Friday Finals: Missoula picks up first NA3HL win
Missoula Junior Bruins 3 vs. Helena Bighorns 2-
Jersey Shore Wildcats 9 vs. Skylands Kings 2-
Southern Tier Express 2 vs. Pittsburgh Vengeance 0-The Express shutout the Vengeance in a 2-0 win. Joseph Gerace and Matthew Crosby each scored for Southern Tier. Ryan Pascerella had a perfect save percentage on the night, stopping all 40 shots for the Express, while Joel De Simone made 43 saves for Pittsburgh.
Binghamton Jr. Senators 9 vs. Roc City Royals 3-
Breezy Point North Stars 4 vs. New Ulm Steel 2-The teams were equal after two, but a late third period goal from Breezy Point’s Cyril Nagurski earned the North Stars the win, 4-2, over New Ulm Steel. Tyler Larwood, Austin Langworthy, and Josh Laven also scored for the North Stars. Alex Egle and Jared Erickson scored for New Ulm. Breezy Point goalie Bronson Moore made 44 saves on the night, while Jon Albers stopped 21 shots on the Steel net.
Texas Jr. Brahmas 4 vs. College Station Spirit 0-The Brahmas shutout the Spirit in a 4-0 win. Dakota Davis, Nikolas McCallum, Vincent Dekumbis, and Melker Kroon each netted a goal for Texas. Tyler Myers stopped all 15 shots he faced for the Jr. Brahmas, and Nick Hart stopped 61 shots on the College Station net.
Wilmar WarHawks 3 vs. Granite City Lumberjacks 2 (OT)-Three periods of play were not enough to settle the score, and in the end, Dylan Gast of the WarHawks scored 4:56 into OT to give Wilmar the win, 3-2 (OT) to Granite City. ALec Skar and Jacob Dobberstein also scored for Wilmar. Braden Altena and Ryan Smith scored one a piece for Granite City. Defensively, Alex Weissenborn made 39 saves for Wilmar, and David Mulligan stopped 28 shots on the Lumberjacks net.
North Iowa Bulls 14 vs. Chicago Bulldogs 1-North Iowa established an early lead over Chicago, and carried it to the end, concluding with a 14-1 win over the Chicago Bulldogs. David (Mitch) Dolter, Kristian Kause, Kohei Sato (3), Brendan Studioso (2), Owen Larson (2), Mitch Parsons, Marshall Barnes, Sean Mallonee, Zach Hayes, and Josh Arnold all earned points for the Bulls, and Jack Henneman scored the lone goal for the Bulldogs. In net, Roman Malkov made 19 saves for North Iowa, and Jacob Dittmer and Josh Cannon stopped 37 and 3 shots, respectively, on the Bulldogs net.
Long Beach Sharks 6 vs. Northeast Generals 4-
Gillette Wild 6 vs. Bozeman Icedogs 1-
Billings Bulls 7 vs. Glacier Nationals 2-
Yellowstone Quake 4 vs. Great Falls Americans 3 (OT)-Yellowstone earned a win in extra time against the Great Falls Americans, 4-3. Curt Greenbush scored twice, one being the overtime winner, and Max Meter and Tony Dahlberg also each netted one for the Quake. Quinn Stuebner, Danny O’Donnell, and Sandis Mezharaups were the scorers for the Americans. In net, Nick Ottenbacker made 33 saves for the Yellowstone Quake, and Nick Nast made 50 saves for Great Falls.