TIGERS FIRST PERIOD OFFENSE ENOUGH TO DEFEAT WINGS

IHSA SENIOR B LEAGUE - Round 1 - Game 1

Tigers 3 - Red Wings 1

A three goal first period was all the Tigers needed to beat the Red Wings 3 - 1 in the opening round of Senior B League play.

Both teams battled through an evenly matched contest with the Tigers getting all their goals in the opening period, and the Red Wings scoring in the second.

Steve Turner, Simon Kelly, and Orren Prunckun put goals on the board for the Tigers, with Colin Charman shooting the only goal for the Red Wings

Justin Ruston stopped 23 of 24 shots in the Tigers goal to pick up the win, with Johnny Cousins stopping 21 of 24 shots in the Red Wings goal.

GAME SUMMARY

1st PERIOD

SCORING - Tigers - 9:00 - Steve Turner (B. Letheby): Tigers - 5:53 - Simon Kelly (J. Klein & L. Friederich): Tigers - 1:15 - Orren Prunckun (D. Roetsch & A. Mitchell)

PENALTIES - Tigers - 11:23 - Jeremy Klein (High Sticking); Redwings - 2:37 - Lukas Mojzisek (Hooking)

2nd PERIOD

SCORING - Redwings - 7:07 - Colin Charman (B Pfitzner, J Wood)

PENALTIES - Tigers - 10:39 - Josh Letheby (Hooking)

3rd PERIOD

SCORING - No Scoring

PENALTIES - Tigers - 10:46 - Ryan Thurston (Holding): Tigers - 8:22 - Alexi Filinkov (Hooking): Tigers - 1:31 - Jeremy Klein (Hooking)

SHOTS ON GOAL 1st 2nd 3rd Total

Redwings 8 10 6 24

Tigers 13 5 6 24

GOALKEEPERS - Redwings - Johnny Cousins: Falcons - Justin Ruston

GAME OFFICIALS - Referee - Damien Smith: Linesmen - Connor Oxlad & Mitch Kelleher

Scorer - Sarah Wise: Time Keeper - Nicola Reese