Sunday Wrap-Up: Mountain Cats stun Vengeance
Cincinnati Swords 6 @ Chicago Jr. Bulldogs 7 (OT): After two goals to tie the game in the third period it was Zac Edwards who scored the game winning overtime goal to give the Chicago Jr. Bulldogs a 7-6 victory over the Cincinnati Swords. It was a tightly contested game that saw neither team acquire more than a two-goal lead during the high scoring affair. The Jr. Bulldogs third period comeback started with a successful penalty shot from Matt Kostopoulos who beat Cincinnati goaltender Artie Haase. Luke Morin tied the game up less than two minutes later off a nice pass from Ryan Maksimovic. Finally, it was Edwards who completed the comeback scoring in the extra frame to give the Jr. Bulldogs the sweep on the weekend. Cincinnati forward RJ Marshall added his fourth and fifth goals of the season beating Michael Krch, who had sixty saves picking up the victory in the pipes for the Bulldogs. Boxscore
St. Louis Jr. Blues 2 @ Peoria Mustangs 3 (SO): The Peoria Mustangs rode the 31 save performance from Marc Hayton to split the weekend series with the St. Louis Jr. Blues defeating them 3-2 in a shootout. Marshall Gevers let a hard snap shot go that beat St. Louis goalie Cooper Cothran over the pad to score the decisive shootout goal. The teams traded goals in the first two periods with Christian Argyros scoring for St. Louis in the first and Austin Ziakas scoring for Peoria in the second period. In the third the teams each scored a marker and it led to the decisive shootout. St. Louis goaltender Cothran had his highest save total of the season stopping 38 shots in the loss. Boxscore