Brahmas, IceRays, Knights win on Thursday

October 28, 2016

Lone Star 4 @ Odessa 1 – The 1st place Lone Star Brahmas spoiled the home opener of the Odessa Jackalopes as they widened their lead in the South Division with a 4-1 win on Thursday night. Four different players scored for Lone Star and Carson Kelley and Hunter Stanley each had two assists. Odessa scored the first goal of the game in the opening stages of the 1st period as Chase Thudium scored his 7th of the season. Lone Star tied the game later in the period on a goal from Simon Loof. In the 2nd period, Troy York’s 9th goal of the season gave the Brahmas the lead for good and Justin Addamo and Austin Kramer added 3rd period goals. Alex Calvaruso made 17 saves in the win, while Jonny Hogue made 27 saves in the loss. Boxscore

 

Shreveport 0 @ Corpus Christi 3 - The Corpus Christi IceRays earned their first shutout of the season with a 3-0 blanking of the Shreveport Mudbugs on Thursday morning at the American Bank Center in front of 6,046 students from the Corpus Christi area. After the first half of the period was spent going back and forth in the neutral zone, the IceRays took control and scratched across the game’s first goal, which would go on to be the game-winner. At 10:26, IceRays forward David Thomson swiped the puck away in the offensive end and found forward Josh Tripp on the back door for a one-time shot to push ahead, 1-0. Later on in the frame at 14:32, IceRays defenseman Cody Fleckenstein stole a pass behind the Mudbugs net and tucked home a wraparound shot to double the lead, 2-0. The IceRays outshot the Mudbugs 16-4 in the opening frame.  In the 3rd period, a late man-advantage allowed the Mudbugs to pull their netminder, but despite being shorthanded 6-on-4, IceRays forward Brad Power sealed the win with a clear from his own blue line for the second-straight game with a team power play goal and the 3-0 final score. IceRays goaltender Camden Burggrabe earned the first shutout of the season, stopping all 20 shots faced, while Mudbugs goalie John Roberts halted 32 of 34 shots. Boxscore

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3 @ Northeast 2 – Three, 3rd period goals led the Knights to a 3-2 come-from-behind win against the Generals, who remain looking for their first NAHL win. All signs pointed to the Generals winning the game as they jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the 1st period with a pair of goals from Colin Bilek. The 2-0 lead held until late in the 3rd period. The Knights comeback started with a goal from Matt Kidney with under eight minutes remaining in regulation. Tim Gelatt tied the game at 2-2 less than two minutes later and then with just under a minute left in regulation, Sam Antonitsch scored the game-winner for the Knights. Knights goalie Grant Valentine made 30 saves in the win, while Generals goalie Gabe Vinal played well in the loss, making 38 saves. Boxscore