Sunday, January 25, 2009

11:30 AM @ The Cube

Findlay, OH 

GRRROWL 8, Wooster 5 
 

1st Period 

12:11 Goal scored by Tim Hahn (WOOS) (Power Play)

      Assisted by McPhail and Brown 

6:51 Goal scored by Ryan Rinko (WOOS) (Power Play)

      Assisted by Sorochan and Foster 
 

2nd Period 

19:22 Goal scored by Kevin Tejchma (FIN) (Power Play)

      Assisted by Bachnak and Clark 

15:30 Goal scored by Antoine Guimond (WOOS) (Power Play)

      Assisted by Roemer 

15:13 Goal scored by Alexey Sorochan (WOOS)

      Assisted by McPhail and Foster 

14:30 Goal scored by Mike Balogh (FIN) (Power Play)

      Assisted by Tejchma and Bachnak 

5:14 Goal scored by Chris Gendron (FIN) (Power Play)

      Assisted by Balogh and Clark 

3:39 Goal scored by John Brooks (FIN) (Power Play) 

3:03 Goal scored by Mike Balogh (FIN) (Power Play)

      Assisted by Brooks 

1:50 Goal scored by Zach Bachnak (FIN) (Power Play)

      Assisted by Tejchma and Balogh 

3rd Period 

12:05 Goal scored by Mike Shanahan (FIN)

      Assisted by Balogh 

9:54 Goal scored by Nick Donovan (WOOS) 

3:07 Goal scored by Chris Gendron (FIN) 
 

Recap:

Grrrowl Completes Sweep of Wooster

The Findlay Grrrowl quietly made a statement to the rest of the league and completed its first sweep since its home-opening weekend in a 8-5 victory over the second-place Wooster Oilers Sunday at The Cube. 

Mike Balogh had two scores and three assists in a victory in which the Grrrowl out-shot its opponents by a 43-29 margin and, for the second consecutive day, conserved on penalty minutes. 

A late second-period scuffle, which resulted in the ejections of Mike Matthes and goalkeeper Louis Morin and initially seemed to go in Wooster’s favor, turned into Grrrowl momentum following two quick goals by Balogh and Zach Bachnak. The scores put the Grrrowl in front 6-4 and ended the second period with a manageable advantage. 

Goalkeeping tandem Lucas Fournier, who had 15 saves, and Morin, with 14, kept the Oilers in check and allowed the Grrrowl opportunities to stretch the lead late in the game. Fournier took Morin’s place following the second-period ejection. 

The Grrrowl held off the Oilers in the third with goals by Chris Gendron and Kevin Tejchma and coasted through the final minutes to secure the win.  

The Grrrowl was penalty-free in Game 1 which set the tone for a thrilling 5-4 win Saturday on late heroics by Kevin Tejchma who slapped in the game-winner with seven seconds remaining. 

Bachnak, who sat out Game 1 with pain in his right knee, returned on Sunday and added a goal and two assists. Gendron also had two goals in the contest and finished with four in the series.