Wenatchee, WA. – The Wenatchee
Wolves opened the NPHL playoffs over the weekend, beating the Tri-Cities
Outlaws twice: 9-2 on Saturday, March 12th and 10-0 on Sunday, March
13th.
On Saturday in Wenatchee, the Wolves rolled to the 9-2 win,
outshooting Tri-Cities 60-19. Griffin
Wiencek (Sherwood, OR) paced the attack with 2 goals and an assist. Other
contributors included Hunter Alden
(Walla Walla, WA), Richie Stickle
(Healy, AK), Hayden Givens
(Portland, OR), Denton Hymer
(Wenatchee, WA), Coleton Booth
(Delta, BC) and Will Connors
(Richland, WA) who scored a goal and assist each. Max Roth (Wilmette, IL) scored the other goal for Wenatchee, while Max Flynn (Wenatchee, WA) made 17
saves. The Wolves went 3-for-8 on the power play and 2-of-2 on the penalty
kill.
On Sunday in Kennewick, Wenatchee scored a 10-0 win. The Wolves,
who outshot the Outlaws 59-12, got 3 goals and an assist from Givens, 2 goals
and 2 assists from Booth, a goal and assists each from Wiencek and Connors, plus
single goals from Stickle, Hunter
Hegdahl (Brookings, SD), and Anders
Johnson (Salt Lake City, UT). Bronson
Moore (Kennewick, WA) stopped all 12 shots he faced for Wenatchee, who went
1-for-4 on the power play and 2-of-2 on the penalty kill.
“So far in the series, the guys have done a nice job of playing
with good habits.” said Wenatchee Wolves Head Coach Ryan McKelvie. “We’ll
continue to focus on that on Tuesday.”
With the two wins, the Wolves take a 2 games to none lead in the
best-of-five series. Wenatchee continues post-season play against Tri-Cities.
Game three is set for Tuesday, March 15th at Wenatchee. If games 4
and 5 are needed, they will be Friday, March 18th at Kennewick and Sunday,
March 20th at Wenatchee.
WENATCHEE WOLVES NPHL HOCKEY
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