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If the WSHL had a set of standings solely based on a teams excitement of play, the Missoula Maulers would be number one without a doubt. It's always good when somebody owns two teams but even 125 miles cant keep the peace between these guys but then again, who wants peace in hockey!? The Maulers and Rival, Butte Cobras, a new team this year also owned by Michael Burks, always put up a good game but these baby snakes can never down 8 year-old ZooTown! Over the weekend, the team met up for back to back games. Some few thousand fans showed up at the GIR for Friday's first Maulers game of 2015.
Butte's Dzmitry Daniliuk brought the house down when he scored the first goal for the Cobras less than six minutes into the game. A Pissed off tendy, Aron Holmgren then decided that was enough puck for the net that period and shut the scoring thing off.
Under Holmgrens guard, with the help of Damon Hanson and Maulers vet Tanner Todd, Andrei Shebelbain tied the game and left the Glacier Ice Rink in a deafening roar, it was a goal hard to follow up to but no problem for Breakout star and fellow Russian Alex Shalamov who threw the puck between the pipes to lift Missoula up 2-1 into the first intermission.
While only three goals were scored in the first 20, these rivals racked up quite some time in the sin bin. The box was filled for a full 18 minutes of the game, giving each team a decent number of power plays, which was also where Dzmitiry scored his goal. Between all the hooking and cross checking, neither team managed to put up any major times on the board.
The Corbas are a little bit like the Titantic, they look good until the hit the ice. Well- even for the first few minutes they can stay afloat. That's where Butte seems to score a number of their goals, in the first minutes of the period. Just like the first, PJ Silveia tallied a goal just over a minute in on a power play from a penalty called on Maulers' Tyler Lodin. The boys didn't let Lodin take the guilt too long, A-Captain, Tanner Todd lightened the load and scored a pretty goal, cashing in on an power play opportunity, off a feed from Henrik Ekestahl and surprise, surprise- Damon Hanson and we would like to thank Zach Steuck and Kevin Philbin for their time in the box.
The Maulers hadn't quite had enough yet, can you guess, yes, WSHL's #1 star of the week, Rocket-Damon Hanson added a goal to his two assists to put Missoula up on a steady 4-2 in the second intermission.
Hahah oh wait its the beginning of a new period, Butte has to score! We will give credit to James Kilgore for that nice little tally. After they got that out of the way, it was time to Sawyer Jacobson to show the town why he is captain. Like second nature, Jacobson brought the puck down the ice and with the help of long time Mauler and fan favorite, Corey Schafer scored on a not-so-happy Tage Rusgi, to once again give their team a two goal lead.
After the beauty from S&S, Alex Shalamov decided he wanted in on the action and what better way to gather the affection of home fans than scoring an unassisted goal? Two in a game, no biggie for this guy.
PJ Silveria followed Alex's example and put in another for the Cobras in the last minutes of the game, it was a goal worth celebrating but it was short lived when his team lost 6-4.
If the WSHL had a set of standings solely based on a teams excitement of play, the Missoula Maulers would be number one without a doubt. It's always good when somebody owns two teams but even 125 miles cant keep the peace between these guys but then again, who wants peace in hockey!? The Maulers and Rival, Butte Cobras, a new team this year also owned by Michael Burks, always put up a good game but these baby snakes can never down 8 year-old ZooTown! Over the weekend, the team met up for back to back games. Some few thousand fans showed up at the GIR for Friday's first Maulers game of 2015.
Butte's Dzmitry Daniliuk brought the house down when he scored the first goal for the Cobras less than six minutes into the game. A Pissed off tendy, Aron Holmgren then decided that was enough puck for the net that period and shut the scoring thing off.
Under Holmgrens guard, with the help of Damon Hanson and Maulers vet Tanner Todd, Andrei Shebelbain tied the game and left the Glacier Ice Rink in a deafening roar, it was a goal hard to follow up to but no problem for Breakout star and fellow Russian Alex Shalamov who threw the puck between the pipes to lift Missoula up 2-1 into the first intermission.
While only three goals were scored in the first 20, these rivals racked up quite some time in the sin bin. The box was filled for a full 18 minutes of the game, giving each team a decent number of power plays, which was also where Dzmitiry scored his goal. Between all the hooking and cross checking, neither team managed to put up any major times on the board.
The Corbas are a little bit like the Titantic, they look good until the hit the ice. Well- even for the first few minutes they can stay afloat. That's where Butte seems to score a number of their goals, in the first minutes of the period. Just like the first, PJ Silveia tallied a goal just over a minute in on a power play from a penalty called on Maulers' Tyler Lodin. The boys didn't let Lodin take the guilt too long, A-Captain, Tanner Todd lightened the load and scored a pretty goal, cashing in on an power play opportunity, off a feed from Henrik Ekestahl and surprise, surprise- Damon Hanson and we would like to thank Zach Steuck and Kevin Philbin for their time in the box.
The Maulers hadn't quite had enough yet, can you guess, yes, WSHL's #1 star of the week, Rocket-Damon Hanson added a goal to his two assists to put Missoula up on a steady 4-2 in the second intermission.
Hahah oh wait its the beginning of a new period, Butte has to score! We will give credit to James Kilgore for that nice little tally. After they got that out of the way, it was time to Sawyer Jacobson to show the town why he is captain. Like second nature, Jacobson brought the puck down the ice and with the help of long time Mauler and fan favorite, Corey Schafer scored on a not-so-happy Tage Rusgi, to once again give their team a two goal lead.
After the beauty from S&S, Alex Shalamov decided he wanted in on the action and what better way to gather the affection of home fans than scoring an unassisted goal? Two in a game, no biggie for this guy.
PJ Silveria followed Alex's example and put in another for the Cobras in the last minutes of the game, it was a goal worth celebrating but it was short lived when his team lost 6-4.