Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Suns Hockey Summary


SUNS 8, SILVER KINGS 7

friday, MARCH 2

Sun Valley Suns 2 1 5 8

Park City Silver Kings 2 3 2 7

FIRST PERIOD—(1) Park City, Joe Gabbert (Aaron Dommer, Aaron Dufford), 5:28. (2) SV, Chris Warrington 4 (Vilnis Nikolaisons), 8:46. (3) Park City, Pete Mossberg (Matt Long), 12:43. (4) SV, Nikolaisons 10 (Ryan Enrico, Jamie Ellison), 15:14.

SECOND PERIOD—(5) Park City, Long (Mossberg), 10:57. (6) Park City, Dufford (Dommer, Rick Lessard), 11:55. (7) SV, Warrington 5 (Paul Cox), 15:57. (8) Park City, Long (John Grisevich, Mossberg), 18:49.

THIRD PERIOD—(9) SV, Ellison 16 (Warrington, Enrico), 2:29, power play goal. (10) SV, Enrico 20 (Ellison, Warrington), 4:24. (11) Park City, Dufford (Dommer), 6:39, shorthanded goal. (12) SV, Ellison 17 (Enrico, Jami James), 8:58, power play goal. (13) SV, Billy Tryder 3 (James), 11:35. (14) Park City, Nate Engebos (Dufford), 17:53. (15) SV, Enrico 21 (Warrington, Ellison), 19:40, power play and game-winning goal.

SHOTS ON GOAL—Sun Valley 13-13-17 for 43; Park City 10-17-21 for 48.

GOALIES—SV, Ryan Thomson (41 saves, 13-0-0 record); Park City, Brian Larson (35 saves).

NOTES—With his 3 goals this weekend, fourth-year wing Ryan Enrico from New England College improved his team-leading goal scoring total to 22 goals and thus became the first Suns skater to reach 20 goals since 2002, when Jamie Ellison (22), John Stevens (22) and Paul Baranzelli (20) each scored 20 during a 21—goal, 28-2 Suns winter campaign.....Jamie Ellison will be seeking his first Suns scoring title since he won three in a row from 2000-02 and scored 69 goals over those three seasons.....Suns forward lines at Park City were Ryan Enrico-Jamie Ellison-Vilnis Nikolaisons, Blake Jenson-Ryan McDonald-Jon Duval, John Stevens/Paul Cox-Billy Tryder-Charles Friedman. Rotating on defense were Chris Warrington, Paul Baranzelli, Jami James, Trevor Thomas and, making his first appearance of the season on defense, head coach Chris Benson.....Back-up goalie was Mat Gershater.....The Suns swept the four-game season series with Park City, having won 8-5 and 12-2 in Sun Valley Dec. 15-16.....Jon Duval had a chance to make a penalty shot but it didn't work out.

SUNS 8, SILVER KINGS 6

SATURday, MARCH 3

Sun Valley Suns 3 3 2 8

Park City Silver Kings 1 3 2 6

FIRST PERIOD—(1) SV, Ryan Enrico 22 (Jamie Ellison), 0:47. (2) Park City, Joe Gabbert (Aaron Dufford), 1:28. (3) SV, Ryan McDonald 13 (Blake Jenson), 2:20. (4) SV, Chris Warrington 6 (Jenson), 7:52, power play goal.

SECOND PERIOD—(5) SV, Jenson 9 (McDonald), 3:09. (6) SV, Warrington 7 (Enrico, Vilnis Nikolaisons), 4:02. (7) Park City, Dufford (Gabbert, Aaron Dommer), 4:40. (8) Park City, John Grisevich (Pete Mossberg), 6:15. (9) SV, Nikolaisons 11 (Ellison, Enrico), 12:52. (10) Park City, Dufford (Dommer, Gabbert), 18:18.

THIRD PERIOD—(11) SV, Jon Duval 8 (Warrington), 7:42, power play goal. (12) Park City, Dommer (Clark Hoyt), 8:49, shorthanded goal. (13) Park City, Gabbert (Rick Lessard), 12:02. (14) SV, Billy Tryder 4 (unassisted), 18:17.

SHOTS ON GOAL—Sun Valley 19-11-11 for 41; Park City 9-15-15 for 39.

GOALIES—SV, Ryan Thomson (33 saves, 14-0-0 record); Park City, Eric Moldenhauer (33 saves).

NOTES—The Suns were 5-for-13 on the power play for the weekend and Park City was 0-for-11. For the season the Suns are 54-for-147 (37%) on the power play compared to 24-for-168 (14%) for opponents.....Weekend penalty minutes were Sun Valley 67 and Park City 48...Sun Valley (16 goals, 22 assists) outpointed Park City 38-31 on the weekend scoresheet..... Leading the Suns weekend scoring parade with 8 points apiece were Chris Warrington (4 goals/4 assists) and left wing Ryan Enrico (3/5).... Ninth-year wing Nikolaisons (138-232 for 370 points) is in second place on the all-time Suns scoring list, having passed Glenn Hunter (362 points in 18 seasons). Right behind his good friend Villie is 11th-year center Ellison (137-232 for 369).....The eventual game-winning goal came on a slapshot by Chris Warrington that grazed into the net off the stick of Jon Duval early in the third period.




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