Watertown, NY – The seventh meeting between these two teams on Friday night in Watertown, with each team winning three of the previous matchups.
It would take until the 16.27 mark of the first before the first goal was scored when Lucas DeBenedet would strike first for the Hat Tricks, assisted by John MacDonald and Kyle Gonzalez making the score 1-0. Just a minute and 23 seconds later the Hat Tricks added a power play goal to extend the lead to 2-1.Michael Marcheson would be credited with the goal assisted by John MacDonald and Kyle Gonzalez.
Watertown got one back at 18:40 when Kolt Maguire lifted one over Brian Wilson’s stick to cut the lead in half. Elijah Wilson and Trevor Lord were credited with assists on the play. The first ended 2-1 with the Hat Tricks in front. Danbury outshot Watertown 16-15 in the frame.
The intensity that started to pick up late in period number one carried over to period number two with a vengeance. The speed of the game seemed to pick up with both teams getting some quality shots, but the Hat Tricks Brian Wilson and Watertown’s Owen Liskiewicz denied every chance either team had until the 13:53 mark when Xavier Abdella knocked home a loose puck on a scrum right in the front of the Watertown goal. Watertown outshot Danbury 13 to 7 in the frame, but the period ended with Danbury up 3-1.
It only took 18 seconds into the third for Watertown to tighten the score when Brendan Hussey took the opening faceoff down the left side and sent a wrist shot to the top right corner making the score 3-2, but Johnny Ruiz didn’t let Watertown stay close for long as, at the 1:41 mark he took a centering pass from Tobias Odjick and dragged the puck from right to left and lifted a backhand past Liskiewicz to extend the lead to 4-2. Also getting an assist was Daniel McKitrick.
At the 6:18 mark, Sam Hrabcak was once again able to get the Wolves within a goal , on a pass from Fabian Lehner and Chris Corgan, but that’s as close as the Wolves could get, despite several good scoring opportunities in the late going, including a 6 on 4 power play for the final 1:40 of the game.
Danbury outshoot Watertown 11 to 8 in the third and 44 to 40 for the game. Watertown went 0 for 5 on power plays for the night, while the Hat Tricks were 1 for 5.
The two teams will square off again on Saturday evening at 7:30
by Jeff Barrett
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