For the week of January 21 - 27, 2004

Suns overtake Mountaineers 8-5, 5-4

Moose arrive this weekend

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Sold-out crowds of about 750 hockey fans at McCall’s new Manchester Ice and Event Centre greeted the Sun Valley Suns and McCall Mountaineers for last weekend’s first-ever men’s senior hockey games there.

And the Suns and Mountaineers gave the fans a treat with two exciting and well-played hockey games. Sun Valley (5-1), scoring four third-period goals in each game, swept McCall’s former pros (0-2) by scores of 8-5 and 5-4.

Friday night the Suns broke open a back-and-forth 5-5 game with unanswered goals by John Stevens, Paul Baranzelli and Eric Demment to beat McCall 8-5 behind the 32 saves of fifth-year goalie Matt Gershater. Stevens and Baranzelli finished the night with two goals each.

Saturday’s game was just as tight and competitive. Suns coach Johnny Ellison said, "We won two games against a very tough team. But Saturday was a super game. And that McCall community was really behind its hockey team last weekend."

McCall led 3-1 after two periods, but rapid-fire goals by Luke Smith and Rohan Verplank tied it 3-3 early in the third period, then Chris King and Demment finished the scoring—Demment firing the game winner from the point on the Sun Valley power play.

Suns goalie Ryan Thomson made 24 saves.

The Suns forward line of King, Ryan Enrico and Baranzelli (a team-high 5 points) finished with 12 of 30 Suns points.

Next, the Suns host the Jackson Hole (Wyo.) Moose Friday and Saturday, Jan. 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. on Sun Valley ice. "Jackson Hole is our chief rival, and I think McCall will be right there soon," said Ellison about the Moose visit.

Jackson Hole (10-2) last split with the Denver Tailgators Jan. 9-10, winning the first game 13-3 then watching its nine-game winning streak come to an end 6-4 Saturday. The Moose hold a 15-8-1 advantage in the six-year series against the Suns, since 1997.

Check the Express Web site for updated Suns season statistics and last weekend’s hockey summary from McCall.

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Suns 8, Mountaineers 5
Friday

Sun Valley Suns 1 3 4 8
McCall Mountaineers 2 0 3 5

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FIRST PERIOD—(1) SV, John Stevens 2 (John Miller, Ivars Muzis), 5:26. (2) McCall, Rick Bourbonnais (John Howell, John Hill), 13:54. (3) McCall, Lee Svangstu (Rob Dumas, John Ursillo), 16:03.

SECOND PERIOD—(4) SV, Pat Finnegan 2 (Ryan Enrico, Rohan Verplank), 9:36. (5) SV, Paul Baranzelli 3 (unassisted), 10:50, power play goal. (6) SV, Enrico 5 (Baranzelli, Chris King), 15:48.

THIRD PERIOD—(7) McCall, Cal Ingraham (John Ursillo, Dumas), 1:16. (8) McCall, Cal Ingraham (Troy Edwards, Howell), 2:03. (9) SV, Muzis 1 (Enrico, Chris Benson), 6:52. (10) McCall, Svangstu (Cal Ingraham, John Ursillo), 8:41. (11) SV, Stevens 3 (Miller, Baranzelli), 13:01. (12) SV, Baranzelli 4 (King, Muzis), 18:44. (13) SV, Eric Demment 3 (unassisted), 19:10, empty net goal.

SHOTS ON GOAL—For McCall, 13-12-12 for 37; Sun Valley shots not available.

GOALIES— SV, Matt Gershater (32 saves, 2-0-0 season record); McCall, Mark Liebich.

NOTES—The Suns went with four two forward lines and three sets of defensemen. The lines were Vilnis Nikolaisons-Jamie Ellison-Luke Smith, a new trio of Chris King-Ryan Enrico-Paul Baranzelli, Chris Benson-John Stevens-John Miller, then wingers J.J. Hanley and Rohan Verplank jumped in as wingers on a fourth line with one of the three centers. Defensemen were Eric Demment-Chris Warrington, Pat Finnegan-Ivars Muzis, Josh Jacobson-Mike Selhay….Selhay cut his eye and went to the hospital. He didn’t play Saturday.

 

 

Suns 5, Mountaineers 4
Saturday

Sun Valley Suns 1 0 4 5
McCall Mountaineers 1 2 1 4

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FIRST PERIOD—(1) SV, John Stevens 4 (John Miller), 3:09. (2) McCall, Cal Ingraham (John Ursillo, Rick Bourbonnais), 18:47, power play goal.

SECOND PERIOD—(3) McCall, Dave Ingraham (John Hill, Bourbonnais), 1:56. (4) McCall, Scott Davis (Lee Svangstu, Cal Ingraham), 11:19.

THIRD PERIOD—(5) SV, Luke Smith 3 (Ivars Muzis), 6:17. (6) SV, Rohan Verplank 3 (unassisted), 7:14. (7) SV, Chris King 2 (Ryan Enrico), 11:24. (8) McCall, Cal Ingraham (John Ursillo), 11:33. (9) SV, Eric Demment 4 (Baranzelli, Smith), 16:16, power play and game-winning goal.

SHOTS ON GOAL—For Sun Valley, 12-10-11 for 33; for McCall 12-8-8 for 28.

GOALIES—SV, Ryan Thomson (24 saves, 3-1-0 season record); McCall, Mark Liebich (28 saves);

NOTES—For the weekend, McCall (18 penalty minutes) was 1-4 on the power play, while the Suns (18 penalty minutes) were 2-3…...Center Brian Watts made it up to McCall for the Saturday night game and centered the fourth line with J.J. Hanley and Rohan Verplank….The first line of Nikolaisons-Ellison-Smith was virtually skunked for the weekend, scoring 2 points only, but the new Enrico forward line earned 12 of the 30 Suns points. Weekend scoring leader was right wing Baranzelli with 2 goals and 3 assists for 5 points. Enrico added 4 points. For McCall, Cal Ingraham had 4 goals and 2 assists for 6 poiknts, and John Ursillo chipped in with 5 assists.

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2003-04 Sun Valley Suns
Season statistics

(5-1 overall: 3-1 home, 2-0 away)

as of January 21, 2004

 

PLAYER	GAMES	GOALS	AST.	PTS.	PMIN
Vilnis Nikolaisons	6	4	6	10	2.0
Ryan Enrico	6	5	4	9	2.0
Paul Baranzelli	6	4	5	9	8.0
Eric Demment	6	4	4	8	2.0
Jamie Ellison	6	2	5	7	10.0
Rohan Verplank	6	3	3	6	2.0
Chris King	6	2	4	6	0.0
John Miller	6	1	5	6	0.0
Pat Finnegan	6	2	3	5	0.0
John Stevens	6	4	0	4	4.0
Luke Smith	6	3	1	4	4.0
Chris Warrington	6	1	3	4	0.0
Ivars Muzis	4	1	3	4	0.0
Kris Webster	2	2	1	3	2.0
Frank Salvoni	4	1	1	2	2.0
Brian Watts	4	1	1	2	0.0
Chris Benson	4	0	1	1	0.0
Mike Selhay	3	0	1	1	9.0
Matt Gershater	2	0	1	1	2.0
Caleb Baukol	4	0	0	0	4.0
Ryan Thomson	4	0	0	0	0.0
J.J. Hanley	5	0	0	0	0.0
Josh Jacobson	3	0	0	0	14.0

 

GOALTENDER	GAMES	GOALS	W-L	AVG.
Ryan Thomson	4	19	3-1-0	4.75
Matt Gershater	2	7	2-0-0	3.50

 

Shots—Thomson 123, Gershater 48.
Saves—Thomson 103, Gershater 41.
Shootout saves—0.
Shootout goals allowed—0.
Shutouts—0.
Empty net goals—1.

 

SCORE BY  PERIODS	1ST	2ND	3RD	OT	TOT	AVE
Opposition	6	12	9	0	27	4.5
Sun Valley	11	10	19	0	40	6.7

 

 

 

INDIVIDUAL MARKS

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Two-goal games (5)—Luke Smith 1, Ryan Enrico 1, Vilnis Nikolaisons 1, Paul Baranzelli 1, John Stevens 1.

Hat tricks or more (0)—0.

Game-winning goals—Eric Demment 1.

Power play goals (4-14, 29%)—John Miller 1, Vilnis Nikolaisons 1, Paul Baranzelli 1, Eric Demment 1. Power play goals (opposition): 4-19, (21%).

Shorthanded goals (3)—Ryan Enrico 1, Chris Warrington 1, Eric Demment 1. Shorthanded goals (opposition): 0.

Season penalty minutes: SV 67, opponents 57.

 

 

 

GAME RESULTS

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Total record: 5-1
Record in 1-goal games: 2-0
Record in overtime: 0-0-0
Games scoring 9 or more goals: 1
Games scoring 7 or more goals: 3

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December 19 (H) Sun Valley 10, Portland Checks 2
December 20 (H) Sun Valley 5, Portland Checks 4
January 2 (H) Sun Valley 7, Boise Blades 4
January 3 (H) Boise Blades 8, Sun Valley 5
January 16 (A) Sun Valley 8, McCall Mountaineers 5
January 17 (A) Sun Valley 5, McCall Mountaineers 4

 

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