BERLIN, NH – The Berlin Riverdrivers made it 5 in a row with a victory on Feb. 13 over the Dayton Demolition. Berlin jumped out to a four goal lead and was able to shut down a comeback from the Demolition.
The Riverdrivers left off where they finished the night before, scoring 3 times in the first period. At 6:01 of the first it was Brantley Sherwood who gave the Riverdrivers the early 1-0 lead with assists going to Pavel Kubena and Matias Simontival. After a few mintues of back and forth hockey, Berlin extended their lead to 3-0 with two goals coming a mere 24 seconds apart. Berlin’s second goal coming at 10:09 of the first as Stephen Gallo ringing it of the post coming from Sherwood and Jiri Pestuka. Then at 10:33 Berlin’s Tyler Prendergast found the back of the net with assists going to Tom Tracy and Andre Niec. Berlin would head to the locker room after one period with a 3-0 lead.
The second period was quiet with each team getting one goal. At 7:26 of the second Riverdrivers’ Tracy went bar down short side over the shoulder of Dayton net minder Jo St. Pierre with Gallo and Prendergast getting credit for assists on the play. From there on out the Demolition tried to mount a comeback but came up short. Dayton’s first goal came at 12:46 on the powerplay by Brian Marks, assisted by Martin Uhnak and Shea Carey.
The third period was a battle as Dayton was able to cut the Berlin lead to one. At 8:23 of the third Dayton made it 4-2 when Carey found the back of the net on the pass from Uhnak. Then at 13:40 into the third Jacques Lamoureux made it 4-3 as he stuffed home the rebound with Mike Henderson and Michael Dolman getting assists. That would pretty much do it for the rest of regulation as the Riverdrivers were able to shut down the comeback and skate off the ice with the win.
Text and photo courtesy of official FHL press release
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