Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/straylightmedia/sportspagenl.ca/wp-content/themes/fox/inc/admin/import.php on line 394
GROWLERS EXTEND HOME WINNING STREAK TO 18 - The Sports Page
/

GROWLERS EXTEND HOME WINNING STREAK TO 18

5 mins read

NL GROWLERS PHOTO

S A T U R D A Y

The Newfoundland Growlers picked up their 18th straight win at Mile One Centre to tie the record for the longest winning streak on home ice in ECHL history Saturday night in a 6-1 beating over the Brampton Beast at Mile One Centre on St. John’s Maple Leafs night before a crowd of 4,149.
 
A scoreless opening period saw Parker Gahagen stand tall between the pipes as the Beast out shot the Growlers 11-5 in a penalty-filled frame.
 
Zach O’Brien opened the scoring 1:08 into the second period after taking a pass from Marcus Power and rifling it behind Alex Dubeau for his 14th of the season to give the Growlers a 1-0 lead, and Justin Brazeau needed only 1:13 later to finish off a beautiful play with Trey Bradley for a 2-0 game.
 
Daniel Leavens scored off the ensuing face off –however to cut the lead to one just 12 seconds later after his wrister went up and over Parker Gahagen for a 2-1 game.
 
The back-and-forth start to the second period continued when Trey Bradley banked a shot off a Beast defender and in the back of the net for his 12th of the season to restore the two-goal lead, but then the Growlers opened the floodgates. Riley Woods fired a wrister off the post and in two minutes later for a 4-1 game, and Marcus Power went top shelf only 1:03 after that for a 5-1 lead, ending Alex Dubeau’s night between the pipes as he was replaced by Andrew D’Agostini on the play.
 
Matt Bradley continued the second-period onslaught with 2:50 remaining beating D’Agostini five-hole to give the Growlers a 6-1 lead after 40 minutes of play.
 
Riley Woods looked to keep the offense rolling into the third period after driving hard to the net and banging a rebound home, but after review, it was deemed no goal in what was a scoreless but another very chippy final period, resulting in a 6-1 final score.

F R I D A Y

The Newfoundland Growlers extended their home winning streak to 17 games in a 5-0 shutout win  over the Brampton Beast Friday night at Mile One Centre before a crowd of 4,368.

That win has the Growlers tied for the second all-time longest home winning streak in league history.

 

The puck was barely dropped when Joseph Duszak cut across and fed Aaron Luchuk a pass which he made no mistake on, re-directing his 15th of the season behind Alex Dubeau just 19 seconds in for a 1-0 Growlers lead. Luchuk’s tally stood as the only offense in the opening frame, and both teams registered eight shots on goal.

 

Luchuk rifled home his second of the night at 8:16 of the second period after one-timing a Garrett Johnston feed top shelf on the power play for a 2-0 Growlers lead, and with 28.7 seconds to play Trey Bradley fired a shorthanded wrister past Dubeau for his 11th of the season to send the Growlers to the locker room up 3-0 after 40 minutes of play.

 

Aaron Luchuk re-directed a Joseph Duszak point shot to complete the hat trick against his former team at 4:38 of the third period to put the Growlers ahead 4-0 and to send Growlers Nation into a frenzy, and Brady Ferguson picked the top corner just under four minutes later for a 5-0 lead.

 

The Beast applied heavy pressure in the final minutes of the game while on a powerplay, but Parker Gahagen stood tall and turned aside all 33 shots he faced to preserve the shutout for a 5-0 victory.

 

Previous Story

GUSHUE OFF TO BRIER AGAIN

Next Story

TIE FOR WCSHL SCORING RACE

Latest from Blog