Mustang White Skates to 4-4 Tie with MW Wildcats

After a very uninspired game against their schoolmates in the clash of the Millard North teams, the Mustangs came out on fire against the Wildcats from Millard West. It took a little wake up call again in the first 10 seconds of the game. Chris Brownell tried to make a clearing pass up the center of the rink and Mike Frankowski accepted the gift and skated in for a breakaway and beat Chris Orehek to make it 1-0. Captain Alex Forehead would tie the game on a nice feed from Mike Dotson. The first period ended in a 1-1 tie with the Mustangs outshooting the Wildcats 8-5. Kyle Conway would exact a little revenge as he scored an unassisted goal 12 seconds into the 2nd period. Millard West’s Jay “Dream” Weaver would knot the score up at 2-2 on a goal 2 minutes later. Matt Waldbaum would get the first of 2 goals from defensemen as he put the Mustangs up 3-2 at 9:42 of the second. The Wildcats put on a flurry in the final minutes of the 2nd period as Frankowski and Nick Hill put them up 4-3 to end the second. Only one goal was scored in the third period as both goalies stopped numerous shots at both ends of the rink. The second powerplay unit tied the game up as Adam Reese scored on a blast from the point on a feed from Matt Craig. Orehek stopped all 7 shots he faced to preserve the tie. Andrew Barsall was busy as he faced 11 Mustang shots in the 3rd. Justin McLeary faced 12 shots giving up 3 goals and Barsell faced 13 shots while giving up the 1 goal. Orehek faced 19 shots stopping all but 4. The Mustangs played a much more enthusiastic brand of hockey and outshot the Wildcats 25-19. Next up on the schedule are 2 games Halloween week with Elkhorn on the 29th and Lincoln North on the 31st, both games at Tranquility.