Saturday Scores: 10 Straight Wins for Rochester

New Mexico 1 @ Colorado 2 (OT) - In the first period, Colorado’s Braden Junker scored a goal with help from Sheldon Rioux and Lucas Mann. Andrew Earl tied up the game for New Mexico assisted by Nayan Pai and Toivo Laaksonen. During the second period, it remained scoreless. In the third period, nobody scored. In overtime, the Grit won it with a goal from George Poirier assisted by Alexander German and Peter Sterling. Jackson Fuller made 36 saves for the New Mexico Ice Wolves and Peter Sterling made 38 saves for the Colorado Grit.

Northeast 2 @ Maryland 4 - In the first period, nobody scored a goal. In the second period, Isac Nielsen scored a goal for the Maryland Black Bears with help from Harrison Smith and Dylan Gordon. Mikey Bartkowski scored a goal for the Generals assisted by Finnegan Connor and Emerson Miller. Northeast’s  Jack Montaldo scored assisted by Cole Mckenna and Owen O’Rear. Sebastian Speck tied up the game for Maryland with assists from Luke Janus and Tyler Stern. In the third period, Josh Frenette scored a goal assisted by Smith and Nielsen. Stern scored assisted by Speck and Evan Sofikitis. Carson Barnes made 43 saves for the Northeast Generals and Ryan Denes made 31 saves for the Maryland Black Bears. 

New Jersey 2 @ Rochester 5 - In the first period, Keanan Dewberry put the Americans on the board assisted by Ryan Shaw and Owen King. During the second period, Liam Chapman increased the lead with help from Gabriel Cull. In the third period, Jayden Dyke scored assisted by Chapman and Calle Karlsson. King scored with help from Demitri Diflorio and Alex Zakrzewski. Nikolai Meshkantsov scored a goal for New Jersey assisted by Nikita Meshcheryakov and Owen Leahy. Landon Brownlee scored assisted by Chapman. Jayar Luedke scored one more goal for the Titans assisted by Lachlan Haegar. Austin McNicholas made 23 saves for the New Jersey Titans and Danick Leroux made 35 saves for the Rochester Jr. Americans. 

Johnstown 2 @ Danbury 0 - In the first period, no goals were scored. During the second period, Nick Jarmain put Johnstown on the board assisted by Kirby Perler and Hank Reed. In the third period, Charlie Zetterkvist made an unassisted goal for the Tomahawks. Nick Avakyan made 43 saves for the Johnstown Tomahawks to get the shutout and Tyler Spokane made 17 saves for the Danbury Hat Tricks.

Philadelphia 3 @ Elmira 2 - In the first period, Clarence Beltz scored a goal for the Aviators assisted by Matthew Maglio and Bryce Terry. In the second period, Jack Kohlman increased the lead assisted by Jade Hunt. Brock Jones with an assist from Bryce Strand put the Rebels on the board. In the third period, Ruslan Jamaldinov assisted by Caesar Bjoork tied up the game. Luke Janviriya assisted by Billy Sheridan got the win for Philadelphia. Owen Crudale made 32 saves for the Philadelphia Rebels and Wesley Jefferson-Swint II made 40 saves for the Elmira Aviators.

Bismarck 3 @ St. Cloud 1 - During the first period, Mason LeBel made a goal for the Norsemen assisted by Sam Crane and Tyler Wishart. Gianni DiVita tied up the game for the Bobcats with help from Wyatt Sypniewski and Matthew Rafalski. During the second period, there was no scoring. During the third period, Tommy Cronin took the lead for Bismarck assisted by Kyle Doll. Rafalski scored a goal with help from Lehto. Tomas Anderson made 25 saves for the Bismarck Bobcats and Beck Liden made 28 saves for the St. Cloud Norsemen. 

Minnesota W 3 @ Wisconsin 6 - It was an intense clash on Saturday night between the Minnesota Wilderness and Wisconsin Windigo. Both teams combined for 14 power play opportunities in the contest. However, it was the hosting Windigo that emerged victorious. Wisconsin limited Minnesota's chances throughout. In fact, the Wilderness failed to record more than seven shots on goal in any given period of play. As a result, the visitors went home with the loss.

Aberdeen 1 @ Austin 5 - The Aberdeen Wings and Austin Bruins had plenty of chances to score on Saturday. Both clubs took more than 45 shots on goal, with the Wings recording 52. However, Aberdeen could not turn those shots into goals. Luc Malkhassian’s two first period goals helped fuel the hosting Bruins to a 5-1 victory on home ice.

Chippewa 6 @ Janesville 3 - The Chippewa Steel came into Saturday's clash with the Janesville Jets hoping to make a statement. They did just that, and it didn't take long for the statement to be made. The Steel scored three goals in the first period en route to a 6-3 with. Jackson Lackas scored a hat trick to help fuel his team to victory.

Odessa 1 @ Shreveport 4 - The Odessa Jackalopes went into the first intermission with some momentum on Saturday night. They scored the first goal thanks to Kowin Belsterling, and they held the hosting Shreveport Mudbugs to fewer than 10 shots. However, Odessa soon lost the plot. The Jackalopes allowed three second period goals en route to a 4-1 loss away from home.

Lone Star 3 @ Amarillo 1 - It was an all-Texas affair on Saturday between the Lone Star Brahmas and Amarillo Wranglers. And it was a rather close contest between the clubs. Lone Star and Amarillo each scored a goal in the first period, but failed to get on the board in the second. The two teams spent most of the third searching for the game winner, as well. In the end, the Brahmas scored two goals in the final minute to claim a thrilling 3-1 victory.

North Iowa 5 @ Minot 2 - The North Iowa Bulls and Minot Minotauros were evenly matched in the shot department on Saturday, putting 42 shots on goal. Unfortunately for the hosting Minotauros, they could not turn these shots into goals. Bulls goalie Kyle Ozgun made 40 saves to aid the visitors from North Iowa to a 5-2 victory on Saturday night.

Oklahoma 1 @ El Paso 2 - The hosting El Paso Rhinos failed to record more than nine shots in a single period of play on Saturday night. However, they didn't need a volume of shots to win. The Rhinos scored twice in the first period to give them an early lead. The Oklahoma Warriors pushed to get on the board, especially in the second period. However, a third period goal was too little, too late for Oklahoma.

Kenai River 3 @ Anchorage 2 (SO) - The Kenai River Brown Bears earned the extra point in the shootout as Mitchell McCusker stopped all three shooters he faced in the skills competition and stopped 40 in 65 minutes of action to earn the win in goal. Joey Gillespie scored his first goal of the season to break the ice in the opening minutes. It would remain 1-0 until early in the second period when Toby Carlson scored his 19th of the campaign. Midway through the period, Wes Berg and Daniel Bagnole would trade goals to make it a 2-2 game. That would the score through the remainder of regulation and overtime and would force the shootout. Andrew Larson would net the game deciding goal in this one. Michael Manzi took the loss in goal, stopping 28 of 30 shots. 

Springfield 1 @ Fairbanks 4 - The Fairbanks Ice Dogs kept up their winning ways going as they finished off the sweep of the Springfield Jr. Blues with a 4-1 win on Saturday. Gage Leonard scored twice in the opening period, giving him 10 goals on the season. Junsu Kwak scored in the middle frame to bring the Jr. Blues within one but the Ice Dogs would respond with two more goals in the third period to secure the victory. The goals would come off the blades of Caden Pendo and Brent Gulenchyn. Mason McElroy earned the win in the blue paint with 21 saves. Jack Kavetsky was saddled with the loss as he stopped 28 shots. 

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