Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Suns Hockey Summary


SUNS 12, MOOSE 9

friday, FEB. 9

Jackson Hole Moose 2 3 4 9

Sun Valley Suns 4 4 4 12

FIRST PERIOD—(1) SV, Blake Jenson 5 (Ryan McDonald, Chris Warrington), 0:23. (2) SV, Eric Demment 6 (Jamie Ellison), 3:50. (3) Jackson Hole, Lee Cooper (Spencer Morgan, Josh Theken), 5:17. (4) SV, Jon Duval 5 (Josh Jacobson, Scott Winkler), 7:30. (5) Jackson Hole, Chris DeMarco (Aaron Ackley, Theken), 9:48, power play goal. (6) SV, Jeremy Schreiber 2 (Demment, Vilnis Nikolaisons), 14:20, power play goal.

SECOND PERIOD—(7) Jackson Hole, Sean Hannafin (Cooper, Brian Hannafin), 2:41. (8) SV, Ryan Enrico 12 (Ellison, Demment), 4:21, power play goal. (9) SV, Jami James 3 (Adam Swain, Jenson), 5:54. (10) Jackson Hole, Ackley (Gregg Gripentrog), 8:57, shorthanded goal. (11) SV, Demment 7 (goalie Ryan Thomson), 10:45, shorthanded goal. (12) SV, Ellison 12 (Enrico, Nikolaisons), 19:17, power play goal. (13) Jackson Hole, Gripentrog (Sean Hannafin, Brian Hannafin), 19:59.

THIRD PERIOD—(14) Jackson Hole, Brian Hannafin (DeMarco), 3:58, power play goal. (15) SV, Nikolaisons 7 (Ellison, Paul Baranzelli), 5:50. (16) SV, Charles Friedman 2 (Warrington), 8:33. (17) SV, James 4 (John Miller), 11:14. (18) Jackson Hole, Brian Hannafin (Sean Hannafin, Gripentrog), 12:32, power play goal. (19) Jackson Hole, Theken (Tyler Woodisse), 15:30. (20) Jackson Hole, Woodisse (unassisted), 17:03. (21) SV, Ellison 13 (Warrington), 19:50, empty net goal.

SHOTS ON GOAL—Jackson Hole 11-16-12 for 39; Sun Valley 21-13-14 for 48.

GOALIES—Jackson Hole, Rick Nichol (36 saves; SV, Ryan Thomson (30 saves, 9-0-0 record);

OFFICIALS—Referee, Geoff Sneed; linesmen, Curt Martin and Eric Wingard.

NOTES—This was a record-setting game in the 10-year Suns-Moose series. In the first place, Sun Valley reached single-game double digits for the first time in the 44-game series. The 12 goals was a single-game record, breaking the previous record of 11 goals. The Moose have scored in double digits five times—10, 10, 11, 10 and 10 goals. The combined 21 goals was also a series record, by 2 goals.....Suns fan Greg Merchep, commenting on his perception of the difference between Suns fans and Moose fans, said, "We don't waste our beer." He referred to the tendency of Moose fans at Snow King Center to frequently douse beer from their Beer Garden overhang onto Suns players going into the visitor locker room there.....Trevor Thomas earned the unanimous decision from the rowdy Sun Valley floor-level Beer Garden duckheads and the stick-pounding Suns bench for his crowd-pleasing second-period fight with Nick Dolentz of the Moose. Wonder of wonders, the fisticuffs happened right in front of the Beer Garden. Thomas got Dolentz's jersey over his head and threw some effective punches, then skated immediately and triumphantly off the ice to the Suns locker room, his job done and night/weekend all over......Suns forward lines were Blake Jenson-Ryan McDonald-Adam Swain, Ryan Enrico-Jamie Ellison-Vilnis Nikolaisons, John Stevens-Jon Duval-Scott Winkler, Trevor Thomas-Charles Friedman-John Miller. The six defensemen were Chris Warrington-Paul Baranzelli, Jami James-Josh Jacobson, Eric Demment-Jeremy Schreiber ..... Jami James' slapshot in the third period was the 11th Suns goal of the game and 100th goal of the 2006-07 season......Moose goalie Rick Nichol saw a lot of rubber tonight and had a tough time, allowing 12 goals. He doesn't ordinarily play for the Moose, who flew him in from Canada for the Sun Valley series. Nichol, 30, has plenty of experience in the net. Hailing from Alberta, Nichol played for Northern Alberta Institute and then began a tour of the American minor leagues including a stop for the CHL Oklahoma City team in 1996-97 where he played in front of minor league record crowds of 10,000 or more during the season. His other CHL stops included the Macon Whoopee and Memphis. His Western Professional Hockey League stops were Phoenix, Waco, Tupelo and Lake Charles. And Nichol tended the cage for Dayton and Tallahassee in the ECHL.....Tonight's 12-goal outburst was the most by the Suns since a 12-4 and 12-1 road sweep over the Tahoe Freeze Jan. 21-22, 2005. The combined 21 goals surpassed the 20 goals scored in the 12-8 Suns home win over Bucks Furniture Feb. 6, 2004, trailing only the 22 combined goals scored in Sun Valley's 16-6 home victory (8 goals 2nd period) over the Portland Czechs Dec. 28, 2002. The single-game goal scoring record for the Suns is 17.....

SUNS 6, MOOSE 3

SATURday, FEB. 10

Jackson Hole Moose 2 0 1 3

Sun Valley Suns 2 1 3 6

FIRST PERIOD—(1) SV, Ryan Enrico 13 (Jeremy Schreiber, Vilnis Nikolaisons), 7:35, power play goal. (2) Jackson Hole, Brian Hannafin (Sean Hannafin, Gregg Gripentrog), 9:56. (3) Jackson Hole, Chris DeMarco (Dustin Stolp, Spencer Morgan), 14:45. (4) SV, Chris Warrington 3 (Ryan McDonald, Adam Swain), 19:01, power play goal.

SECOND PERIOD—(5) SV, Nikolaisons 8 (Eric Demment, Jamie Ellison), 0:09.

THIRD PERIOD—(6) SV, John Stevens 3 (Nikolaisons, Schreiber), 5:18, power play goal. (7) SV, Billy Tryder 1 (Paul Baranzelli), 6:18, power play goal. (8) Jackson Hole, Brian Hannafin (Sean Hannafin), 12:00. (9) SV, Blake Jenson 6 (Swain), 12:18.

SHOTS ON GOAL—Jackson Hole 12-16-14 for 42; Sun Valley 19-12-16 for 47.

GOALIES— Jackson Hole, Rick Nichol (41 saves); SV, Colin Zulianello (39 saves, 6-0-0 record.

OFFICIALS—Referee, Geoff Sneed; linesmen, John Heinrich and John Olson.

NOTES—The Suns are off to the best start in team history. The 1988-89 Suns edition (outscoring foes 174-67) went unbeaten at 23-0-1, all games at home. But the Suns had a tie in there. They started off 13-0 and tied Bucks Furniture 3-3, before winning their final 10 games......"George Jacket" winner was defenseman Jami James, who scored 2 goals Friday and also got the gate late in tonight's game for a third-man-in penalty during a dust-up between Adam Swain of the Suns and Lee Cooper of the Moose.....There was a 60-degree difference in temperature tonight (about 33 degrees Fahrenheit at the start of the game) compared to the Suns' 5-4 win in Jackson Hole Jan. 13, when temperatures dipped to a frosty --28 degrees.....Tonight's victory meant that the Suns swept the season series from the Moose for the first time, after 10 seasons of rivalry. In the first year of the series, 1997-98, the Suns went 3-0-1 but tied 4-4 at Jackson Hole.....This was the 758th game in Suns history and the team (527-202-29 all-time) has won 70% of its games.....The new, complete-with-couch "Owner's Box" at the far end of the rink was full this weekend with people like John and Janine Burke, Steve McCoy, Brian Watts and Terry Heneghan.....The Suns were 7-for-16 on the power play for the weekend and Jackson Hole was 3-for-19. For the season the Suns are 41-for-107 (38%) on the power play compared to 18-for-126 (14%) for opponents. In comparison, the Suns power play in 24 games last season was 25-for-86. Last year's team scored 119 goals in 24 games, and this year's squad has already scored 107 goals in 16 games.....Weekend penalty minutes were Sun Valley 73 and Jackson Hole 71...Sun Valley (18 goals, 28 assists) outpointed the Moose 47-30 on the weekend scoresheet. The Suns had 12 different goal scorers and 19 players recorded points..... Tonight's Suns lines were Blake Jenson-Ryan McDonald-Adam Swain, Ryan Enrico-Jamie Ellison-Vilnis Nikolaisons, John Stevens-Jon Duval-Scott Winkler, Charles Friedman-Billy Tryder-John Miller. The six defensemen were Chris Warrington-Paul Baranzelli, Jami James-Josh Jacobson, Eric Demment-Jeremy Schreiber....... Moose forward lines were Sean Hannafin-Brian Hannafin-Gregg Gripentrog, John Frechette-Sean Murray-Tom Katis, Dustin Stolp-Josh Theken-Spencer Morgan. Defensemen were Chris DeMarco-captain Aaron Ackley, Canadian Tyler Woodisse-Jon Bradford, Aaron Hamby-Lee Cooper......Leading the Suns weekend scoring parade with 6 points apiece were assistant captain/right wing Vilnis Nikolaisons (2 goals/4 assists) and center Jamie Ellison (2/4). Ellison's forward line with Nikolaisons and left wing Ryan Enrico accounted for 14 of the 46 Suns weekend points. The Suns also got a high total of 17 points out of their six blueliners.......Ninth-year wing Nikolaisons (135-224 for 359 points) and 11th-year center Ellison (133-223 for 356 points) will soon overtake Glenn Hunter (362 points in 18 seasons) for second place on the all-time Suns scoring list.....Remarkably, and speaking to the success and strength of the Suns program, of the top 21 career scorers in Suns history, 13 were in the rink this weekend......Tenth-year center Billy Tryder scored his first goal of the season tonight and his 98th as a Suns skater....Blake Jenson scored the first goal of the weekend and also the last of the 30 goals put in the net by the two ski resort rivals.




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