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 Jack Redwood scored his 11th goal of the season at UAH. |
Feb. 16, 2003
Huntsville, Ala. - The Wayne State University men's hockey team lost for the second consecutive night at first place Alabama-Huntsville. In Sunday's contest, UAH jumped out to a 4-0 lead before the Warriors tallied the next two goals. The host Chargers scored four times in the third period for the 8-2 win.
UAH scored first when Jared Ross scored with 1:48 remaining in the first period for his 11th of the season. Joel Bresciani and Bruce Mulherin netted short-handed goals 58 seconds apart early in the second period to give the hosts a 3-0 lead. Bresciani added a power-play goal at the 6:52 mark for a 4-0 Charger lead.
The Warriors rallied as Jack Redwood (Trenton, Mich./Compuware Ambassadors) scored his 11th of the year at the 10:55 mark off an assist from Maxim Starchenko (Kharkov, Ukraine/Powell River Kings).
Freshman Derek MacKay (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont./Soo Thunderbirds) recorded his eighth of the year at the 12:03 mark from senior Jason Durbin (Trenton, Mich./Danville Wings).
Ross scored a power-play goal at 3:52 of the third period, while Tyler Butler (9:44) and Todd Bentley (10:31) scored five-on-five goals 47 seconds apart. Ryan Brown completed the scoring with his second of the year with 2:47 left in the game.
WSU senior goalie David Guerrera (St. Leonard, Que./Estevan Bruins) allowed four goals on 16 shots, while Matt Kelly (Hingham, Mass./Topeka Scarecrows) also allowed four goals on 16 shots.
UAH netminder Mark Byrne made 38 saves on 40 shots including 21 stops in the third period.
The Wayne State power play went zero-for-11 in the game and allowed two short-handed goals. The WSU penalty killing units allowed three goals in Huntsville's five man-advantage opportunities.
Wayne State is now 14-14-2 overall and 7-5-2 in College Hockey America, good for third place with 16 points. Alabama-Huntsville improves to 16-9-3 overall and 11-1-2 in the league and in first place with 24 points.
The Warriors travel to Niagara for two key league games next Friday and Saturday. Niagara sits two points ahead of Wayne State (18-16).
