texas’ Charlie Wilson and Benjamin Humphreys each nabbed their third goals of the season, while Tulsa’s Carter Kelley notched his first of the year to bring the score to a lopsided 6-1 heading to the final frame. Catalano finished off the hat-trick with two more power-play markers – his sixth and seventh of the year – in the third period to seal the blowout victory for the Brahmas. Texas controlled the entire game, sending 46 shots on Tulsa goaltender Jack Salverson to the Oilers’ 19 shots.

Austin 5 @ El Paso 4 - A furious four-goal third period propelled the Austin Ice Bats to a thrilling 5-4, come-from-behind victory Sunday afternoon over the El Paso Rhinos. Two power-play markers and a late goal from Jared Breunig in the final seven minutes pushed south-division leading Austin to the miraculous comeback, snapping a four-game skid. Carter Tuplin put the Rhinos ahead just under two minutes into the game with his sixth goal of the campaign. A power-play goal by Jax Edgerton knotted the game at one apiece just over four minutes later. Edgerson’s goal was his second of the season. El Paso responded just over three minutes later, grabbing the lead back thanks to an unassisted goal from Kenneth Cadwalladar – his fourth of the year – to send El Paso to the break leading 2-1. The only offense of the middle frame came courtesy of Cadwalladar just 29 seconds after the puck dropped. El Paso outshot Austin 15-5 in the period but mustered just one goal thanks to Ice Bats goaltender Michael Lane. The ferocious comeback began when Austin’s Garrett Morris’ first goal of the year got his team back within a goal just over four minutes into the final period. Donovan Bradford put a temporary blemish on the comeback by notching his fifth of the season with just under 10 minutes to go. With El Paso leading 4-2, Mason Manderfield and Georgii Tokarski took advantage of a five-on-three power play, scoring just 14 second apart to tie the game at 4-4 with 7:02 to play. The goals were both Manderfield and Tokarski’s second of the season. Breunig iced the comeback with his fifth goal of the season with just 2:09 remaining to give Austin the 5-4 win.