Wednesday — March 17, 2004

Moose maintain mastery, 10-5 and 8-5

Suns' season down to four games

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Sun Valley took only 15 players and neither of its two starting goalies to Jackson Hole last weekend.

So it was no real surprise that the Jackson Hole Moose continued their recent mastery of the Sun Valley Suns with 10-5 and 8-5 ice hockey triumphs Friday and Saturday at Snow King Center in Wyoming.

The Moose built an early 7-1 lead Friday and coasted to the 10-5 victory behind three-goal hat tricks from Minnesota wing Gregg Gripentrog (a weekend-high 10 points) and Justin Martin. Chris King tallied two goals for the Suns in the setback.

It was much closer Saturday, Sun Valley grabbing the early 2-0 lead on goals by Vilnis Nikolaisons and King. Defenseman Josh Jacobson scored his first Suns goal and Ryan Enrico added his second power play goal of the weekend making it 4-4 after two.

But the Moose (19-5) ripped off four unanswered goals in the third period to prevail 8-5. It was Jackson Hole’s seventh win in eight games against the Suns (10-10) this season.

"Everybody played hard. We just ran out of gas," said Suns player/coach Chris Benson.

 

No games this weekend

On Monday, the New England Wings pulled out of their scheduled two-game series March 26-27 in Sun Valley, but coach Benson said the Connecticut Camels are still due to close out the Suns home season April 2-3 on Sun Valley ice.

Newly added to the Suns schedule is a season-ending two-game set against the McCall Mountaineers Friday and Saturday, April 9-10 at Manchester Ice Centre in McCall.

A special promotion called the Hockey Fun Package has been offered by Super 8 Motel in McCall (208-634-4637). It includes two room nights at the Super 8 Motel, two lift tickets at Brundage Mountain and four ice rink tickets. Cost is $200. Reserve through April 4 by calling the motel.

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

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Moose 10, Suns 5
Friday

Sun Valley Suns 1 2 2 5
Jackson Moose 3 4 3 10

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FIRST PERIOD—(1) Moose, Gregg Gripentrog (unassisted), 1:39. (2) Moose, Justin Martin (Gripentrog, Aaron Ackley), 4:51. (3) SV, Chris King 6 (Caleb Baukol, Rohan Verplank), 8:15. (4) Moose, Gripentrog (Ackley, Nate Miller), 8:42.

SECOND PERIOD—(5) Moose, Joe Casey (Bryan Hannafin, Jon Curry), 0:46. (6) Moose, Gripentrog (Ken Allger), 5:00, hat trick goal. (7) Moose, Miller (Adam Patterson, Gripentrog), 8:33. (8) Moose, Curry (Hannafin, Josh Theken), 10:44. (9) SV, Vilnis Nikolaisons 12 (unassisted), 13:11. (10) SV, Ryan Enrico 10 (Luke Smith, Nikolaisons), 18:14, power play goal.

THIRD PERIOD—(11) Moose, Martin (Gripentrog), 0:48, shorthanded goal. (12) SV, John Stevens 7 (unassisted), 1:42, power play goal. (13) Moose, Theken (Hannafin, Casey), 10:12, power play goal. (14) SV, King 7 (Stevens), 14:37. (15) Moose, Martin (Gripentrog, Miller), 17:58, hat trick goal.

SHOTS ON GOAL—For Sun Valley 18-14-9 for 41; for Jackson Hole Moose 15-16-14 for 45.

GOALIES—SV, Bobby Farrelly (35 saves, 0-1-0 season record); Jackson Hole Moose, Ryan Fredericks (36 saves).

 

 

Moose 8, Suns 5
Saturday

Sun Valley Suns 2 2 1 5
Jackson Moose 2 2 4 8

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FIRST PERIOD—(1) SV,.Vilnis Nikolaisons 13 (Ryan Enrico), 6:10. (2) SV, Chris King 8 (John Stevens, Rohan Verplank), 10:57. (3) Moose, T.J. Thomas (Dustin Stolp), 11:13. (4) Moose, Jon Curry (unassisted), 14:55.

SECOND PERIOD—(5) Moose, Nate Miller (Ken Allger), 8:13, power play goal. (6) SV, Josh Jacobson 1 (unassisted), 12:42. (7) Moose, Miller (Gregg Gripentrog, Justin Martin), 13:24. (8) SV, Enrico 11 (Luke Smith, Nikolaisons), 17:44, power play goal.

THIRD PERIOD—(9) Moose, Miller (Gripentrog, Adam Patterson), 3:03, hat trick goal. (10) Moose, Stolp (Allger, Lee Cooper), 5:51. (11) Moose, Gripentrog (Jon Bradford), 13:14. (12) Moose, Martin (Miller), 18:30. (13) SV, Luke Smith 14 (Caleb Baukol, Eric Demment), 19:49.

SHOTS ON GOAL—For Sun Valley 14-17-12 for 43; for Jackson Hole Moose 10-11-19 for 40.

GOALIES—SV, James Moskos (32 saves, 0-2-0 season record); Jackson Hole Moose, Marc Morningstar (38 saves).

 

 

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2003-04 Sun Valley Suns
Season statistics

(10-10 overall: 8-6 home, 2-4 away)

as of March 24, 2004

 

PLAYER	GAMES	GOALS	AST.	PTS.	PMIN
Vilnis Nikolaisons	20	13	18	31	4.0
Ryan Enrico	20	11	17	28	16.0
Luke Smith	20	14	11	25	11.0
Paul Baranzelli	17	9	10	19	25.0
Jamie Ellison	14	7	12	19	24.0
Ivars Muzis	18	5	12	17	4.0
Chris King	18	8	8	16	2.0
John Stevens	19	7	8	15	19.0
Eric Demment	13	6	6	12	12.0
Pat Finnegan	17	5	6	11	9.0
Chris Warrington	19	1	8	9	4.0
Rohan Verplank	14	3	6	9	6.0
John Miller	10	1	5	6	2.0
Brian Watts	9	3	1	4	4.0
Caleb Baukol	18	1	3	4	8.0
Kris Webster	2	2	1	3	2.0
Frank Salvoni	9	1	2	3	4.0
Mike Selhay	9	0	3	3	15.0
Josh Jacobson	17	1	1	2	31.0
J.J. Hanley	13	1	1	2	0.0
Chris Benson	15	1	1	2	9.0
Tom Forti	2	1	0	1	2.0
Matt Gershater	8	0	1	1	9.0
Kit Hughes	1	0	1	1	0.0
Ryan Thomson	10	0	0	0	0.0
Peter Miner	3	0	0	0	0.0
Paul Miner	3	0	0	0	0.0
Kevin Bullock	2	0	0	0	2.0
Billy Tryder	1	0	0	0	0.0
James Moskos	2	0	0	0	0.0
Bobby Farrelly	2	0	0	0	0.0

 

GOALTENDER	GAMES	GOALS	W-L	AVG.
Ryan Thomson	8.6	35	5-3-0	4.07
Matt Gershater	8	40	5-4-0	5.00
James Moskos	2	15	0-2-0	7.50
Bobby Farrelly	1.5	12	0-1-0	8.00

 

Shots—Thomson 290, Gershater 262, Moskos 81, Farrelly 59. Saves—Thomson 255, Gershater 222, Moskos 66, Farrelly 47. Shootout saves—0.
Shootout goals allowed—0.
Shutouts—0.
Empty net goals—4.

 

SCORE BY  PERIODS	1ST	2ND	3RD	OT	TOT	AVE
Opposition	29	38	38	1	106	5.3
Sun Valley	29	30	42	0	101	5.1

 

INDIVIDUAL MARKS

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Two-goal games (14)—Luke Smith 3, Jamie Ellison 2, Vilnis Nikolaisons 2, Paul Baranzelli 2, Ryan Enrico 2, Chris King 1, Pat Finnegan 1, John Stevens 1.

Hat tricks or more (1)—Luke Smith 1 (4 goals).

Game-winning goals—Eric Demment 1.

Power play goals (17-61, 28%)—Vilnis Nikolaisons 3, Ryan Enrico 3, Eric Demment 2, Luke Smith 2, Ivars Muzis 2, Paul Baranzelli 2, John Stevens 1, John Miller 1, Brian Watts 1. Power play goals (opposition): 14-58, (24%).

Shorthanded goals (4)—Vilnis Nikolaisons 1, Ryan Enrico 1, Chris Warrington 1, Eric Demment 1. Shorthanded goals (opposition): 7.

Season penalty minutes: SV 224, opponents 251

 

GAME RESULTS

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Total record: 10-10
Record in 1-goal games: 3-1
Record in overtime: 0-1-0
Games scoring 9 or more goals: 2
Games scoring 7 or more goals: 5

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
January 23 (H) Jackson Hole Moose 10, Sun Valley 2
January 24 (H) Jackson Hole Moose 6, Sun Valley 2
January 30 (A) Jackson Hole Moose 7, Sun Valley 2
January 31 (A) Jackson Hole Moose 4, Sun Valley 1
February 6 (H) Sun Valley 12, Bucks Furniture 8
February 7 (H) Sun Valley 5, Bucks Furniture 2
February 13 (H) Sun Valley 4, Midwest All-Stars 3
February 14 (H) Sun Valley 6, Midwest All-Stars 0
March 5 (H) McCall Mountaineers 7, SV 6 (OT)
March 6 (H) McCall Mountaineers 5, Sun Valley 2
March 12 (H) Sun Valley 7, Jackson Hole Moose 4
March 13 (H) Jackson Hole Moose 5, Sun Valley 2
March 19 (A) Jackson Hole Moose 10, Sun Valley 5
March 20 (A) Jackson Hole Moose 8, Sun Valley 5

 

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