Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Suns Hockey Summary


MOUNTAINEERS 7, SUNS 6 (ot)

Friday, JANUARY 1

McCall Mountaineers 3 1 2 1 7
Sun Valley Suns 1 2 3 0 6

FIRST PERIOD—(1) McCall, Aaron Roberge (Josh Schamburg, Kevin Burns), 4:35. (2) McCall, Kyle St. Vincent (unassisted), 7:02. (3) SV, Ryan McDonald 1 (Vilnis Nikolaisons, Blake Jenson), 7:31. (4) McCall, T.J. Stanton (John Hill, John Howell), 18:51.

SECOND PERIOD—(5) SV, Nikolaisons 2 (Ryan Enrico, Chris Warrington), 5:57. (6) McCall, Roberge (Adam Labarbara, Burns), 16:34. (7) SV, Warrington 2 (Cody Proctor, John Miller), 17:02.

THIRD PERIOD—(8) SV, Jordan Pritchett 4 (unassisted), 8:36 (9) SV, Jon Duval 1 (Jenson, Pritchett), 13:18. (10) SV, Enrico 2 (Nikolaisons, McDonald), 15:18. (11) McCall, Labarbara (Schamburg), 17:38. (12) McCall, Howell (Roberge), 18:31.

SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME (5 minutes)—No scoring.

OVERTIME SHOOTOUT—(13) McCall, Troy Edwards, game-winning goal.

SHOTS ON GOAL—McCall, 10-13-15-3-3 for 44; Sun Valley 14-14-14-8-3 for 53.

GOALIES—McCall, Jared Seconu (47 saves); Sun Valley, Ryan Thomson (37 saves, 1-2-0 record).

OFFICIALS—Chris Benson and Bobby Noyes.

NOTES—Coach John Burke ran out several forward combinations in the 4-on-4 OT period—Jordan Pritchett skating with Vilnis Nikolaisons, Ryan McDonald lining up with Ryan Enrico, and Johnny Miller with Jon Duval. Nikolaisons had two outstanding chances on a Suns flurry with 1:20 left but McCall goalie Jared Seconu came up big.....The home team chooses which team shoots first in the shootout. The Suns went first with Nikolaisons, who shot wide. McCall's Aaron Roberge also shot wide. Ryan McDonald, the second shooter, elected to shoot high, and Seconu deflected it with his stick. For McCall, Kevin Burns shot wide, no good, on the short side. The third Suns shooter, Ryan Enrico, couldn't get a decent twist on his wrist shot, then Edwards stuck the winner past Suns goalie Ryan Thomson, low to Ryan's right. Since shootouts become sudden death after the third shooter, McCall took the victory and celebrated......Seventh-year goalie Ryan Thomson, (46-20-0, 9-8-0 OT) has played in goal in 17 of the last 19 Suns overtime games. The Suns are now 33-29-20 in 82 overtime games over 35 seasons, and Sun Valley is 7-11 in 18 shootouts since 1998.....Thomson has played in all three overtime games between McCall and Sun Valley in their 7-year, 32-game series—and all three have been 7-6 overtime shootout outcomes on Sun Valley ice. Thomson lost his first OT game 7-6 to McCall in March 2004 and then won seven straight OT contests. Thomson beat the Mountaineers 7-6 in an OT shootout last Jan. 2 on resort ice.....Scoring 2 goals for the Mountaineers tonight was Aaron Roberge, a 6-4, 220-pounder from Post Falls in northern Idaho. Roberge skated with the WHL Portland Winter Hawks from 2001-04 and spent two seasons with the Trail (B.C., Canada) Smoke Eaters from 2004-06, scoring 37 goals with 102 points in 92 games.....The two main Suns forward lines were Ryan Enrico-Ryan McDonald-Vilnis Nikolaisons, and Blake Jenson-Jon Duval-Jordan Pritchett, with a mix-and-match third line featuring Johnny Miller, Cody Proctor, Charles Friedman, Taylor Rothgeb and Cooper Miller. The defensemen were Ivars Muzis, Chris Warrington, John Stevens, Trevor Thomas, Josh Jacobson and Zak Greenawalt. For McCall, the forward lines were Kevin Burns-Aaron Roberge-Adam Labarbara, TJ Stanton-Bradley Staton-John Hill, Kyle St. Vincent-Steve Solecki-Mark Irvine. The defensemen were Scott Davis, former Suns skater John Howell, Mike Savoy, David Kavapil, Josh Schamburg and former Idaho Steelheads defenseman Troy Edwards. Saskatchewan native Edwards, who scored the game winner, was an All-American for Bemidji State University in 1996-97. He played there from 1993-97, logging 122 games and 217 penalty minutes, with stats of 12 goals and 69 assists for 81 points. Edwards signed with the Idaho Steelheads in 1999.


Suns 7, MOUNTAINEERS 2

Saturday, JANUARY 2

McCall Mountaineers 0 2 0 2
Sun Valley Suns 1 3 3 7

FIRST PERIOD—(1) SV, Eric Demment 3 (unassisted), 8:32.

SECOND PERIOD—(2) McCall, David Kavapil (Steve Solecki), 5:45. (3) SV, Charles Friedman 1 (Cody Proctor), 10:09. (4) SV, Proctor 3 (Friedman), 12:53. (5) SV, Ryan Enrico 3 (Blake Jenson, Ryan McDonald), 14:10. (6) McCall, Adam Labarbara (Aaron Roberge, Kevin Burns), 15:45.

THIRD PERIOD—(7) SV, Jenson 2 (McDonald), 0:19. (8) SV, Bryan Winkler 1 (Taylor Rothgeb), 2:06. (9) SV, Proctor 4 (Rothgeb), 7:22.

SHOTS ON GOAL—McCall 13-12-5 for 30; Sun Valley 13-11-15 for 39.

GOALIES—McCall, Jared Seconu (32 saves); Sun Valley, Ryan Thomson (28 saves, 2-2-0 record).

OFFICIALS—Chris Benson and Eric Wingard.

NOTES—Chris Warrington's new job in client service for the Global Forest Partners private equity firm in West Lebanon, N.H. came together rather quickly over the last month, he said. It's a long-term move, though, since his new location in Hanover, N.H. will put him closer to his family in Rhode Island, and also to the family of his fiance Emilia Peraza. Warrington said Peraza went to Dartmouth and has been living in Ketchum, playing hockey for the Sun Valley Sunsets. They've been dating for nearly three years and plan to get married Aug. 14 in Hanover. Warrington said he is leaving Ketchum on Saturday, Jan. 9 and will travel first to Australia for his new job. "I'll be in Australia in seven days, " he said Tuesday morning. "It's real exciting for me, a great opportunity. But it's also really tough to leave here, a bittersweet feeling because I've had a great time over the last six to seven years.".......Eleven different Suns scored goals this weekend topped by Cody Proctor and Ryan Enrico, with 2 goals apiece.....Seventh-year Suns defenseman Chris Warrington wrapped up his Suns career with 2 goals and 1 assist in 4 games this season, and 39 goals (8th all-time for Suns defensemen) and 93 assists (7th) for 132 points, in 34th place on the all-time Suns scoring list......Seventh-year wing Ryan Enrico's goal tonight lifted him to 185 points in his career, tied for 20th on the all-time list.....Ryan McDonald (42 goals, 61 assists for 103 points) went over the 100-point Suns career mark this weekend.....Suns leading scorer through 4 games is Blake Jenson (2 goals, 7 assists)......Former Suns forward Scott Winkler was in the holiday crowd tonight watching his brother Bryan scored his first goal of the season. Scott is living in working in Miami, but has been asked by Bobby Farrelly to play for the East Coast Gutter Snipes when they challenge the Suns Jan. 22-23.....Suns forward lines were Ryan Enrico-Ryan McDonald-Blake Jenson, Jon Duval-Jamie Ellison-Vilnis Nikolaisons, and a third line with Bryan Winkler-Cody Proctor-Taylor Rothgeb plus Charles Friedman and Cooper Miller. Eric Demment gave the defense a lift, along with the first goal of the evening......After squandering a 2-goal lead Friday night, the Suns needed to secure a 3-goal cushion in the third period tonight. They got it when McDonald roared down the ice and fired a puck off the boards in back of the Mountaineers net. He chased it down and one-timed a pretty backhand pass to the perfect spot in front of the net. Blake Jenson had an open net and made the most of it for a 5-2 lead. The third line then provided insurance with the final two goals.....McCall now leads the 7-season series 18-13-1 and is 10-8 on Sun Valley ice. The teams aren't scheduled to play in McCall this winter. Tonight's Suns victory snapped a four-game losing streak to the Mountaineers over two seasons.




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