S A T U R D A Y
Down 2-nothing at one point, the Newfoundland Growlers rebounded for their first win of the season 3-2 in overtime over the Reading Royals
Mac Hollwell scored in the overtime session at 2:51 of the overtime session to give the Growlers now a 1-1 record on the young season.
Aaron Luchuk and Matt Bradley had to goals for the Growlers in regulation time.
The big story for the Growlers was the play goaltender Patrick Munson who made 39 saves many of them at close range to keep the Growlers in this game.
3594 fans took in the game Saturday night at Mile One.
PERIOD SCORES |
1 |
2 |
3 |
OT |
FINAL |
Royals |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Growlers |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
SHOTS ON GOAL |
1 |
2 |
3 |
OT |
TOTAL |
Royals |
17 |
14 |
10 |
0 |
41 |
Growlers |
8 |
13 |
9 |
5 |
35 |
F R I D A Y
The Kelly Cup Banner is now in the rafters at Mile One. And on a night of celebration, the Growlers however, fell 6-5 to Reading Royals. The Growlers did grab a quick 3-nothing lead but at times played back on their heels and let the 3-zip lead disappear.
Matt Bradley kept the arena buzzing as he re-directed an Aaron Luchuk shot past Felix Sandstrom just 4:56 into the game to give the Growlers an early 1-0 lead, and to mark the first goal of the 2019-2020 ECHL season.
Zach O’Brien doubled the lead to 2-0 firing a powerplay blast up and over Sandstrom’s blocker at 8:02 of the first period, and Riley Woods fired home his first pro goal at 12:39 bringing the lead to 3-0.
Garret Cockerill stopped the bleeding with 4:26 to play in the first period after his point blast went off the crossbar and past Maksim Zhukov for a 3-1 game, and Ralph Cuddemi added another just 1:21 later cutting the Growlers lead to 3-2. Frank DiChiara added a power play goal with 45 seconds left in the period, as the Royals scored three unanswered goals in under four minutes, for a 3-3 tie after the opening 20 minutes of play.
Reading took their first lead of the game 3:10 into the first period as Ralph Cuddemi scored his second of the night after capitalizing on a 2-on-1 for a 4-3 score. The lead didn’t last long however, as 1:18 later Giorgio Estephan fired a bullet from the slot to tie the game at 4-4.
Brady Ferguson restored the Growlers lead at 6:10 of the middle frame, continuing the back-and-forth start to the second period, and pulling the home team ahead 5-4, which held as the score after 40 minutes of play.
The Growlers came out of the gate with good pressure in the third period, but the Royals didn’t back down as Brayden Low and Pascal Laberge scored 10 seconds apart near the mid-way mark of the third period to take a 6-5 lead.
Head Coach John Snowden pulled Maksim Zhukov with 1:45 remaining in the game for an extra attacker, and called a timeout to rally his troops with 40 seconds left, but couldn’t capitalize on the heavy pressure to fall 6-5.
5790 fans took in the season opener at Mile One..
Same teams go back into action Saturday.
Period Scores |
1 |
2 |
3 |
FINAL |
READING |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
GROWLERS |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
Shots on goal |
1 |
2 |
3 |
TOTAL |
READING |
8 |
5 |
11 |
24 |
GROWLERS |
10 |
10 |
11 |
31 |
