Watertown, NY – For the first time in the 22/23 season the Delaware Thunder traveled north to take on the Wolves in Watertown. This would be the fifth meeting between the two teams with Watertown holding a 3-1 lead in the season series.
The first twenty minutes of play turned out to be a goalie clinic as Delaware starter Spencer Kozlowski and Watertown’s Adam Wisco each were tested and both made some outstanding saves. Watertown’s Wisco also had to battle off two one-on one chances for the Thunder. The period would end in a scoreless tie with the Wolves outshooting the Thunder 18 to 12.
Period number two started off much the same as the first until the 4:28 mark when Austin Weber struck first for the Thunder, sending a shot from the deep right corner that caught Wisco’s leg and deflected into the goal to give Delaware a 1-0 lead.
At the 13:23 mark, Jakub Volf was able to slice home a shot assisted by Marquis Grant-Mentis and Houston Wilson extending the Thunder lead to 2-0.
Marquis Grant-Mentis who was a thorn in the side of the Wolves all night was able to grab a rebound off a Vito Carlo shot on the right side and slide it behind Wisco giving the Thunder a 3-0 lead, and continuing the second period scoring run.
The Thunder’s goal scoring rush would add a fourth goal, this time from Houston Wilson at the 17:09 mark, pushing the lead to 4-0. Marquis Grant-Mentis and Zach Arvidson got the helpers on the goal, sending the Thunder to the locker room with a four goal lead. Delaware outshot Watertown 19 to 15 in the period.
It wouldn’t take long into the third frame for the Thunder to strike again as at just 1:52 in, Grant-Mentis was able to lift one under the glove of Owen Liskiewicz who had come in in relief of Wisco. The goal made it 5 unanswered goals through period two and into three.
The Wolves finally got on the board when Kolton Maguire knocked a rebound off a Chris Corgan shot past Kozlowski breaking up his shutout bid. The goal came at the 16:08 mark, and gave the home team a little spark of life, but three minutes and 1 second later, Thomas Delaney would drive the nail in the coffin, on a beautiful crossing pass from Wilson, making the score 6-1.
That would be the final goal of the night sending the Wolves home on the short end, despite Watertown outshooting Delaware 18 to 10 in the final twenty minutes and 51 to 41 for the game.
The Wolves power play troubles continued as they went 0 for 6 with the extra man, meanwhile, the Thunder were 1 for 5 with the extra skater.
The two teams will meet again on Sunday evening with the start time set for 6:30
by Jeff Barrett
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