2 weeks Ago By Staff reports
ROCHESTER — The Rochester Grizzlies bounced back nicely from a tough loss Friday night by scoring the first six goals Saturday in a 6-2 North American 3 Hockey League victory at the Rochester Recreation Center. Austin Durkop received the start in goal Saturday night and stopped 15 shots, as Rochester limited Peoria to just 17 total shots on goal. ADVERTISEMENT Friday night, Rochester outshot Peoria 52-23, but the Mustangs scored six third-period goals to win 7-4.
Saturday was a different story as the Grizzlies started strong and didn’t let up until the game’s outcome was no longer in doubt. Rochester scored 3:09 into the game, as defenseman-turned-center Twanne Haisma notched his second goal of the season for a 1-0 lead. Three minutes later, Baylor Stebbins scored his second of the year to make it 2-0.
A pair of Rochester natives scored in the second period, as John Marshall graduate Mason Decker and Century grad Aiden Emerich scored goals, as did first-year Grizzly Tyler Steuck, to extend the team’s lead to 5-0. Felix Wadstromer tacked on his first career NA3HL goal just more than 13 minutes into the third period to cap Rochester’s scoring. Peoria scored twice in the final 2:04 to snap Rochester’s shutout bid.
Emerich, Wadstromer and Stebbins added one assist each, giving them two-point games. Ben Parent, Cooper Johnson, Dre Berndt, Josh Wolf, Konnor Goclan and Andrew Politoski added one assist each. ADVERTISEMENT The Grizzlies improve to 11-6-2 overall with the victory.
They play a home-and-home series with the West Bend Power next weekend. Friday’s game is set for a 7:30 p.m.
start at the Kettle Moraine Ice Center in West Bend, Wis., while Saturday’s game is scheduled for a 7:05 p.m.
start at the Rec Center. BOX SCORE: Rochester Grizzlies 6, Peoria Grizzlies 2 AUSTIN — The Austin Bruins found themselves on the wrong end of the scoreboard against the newest team in the North American Hockey League after 40 minutes Saturday night at Riverside Arena. The Bruins trailed the first-year Watertown Shamrocks by a goal entering the third period of an NAHL Central Division game.
That’s when Austin’s best players stepped up again and helped the Bruins rally to win 5-2. Alex Laurenza, the NAHL’s leading scorer, buried his 17th goal of the season 29 seconds into the final period, then Luc Malkhassian — who is tied for fourth in the league in scoring — netted his eighth of the year, with an assist from Laurenza, four minutes later, and the Bruins comeback attempt turned into a lead. EJ Paddington also scored twice in the third period for the Bruins to seal the team’s fifth consecutive victory and sixth out of eight games this month.
ADVERTISEMENT Jack Solomon took care of the rest in goal for the second straight night. He stopped 28 shots to improve to 10-4-0 this season and help the Bruins improve to 14-5-2 overall. They remain three points ahead of the Minot (N.
D.) Minotauros for second place in the Central Division behind first-place Bismarck, which has lost just once this season (19-1-1). Austin is back in action next weekend with a pair of road games, at the Minnesota Mallards (Forest Lake) at 7 p.
m. Friday, then at the St. Cloud Norsemen at 6:30 p.
m. Saturday. BOX SCORE: Austin Bruins 5, Watertown Shamrocks 2.
