Friday Recap
Aberdeen, SD (aberdeenwings.com) – The Aberdeen Wings are hosting the Bismarck Bobcats in the Odde Ice Center. And after a week of focusing on momentum, positive mindsets, and finding the back of the net, the Wings were able to prove that they could beat defenders and make good passing plays on Friday night to come out to a 5-3 win over the Central Division best Bismarck Bobcats.
The Wings would start the period with good speed and push. Both teams would seem to go back and forth, and the Wings would even have to go on the Penalty Kill within the first four minutes of the game. The Wings would be able to be strong defensively, and the Bobcats would not be able to score during their first Power Play. In return, the Wings would then go on the Power Play, and right at the 9:00 mark, Gavin Reed would score, getting assists from Leonid Bulgakov and Sebastian Lillsund. There would be a couple more penalties for both teams, but they would both be killed off and the score would be 1-0 in favor of the Wings heading into the second period of the night.
There would be a little less penalty action to be seen in the second period, but there would be more scoring to be seen. It would be Aberdeen’s Cooper Anderson to get the scoring started. Assists for this goal would come from Jack McDonough and Charlie Burchfield. The Wings would go on the Penalty Kill shortly after, but the Bobcats would not find any success off of their Power Play. After a few minutes of back-and-forth play, Bismarck’s Louie Kamienski would score at the 15:05 mark, leaving the score 2-1 still in favor of the Wings heading into the final period of the night.
To start the third, the Wings would start off on the Kill, but this time the Bobcats would be able to find the back of the net. This time, the goal scorer would be Tommy Cronin. In response, Cade Moxham would score just 20 seconds later. This goal would be assisted by Jibber Kuhl and Nick Comfort. Shortly after, Leonid Bulgakov would respond again for the Wings, getting a nice pass from Gustas Zemaitis. With time winding down on the clock, the Bobcats would pull their goaltender in an attempt to send the game to overtime. With their extra attacker on, they would be able to score, this goal coming from Alexandr Kim. In response, the Wings were able to steal the puck back and take it down the ice. Cade Moxham would get his second goal of the night off of a great passing play from Ryder Many Grey Horses and Jibber Kuhl.
Damon Cunningham was in net for the Wings, stopping 19 of 22 shots sent his way.
Three stars of the night were Gavin Reed (1 goal), Leonid Bulgakov (1 goal, 1 assist), and Cade Moxham (2 goals).
Saturday Recap
Aberdeen, SD (aberdeenwings.com) – The Wings hosted the Bismarck Bobcats in the Odde Ice Center over the weekend, and after the win on Friday, ended up falling on Saturday to a 4-1 loss.
The scoring would start at the 5:17 mark in the first period when Wyatt Sypniewski would score for the Bobcats. The Wings would try to hold a tough match against the Bobcats throughout the rest of the first period, but late in the period, the Wings would draw a penalty, and Evan Hunter would score on the Power Play for the Bobcats leaving the score 2-0 with Bismarck ahead heading into the second period.
The second period would again be filled with scoring chances for both teams, but the Bobcats would be the only team who would be the only team that would be successful. At the 1:48 mark of the second, Keanu Krenn for the Bobcats would score, extending their lead. The Wings would get a few Power Play chances, but they would unfortunately come up empty-handed. Just as the period would end, Louie Kamienski would score with just under four seconds left in the period, leaving the score 4-0 for the Bobcats to head into the third.
The third period would look to get chippy as both teams would look to get frustrated with each other. The Bobcats would want to keep extending their score, but would not be able to, and the Wings would not want to get shutout. Both teams would take penalties, but it would be the Bobcats who would take more within the period. At the 3:12 mark, the Wings would finally get on the board when Nikolai Tishkevich would get on the board, getting his sixth goal of the season since his return as an Aberdeen Wing. This goal would be assisted by Grant Winkler and Bryce Johnson. The Wings would put up a great fight in order to decrease the Bismarck lead, but time would run out, and Bismarck would take the Saturday win with a score of 4-1.
Damon Cunningham was in net for the Aberdeen Wings, stopping 17 of 21 shots sent his way.
Three stars of the night were Luke Backel, Grant Winkler (1 assist), and Nikolai Tishkevich (1 goal).
Next weekend, the Wings look ahead to a home-and-home series VS the Watertown Shamrocks. The Wings will be in Watertown on Friday, February 14th, then in the Odde in Aberdeen on Saturday, February 15th. More information on that game to come.
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