Photo Credit: Emily Raffle
Photo Credit: Emily Raffle
February 18, 2023
1st Period
Brendan Hoffman kicked things off with his 8th of the season short-handed at 8:57. Other than the lone goal goaltending looked strong. McKay stopped 10 of the 11 shots he faced and Maier stopped all 5 he saw.
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2nd Period
Nathan Noel got things going in the second not with a goal but with a game misconduct. Noel received a 5-minute major for boarding, a 10-minute game misconduct, and a 5-minute major for fighting as he fought Jordan Timmons, who stepped in after the hit on Millman in the corner. Brendan Hoffman again found twine on the man advantage this time to give Reading a 2-0 lead. Isaac Johnson netted his 13th of the year on the power play late in the period.
3rd Period
Max Newton under a minute in at 58 seconds found the back of the net with his 23rd of the season. Devon Paliani extended Reading’s lead with his 9th of the year at 5:05. Paliani again found the back of the net putting Reading up 5-1, at the 8:13 mark. Brennan Kapcheck capped off the scoring for the night his 3rd of the season on the power play at 15:57
“You have to give the guys a lot of credit. Came very prepared for today, great effort all around from everybody. We were consistent throughout the game. Managed the puck very well, the opportunities that we had in the offensive zone we took advantage o,f and obviously some big performances from a few players. You know Paliani and Hoffman getting a couple goals that’s a great confidence booster for those guys. Overall just a great team win.”
Head Coach James Henry, Following the Win Saturday Evening
February 20th, 2023
1st Period
Isaac Johnson found the back of the net, netting his 14th of the season just 2:23 into the game. Isaac Johnson set up Keenan Suthers for his 11th of the season short-handed sliding the puck around the pad of Maier at 13:13. Alec Butcher got the Royals on the score sheet with his 11th of the season at 15:02. Adam Dawe danced in alone and roofed a wrist shot past the glove of Maier for his 4th in 9 games at 18:23.
2nd Period
Charlie Gerard brought the game back within 1 netting his 23rd of the season :48 into the 2nd period. Todd Skirving netted his 24th of the season and the last goal of the game on the man advantage at 14:16.
3rd Period
No goals were scored in this period Reading would have a few penalties to kill and the Growlers only had to kill 1 which they did. Reading outshot Newfoundland 13-4 in the period, Cavallin had all the answers. Maier stopped all 4 he faced as well.
Newfoundland would hold on to the 4-2 win Monday afternoon. Todd Skirving earned the 1st star he had 2 points (1G, 1A) 3 shots, and a +1 rating. Cavallin stopped 33 of the Royals’ 35 shots. He came up big in the 3rd when the Royals’ pressure amped up when Newfoundland’s was lacking.
“Kind of boils down to playing a complete game. You look at how we showed up for Saturday’s game great overall start to finish and then for today waited around a little bit. We weren’t good enough during the first period and that cost us the game. You know from the second period on I thought we played well, we played hard, I mean we competed for pucks, but you know playing against a top team and you take a period off they’re gonna make you pay and they’re going to capitalize on their opportunities and I feel like that’s what happened today.”
Head Coach James Henry, Following the Loss Monday Afternoon
