The MN White Mustangs jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first period and didn’t let up as they skated past Papillion 6-3 tonight at Tranquility IcePlex. Alex Forehead got things started again for Millard North as he scored 1:19 into the game as he worked hard around the net and ended up smacking home his own rebound to make it 1-0. About 5 minutes later he found the twine again as Mike Dotson made a real nice pass that Forehead slid into the net to make it 2-0. The ever improving powerplay got a lot of practice tonight as the Monarchs were called for 8 different penalties in the game to the Mustangs one. Adam Reese got his name on the scoresheet again with a hard wrist shot from the point, with 2:12 left in the opening frame. Mike Dotson also added his name to the play with a nice pass out of the corner to the open Reese at the point. The Monarchs leading scorer Kevin Boyer got the first of his 2 goals as he finished off a nice 2 on 1 with Adam Vinter sliding a nice pass across the goalmouth to the wide open Boyer with :30 left in the first period. The shots were even at 9-9 as Chris Orehek stopped all but one and Travis Tlustos gathered in 6 of the 9 shots.
The score would stay 3-1 until 4:50 was left in the second period when Mike Dotson hammered home his first goal and 3rd point of the evening with an assist to Cody Kummer to make it 4-1 Mustangs. Papio didn’t give up and Boyer notched his 2nd goal of the game 1:30 later as he scored with an assist to Matt Molinelli, 4-2 Mustangs. Just as the Monarchs were about to kill off another penalty in the second period Alex Forehead finished off a GREAT play as he snuck a puck by Tlustos with assists to Kyle Conway and Mike Dotson less than 10 seconds after the penalty had expired.
In the 3rd period, the Monarchs mounted a bit of a challenge as they fired 14 shots at Mustang goalie Chris Orehek and were only able to sneak the one powerplay goal by him at the 3:29 mark of the third period to make the score 5-3. Then in probably the wackiest play of the night. The Mustangs scored just before the buzzerat the end of the game like team USA in the ‘80 Olympic’s. What made the play even stranger was who the given credit for the goal. Cody Kummer will tell you (with a huge smirk on his face!) that he was the one who wrapped the puck into the net as the clock expired. However, most of us in attendance know he was at the point and might not have even touched the puck, but in the record books he received credit for the goal. More than likely, the goal should have been given to Billy Koons who is going to see Monarch goalie Tlustos in his nightmares after the game. On no less than 3 separate ocassions he robbed Koons on great scoring opportunities. Mustang goalie Orehek had to come up with 13 saves in the 3rd period to preserve the win again for the Mustangs. MN finishes the regular season with 2 more games next weekend as they prepare for the end of the season tournament.
