The Pics scored twice in the 1st, but the Islanders might have been down but not out as it took until overtime for the Pics to defeat the Islanders 5 - 4 on top of a Dominick Balboni overtime goal.
Aaron Champagne opened up the scoring just under 6 minutes into the opening frame when he got a feed from Connor Cognac. Dominick Balboni added to his team leading 20 assists with the secondary assist while on the power play. Eli Boyle got a short handed goal just about 10 minutes later. Connor Cognac and Bryce St. Martin got the assists. The Islanders returned the two in a row with two in a row of their own in the 2nd period. Liam Byrne and Cognac each scored a goal of their own in the 2nd period, with Cognac, Balboni, Paud O'Brien, and Bryce St. Martin all got assists. The Islanders got two more in the 3rd to tie it up, with the tying goal in the waining minute while on the shorthand. Dominick Balboni got the game winning goal at just about the half way point in the overtime period when he dragged the puck in front of the goal, getting the goaltender to commit the opposite way. Pics goaltender Garret Woodruff stopped 37 out of 41 goals for the win. Rebound control was the name of the game as Max Moriarty made his re-debut with the Pics for this season against the Advantage, and he did it in style netting the hat trick, plus an assist to a 5 - 3 victory on Friday afternoon. Max Moriarty got the first goal of the game early on as he shoved in the rebound from point blank range from Timofey Basarab. Basarab originally skated down the ice for a one on one against the goaltender but was stopped and the puck went wide. The Pics then brought the puck around the horn and Brock Baumann was able to dish it off to Basarab who took the shot, but was stopped. Moriarty then shoved in the puck after a couple close in rebounds. Timofey Basarab was able to knock in the rebound from an Oliver Cookson shot to make it 2- 0. Cookson shot the puck from point blank range from about four feet in front of dead center of the goaltender. Basarab was able to knock it in after a couple attempted. Matt Pelletier was credited with the secondary assist. The Advantage were able to put one on the board in the first 3rd of the 2nd period, but the Pics struck back just under a minute later when Max Moriarty shoved in the rebound as there was a near repeat of the 1st goal. Timofey Basarab and Brock Baumann were credited with the assists. The Advantage brought it within one goal as they scored twice in the 3rd period, but Max Moriarty completed his hat trick as he put in the crashing give-and-go goal as he was skating up and Timofey Basarab dished it off to him for the one timer. Matthew Tullo was credited with the secondary assist. Timofey Basarab got the insurance goal with just under 6 minutes remaining in regulation as he got the rebound off the Max Moriarty shot. The puck took an odd hop off of the goaltender and Basarab was able to capitalize the opportunity. Brock Baumann took the initial faceoff and won it, and he got the puck to Moriarty. Wyatt Friedlander stopped 24 out of 27 shots for the win.
The Pics fell to the Bruins 4 - 3 in overtime, after two unanswered goals in the first period for the Bruins.
Caleb Amidon scored early in the game, just 28 seconds in. Nicholas McGrann followed just over three minutes later. Brigham Dubey put the Pics on the board at almost the 8 minute mark into the 1st period when he got a feed from Dominick Balboni and Liam Byrne. Amidon scored again for the B's just about 4 minutes into the 3rd period, to make it 3 - 1. Paud O'Brien put the Pics within one, Dominick Balboni and Felix Appelt got the assists. Aiden Grabowski evened it up in the waining minutes of the 3rd period. Timofey Basarab and Seth Chernik got the assists. Samuel Romney got the game winning goal just over a minute into the OT period. Quinn Sullivan stopped 38 out of 42 shots in the loss. The Springfield Pics skated in on Saturday night, knowing that they had a target on their back with their current streak, and skated out with a victory, defeating the Islanders Hockey Club 4 - 3 in a back and forth battle. Neither team scored in the first period, but the Pics struck first in the 2nd when Bryce St. Martin got the give and go pass from Felix Appelt, who was breaking down the wing and St. Martin was on the opposite side. St. Martin set up on the opposite post and shot from his knees and got Varveris blocking low while St. Martin went high over the leg blockers. Timofey Basarab was credited with the secondary assist. The Pics struck again later on in the 2nd when Seth Chernik went stick side against Varveris. Liam Byrne got possession of the puck and looked to take the initial shot. He then went behind the net for a wrap around but noticed traffic, and went a bit further down to find Chernik sitting in front of the net. Aiden Grabowski was credited with the secondary assist. The Islanders then scored three in a row to make it 3 - 2 going into the 3rd period. The Pics may have been down, but they were not out and Timofey Basarab showed it on the power play when he popped the water bottle as he got the pass from Dominick Balboni. Felix Appelt won the face off and dished if off to Balboni. Mike Dyer got his second goal of the season, and first game winning goal when he got the pass from beyond the red line from Liam Andersen and went down with Andersen, with Andersen acting as the decoy. Dyer was then able to get the puck to squeak through the legs of Varveris to make it 4 - 3. Spencer Strouse netted his first assist as a Pic as well, getting credit for the secondary assist. Garret Woodruff stopped 35 out of 38 shots in the win, while Mike Varveris stopped 40 out of 44 shots for the loss.
The Pics face the Boston Junior Bruins Sunday at 11:30 am at the New England Sports Center. The Pics defeated the Kings 3 - 0 on Saturday night, with John Hanscom netting the shutout victory stopping all 25 shots he faced. Alex Gomes got his first goal as a Pic, and happened to be the game winning goal just past the 3 minute mark into the 2nd period. Nick Disanti and, Coleson Hanrahan got the assists. Aiden Pisano got the insurance goal later on in the 2nd period. Alex Gomes and Ilya Zhuravlev got the assists. In the 3rd period Ilya Zhuravlev scored to put the game out of reach. Brigham Dubey and Nick Zanin got the assists. Sunday's game the Pics defeated the Kings 4 - 1 in an action filled game.
1st Nick Disanti started the action just a couple minutes into the game when he got the feed from Coleson Hanrahan. Zack Fox got the assist. Coleson Hanrahan got another goal just a few minutes later. Alex Gomes and Nick Disanti got the assists. Nick Disanti notched his second goal during the 2nd period when he go the feed from Coleson Hanrahan and Chris Sherwood. Cameron Collins broke the shutout attempt in the 3rd period when he go the puck from Jon Alger. Benjamin Collins got the assist. Brigham Dubey got revenge just a few minutes later when he got the puck from Alex Gomes. Aiden Pisano got the other assist. John Hanscom stopped 20 out of 21 shots for the win. The Pics skated into Sunday afternoon's tilt against the Islanders with 5 wins in a row, and skated out with 6 wins in a row as they defeated the Islanders 6 - 3. The Islanders opened up the scoring first early in the 1st period, but it took until a little over 6 minutes on into the 2nd period when Timofey Basarab started up with the Pics four unanswered goals. Basarab lined up behind the screen of two Pics players and shot it into the back of the net. Ryan Moorhouse and Sean Ferus were credited with the assists. Connor Cognac got the next goal when him and Connor O'Brien both got along the boards, and O'Brien was able to dish it off to Cognac. O'Brien went up the opposite side as a decoy. The IHC goaltender kept eyes on O'Brien and Cognac was able to get it past him. Nicholas Lopes was credited with the secondary assist. Connor O'Brien was able to get his own rebound and score a goal when he got a feed from Aaron Champagne while breaking down the wing. Timofey Basarab initiated the feed and was on the opposite post as a decoy, and was also credited with an assist. Aiden Grabowski got the Pics' 4th goal almost immediately off the faceoff when he got the pass from Dominick Balboni who won the faceoff. Grabowski was able to shoot it in from the blue line unopposed. Bryce St. Martin was also credited with an assist. IHC was able to notch two goals to bring them within one, but Connor Cognac was able to restart the Pics' scoring frenzy when he was able to deposit the soft rebound off a Bryce St. Martin shot from the point. Liam Byrne was able to dish it off to St. Martin to complete the assist. Connor Cognac was able to net an empty net goal to complete the hat trick. Timofey Basarab and Aaron Champagne got the assists.
Cameron Schnopp stopped 52 out of 55 shots for the win. |
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