Privateers rally from four goal deficit

DANBURY, Conn – Over the last hours of the work-week the Danbury Whalers won one and lost.   The win was the recalculation of suspensions handed down by the FHL front offices resulting from the recent match with the Cape Cod Bluefins.   The loss was Friday nights’ overtime defeat at the hands of the Privateers.
 
It did not start off like a Whalers dominance though.   The Privateers came out hard in the first two minutes. It looked as though they were the faster and harder-hitting team, intent on pushing the Whalers around.   Danbury responded in kind with lots of hard, clean hits of their own and really knocked Thousand Islands off their game.
 
The Whalers racked up a 4-0 lead in the first fifteen minutes against starting Privateer goaltender Matt Anthony.   Mathew Kinsella took over at the 5:02 left in the opening frame and completely shut down the Whaler offense for the remainder of the game.  
 
Kinsella’s heroics permitted the Privateers to battle back for a 5-4 win in overtime.
 
Matt Moffat, Greg Holt and Todd Chinova all scored for Danbury in the first frame, Holt finding the back of the net twice.
 
Tyler Fernandez scored the first two for Thousand Islands in the second period to begin the comeback for the visitors.
 
Justin Levac tied the contest 6:40 into the third period.
 
Adam McAllister got the game-winner at 1:34 of 3-on-3 overtime.
 
Three fights (Clark v. James @ 6:08, Chinova v. Tippin @ 6:11*, and Guy v. James @16:42) seemed to add to Danbury’s momentum.  
 
But Danbury just seemed to run out of gas.  
 
By the end of the game, Thousand Islands was by far the faster and fitter of the two teams.
 
Contact Bill.Thebert@prohockeynews.com