Nelson Star Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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Leafs come up short in Friday night thriller SAMUEL DOBRIN Nelson Star Reporter
The Nelson Leafs made an astonishing recovery after trailing 2-0 to the Princeton Posse, but were unable to hang on losing 5-4 in double overtime. Both teams came out of the gates fighting for position with neither dominating until Princeton’s Brendan Colter scored on Leafs goaltender Andrew Walton just after the five minutes mark. Princeton then gained momentum as the Leafs struggled to maintain control of the puck.
Nearing the end of the first period, the Leafs defense loosened up for a breakaway by Princeton’s Devon Grossler, who put Princeton up 2-0 going into the second period. Nelson entered the second with thrusters on full and attempted to capitalize on the remainder of a powerplay, but all shots were stopped by Posse starter Sky Buller. The second period remained a tough battle between both teams struggling for control of the puck, with serious scoring chances on both sides. Nelson continued to
push hard outshooting Princeton, which paid off for Matthew Naka who rocketed a shot past Buller at the three minute mark to put the Leafs back into the game. Building off the energy gained from Naka’s goal, the Leafs looked to square the game off and after five minutes of dominating the game, Walker Sidoni put one up on the board to tie it up. Princeton seemed frustrated and had a few minutes of sloppy passes and misplaced bodies, just long enough for Colton Malmsten to bury another
Princeton, the Posse regrouped and set their aim for the back of the net. Jaden Janzen of Princeton slammed the puck past Walton to tie the game again, which was followed by a second Princeton goal from Alex Demchuck with only four minutes left in regulation. With time running out on the clock, the Leafs fought back and with just 16 seconds left in regulation time Nik Newman answered the call with the goal to tie the game at 4-4 and send it to overtime. Looking much like the first period, the Leafs and
Newman tied the game in the last 16 seconds.
goal for the Leafs near the ten-minute mark and give the home side the lead. After a time-out from
Posse battled it out vying for control of the puck. At the one-minute mark, Eric Schmidt of Princeton took a cross-checking penalty and opened the door for the Leafs to put the game in the bag, but were shut down by the Posse’s penalty kill. Newman won the faceoff to begin the second overtime period and the Leafs were able to fire a shot off on net, but Buller denied them once more. Finally, with three minutes left in the second overtime, Keenan Fordy of Princeton shelved one to finish the game.
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