Wenatchee, WA. – The
Wenatchee Wild parlayed a huge shot advantage in the first 40 minutes to a
two-goal lead, on their way to their second consecutive 4-2 win over the
Coquitlam Express, in front of 3,129 at the Town Toyota Center Saturday night.
Wenatchee would score the lone goal of the opening period,
as Blake Christensen (Lauderhill,
FL) scored, assisted by Matt Baker
(Midhurst, ON) and August Von Ungern
(Boise, ID) at 4:56, giving the Wild a 1-0 lead after one.
In the second, Joe
Drabin (Rochester, NY) scored at 5:01, assisted by Matt Burchill
(Marshfield, MA) and Austin Chavez
(Corona, CA), putting Wenatchee on top, 2-0. The Express would respond quickly.
Jarell Pinchuk scored from Austin McIlmurray and Jack Surowiec at 5:24, slicing
the deficit to 2-1. However, Bryan Yoon
(Parker, CO) scored on a shot from the blue line, assisted by Jaden Anderson (Aurora, CO) at 16:50,
putting the Wild in front after two, 3-1.
In the third, Coquitlam got a goal from Keegan Jones, off
assists from Jonathan Irving and Alex Ambrosio at 7:16, drawing the Express to
within one, at 3-2. But, Von Ungern would score into the empty net, assisted by
Aaron Murray (Chino, CA) at 19:35,
giving Wenatchee the 4-2 win.
The Wild outshot Coquitlam 46-28 on the night. Garrett Nieto (Yorba Linda, CA) made 26
saves for Wenatchee, Tyger Howat had 33 saves for the Express. The Wild went
1-4 on the power play and 6 of 6 on the penalty kill. “I really like the pace
that we played at tonight.” said Wenatchee Wild Head Coach/General Manager
Bliss Littler. “I thought we probably deserved to score another goal or two,
but their goaltender played exceptionally well. At the end we bent but we didn’t
break, we kind of let them back in the hockey game after being a little bit one-sided
for two-and-a-half periods, the last ten we kind of let them back in a bit.
Again, we found a way to win today. We need to take the win and move on, get
our rest tomorrow and then go back to work, try to get better next week.”
With the win, Wenatchee improves to 13-5-2-1 on the season, still
in sole possession of first in the Mainland Division, while Coquitlam slips to 7-10-1-2.
The Wild are home next weekend, hosting Prince George on Friday, November 13th
and Vernon on Saturday, November 14th at the Town Toyota Center starting at 7:05pm
PST both nights. Tickets are available at the door, at the Wild office, or by
calling 509-888-7825 or 509-888-7274.
Battle For The Border
2 comments:
Thanks keep uo the good work
Great broadcasting.....calls the game well. Rhe only bad thing is the audio is so bad with the background noise its hard to hear announcer. So distorted.....need to get rid of backgrou d noise at stadium so you can enjoy announcer and the game. Terrible audio...
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