Maulers take on Steelheads, 4-2 Final

Hello Maulers Nation, Sophia Rauvola (Etier) reporting back to you all once more! Sorry that there has been quite the hiatus between game blogs, there was a little bit of a rough patch there for a while but I believe we are past that! For the last two days, your boys have been in McCall, Idaho taking on the Jr. Steelheads in the hopes of claiming the very last playoff spot in the Northwest Division. So now it is a battle against time to see who will claim the last ticket into the post season. A triple header is coming up February 27th-March 1st against Southern Oregon and familiar faces, the Henry Brothers, and their boys are bringing an intense tornado/blizzard/hurricane style game to see if they can clinch the spot before it's gone. Things have gotten extremely serious and the boys better buckle down for an emotional and wild ride. Our boys have shown that they have the passion, the grit, the aggression, and the talent to pull it all the way into the playoffs, but it is now time to see if they can put all those things together and make dreams a reality. I am very much rooting for them to get in because I know how bad they all want this. I really hope they can pull this off and we can see them shine all throughout the post season.

Macky Power started the scoring off for the Idaho Jr. Steelheads at exactly 0:00. He had help from Jesper Jensen and Zach Walden on this incredible goal. Austin Azzinnaro tied things up for the hometown boys at 3:54 with apples for Josh Chamberlain and Anders Nord. The last goal of the first was scored by Dimitris Jones for the Steelheads at 19:12 on a power play.  Bryan Hodges and Macky Power had the assists.

There were no goals scored in the second.

Idaho once again started the scoring game with a goal from the stick of Kyle TenEyck. Randy Patzner and Parker Lewis assisted Kyle at 9:06. Trading off genos, Henrik Ekestahl scored the Maulers' last goal of the game at 9:30. Nikita Sheptytskyy and Max Rebholz had the assists. Anton Virtanen had an empty net goal at 19:58 to end the game 4-2. Victor Ivarson and Jesper Jensen picked up the final two points.

The boys have a huge match up against the Southern Oregon Spartans on February 27th-March 1st in hopes of receiving the last spot. Don't miss out and come to the GIR to support the boys!!

The boys for Team Pictures!

Statistics:

PENALTIES:

Period 1:

Idaho Jr Steelheads - Randy Patzner (Cross Checking) 2 Minutes, 1:39

Idaho Jr Steelheads - Jesper Jensen (Checking from Behind) 2 Minutes, 3:14

Idaho Jr Steelheads - Bryan Hodges (Head Contact) 2 Minutes, 8:17

Missoula Maulers - Austin Azzinnaro (Interference) 2 Minutes, 12:24

Idaho Jr Steelheads - Kyle TenEyck (Roughing) 2 Minutes, 12:29

Missoula Maulers - Derek Griffin (Roughing) 2 Minutes, 13:18

Missoula Maulers - Joey Porco (Interference) 2 Minutes, 16:39

Idaho Jr Steelheads - Hunter Lester (Slashing) 2 Minutes, 19:29

Period 2:

Idaho Jr Steelheads - Zach Walden (Roughing) 2 Minutes, 7:46

Missoula Maulers - Henrik Ekestahl (Holding) 2 Minutes, 16:41

Idaho Jr Steelheads - Dak Dice (Hooking) 2 Minutes, 19:26

Period 3:

Idaho Jr Steelheads - Jesper Jensen (Checking from Behind) 2 Minutes, 15:11

SHOTS ON GOAL:

Missoula Maulers - 15 total

Idaho Jr Steelheads - 37 total

POWER PLAYS:

Missoula Maulers - 0 for 7

Idaho Jr Steelheads - 1 for 5

GOALTENDERS:

#31 Cody Janzen for Missoula Maulers: 60 Minutes, 37 shots on goal 33 saves

#30 Danny Kowalski for Idaho Jr Steelheads: 60 Minutes, 15 shots on goal 13 saves