Guildford Flames scored twice in each period to record a 6-2 win over the Dundee Stars on Wednesday night.
“It was definitely a tight game,” began Flames forward Marcus Tesink. “We’ve played a few tight games recently and not won, so it was big for us to find a way to get this one. I think we found a way to continue playing our game after giving up goals. Having a full line-up was good – everyone was doing what needed to be done to get the win.”
Guildford opened the scoring at 5:49 when Ben Solder carried the puck into the zone before sliding it across to Jack Jacome, who fired home. The Flames doubled their lead on the power play at 9:13 after a hooking call against Jackson DeSouza, with Mathieu Gosselin driving towards goal and feeding Cole Ully to finish past an out-of-position netminder.
Dundee responded quickly as Spencer Naas produced excellent stick work before sliding the puck through Justin Fazio’s five-hole to get the Stars on the board.
Just 90 seconds into the second period, Jacome turned provider again, this time finding Tesink at the blue line and the forward rifled home to make it 3-1. Dundee again answered when Drydn Dow moved the puck across to Bradley Schoonbaert, who finished well to cut the deficit.
After a spell of end-to-end action, Josh Nixon restored Guildford’s two-goal advantage, collecting the puck, deking the goaltender and sliding it through Jarrett Fiske to make it 4-2 heading into the third.
“We had a bit of a long day, but I thought it was a hockey game for most of tonight,” said Stars forward Kameron Kielly. “At 4-2 that next goal was really important and we couldn’t get it. We needed the next one there.”
Travis Brown and Mathieu Gosselin both scored in the final period to secure a four-goal victory for the Flames.
Photo: John Uwins
