They distributed the scoring pretty evenly as the Sun Valley Suns senior men's ice hockey team ran its winning streak to three games last weekend with a 10-4 and 8-3 home sweep of the Bozeman (Mt.) Stingers.
Sun Valley (11-5) had eight different scorers led by two goals apiece from Jamie Ellison and Charles Friedman in Friday's 10-4 victory over the shorthanded Stingers. There were seven Suns scorers in Saturday's 8-3 win, Cody Proctor leading the way with two.
Boise-based defenseman Jeremy Mylymok spent the weekend in Sun Valley and led the Suns scoring with one goal and six assists for seven points. He has been unusually productive, 14 points in just six games.
First-year goaltender Colby Stoecklein earned the victories in both games as the Suns swept a two-game series for the third time this winter season.
Unfortunately, two of the Suns leaders suffered injuries that prematurely ended their seasons before Sun Valley entertains the Seattle (Wash.) Indians March 5-6 at 7 p.m.
Assistant captain and seventh-year goaltender Ryan Thomson suffered a high groin tear during Friday's warm-ups and played only sparingly. Captain Vilnis Nikolaisons left the ice with a concussion early in the third period Saturday.
The Wood River Baseball and Softball Association will benefit from proceeds from the Saturday night finale. Check today's Express Web site for a Suns-Stingers summary from Feb. 26-27 and team statistics.
Ivars Muzis benefit Sunday
Former Suns skater Steve McCoy is organizing a weekend benefit for 12th-year Sun Valley defenseman Ivars Muzis.
Ketchum's Whiskey Jacques will stage the benefit Sunday, March 7 from 6-9 p.m. Those who can't make it to Whiskeys Sunday may contribute to the Ivars Muzis Benefit Account at D.L. Evans bank branches. Any questions, email SunsHockey@gmail.com
Sunday's event includes a raffle with prizes from Grumpy's, Lefty's, Sturtevants, Whiskeys, Scott USA, The Cellar, Sushi on Second, Stoecklein Gallery, Sun Valley Company, Sun Valley Suns, The Casino and Wise Guy Pizza.
Muzis, 36, learned two weeks ago that a propane explosion destroyed the home of his parents near Riga, Latvia. His mother suffered critical burns, McCoy said. Muzis left Feb. 18 for Latvia and his return to Ketchum is unknown.
Yoga goes to school for Gund Cup
Yoga College of India won the 2010 Gund Cup Senior Hockey League tournament title Monday night with an easy 7-1 victory over SunValley.com at Sun Valley Skating Center.
The collegians (8-6) started quickly when Sean Buckley scored on Yoga's first shift, then they added three goals in the second period and three more in the third. SunValley.com finished up 5-8-1.
Besides Buckley, Yoga scorers were Noah Loyd 2 goals/0 assists, Blake Jenson 1/1, Brad Dredge 1/1, Peter Whitehead 1/2, Clint Lightner 1/0, Don Saver 0/1 and Taylor Rothgeb 0/1. Ryan Enrico scored for SV.com assisted by Shannon Flavin.
Morgan's Fine Finishes (8-6) won Monday's Gund Cup consolation final 3-2 over SV Auto Club/Grumpy's (6-7-1). Dale Johnson, Dave Hennessy and John McGuone scored for Morgan's. Cody Proctor had a pair of goals for Grumpy's.
Hockey Summary
SUNS 10, stingers 4
friday, FEBRUARY 26
Bozeman Stingers 0 0 4 4
Sun Valley Suns 2 3 5 10
FIRST PERIOD—(1) SV, Matt Ward 4 (Noah Loyd, Cooper Miller), 2:05. (2) SV, Kris Webster 1 (Jamie Ellison, Vilnis Nikolaisons), 13:43.
SECOND PERIOD—(3) SV. Nikolaisons 11 (unassisted), 1:27. (4) SV, Jeremy Mylymok 4 (John Stevens, Nikolaisons), 9:37. (5) SV, Charles Friedman 6 (Cody Proctor, Blake Jenson), 16:57.
THIRD PERIOD—(6) SV, Ellison 9 (Mylymok, Jon Duval), 1:29, power play goal. (7) Bozeman, Peter McLane (Kris Engberg), 2:16. (8) SV, Duval 8 (Ellison, Mylymok), 5:07. (9) Bozeman, Justin Cook (McLane, Eli Gillian), 5:39. (10) SV, Jenson 6 (Friedman), 7:59. (11) SV, Ellison 10 (Mylymok), 13:02. (12) Bozeman, Cook (Kevin Fillbach, Kyle Cayko), 14:36. (13) SV, Friedman 7 (Jenson), 15:16. (14) Bozeman, Cayko (Engberg), 16:38.
SHOTS ON GOAL—Bozeman 11-9-14 for 34; Sun Valley 7-14-12 for 33.
GOALIES—Bozeman, Josh Skinner (23 saves); Sun Valley, Colby Stoecklein (55 minutes, 31 shots, 27 saves, 2-0-0 record) and Ryan Thomson (5 minutes, 3 shots, 3 saves).
OFFICIALS—Eric Wingard and John Olson.
NOTES—Suns forward lines were Jon Duval-Jamie Ellison-Vilnis Nikolaisons, Ryan Enrico-Billy Tryder-Taylor Rothgeb, Cody Proctor-Charles Friedman-Blake Jenson, Noah Loyd-Matt Ward-Cooper Miller, with Blake King skating some shifts.....Seventh-year Suns #1 goalie Ryan Thomson suffered a high groin tear during warm-ups, so back-up Colby Stoecklein started the game and played about five minutes. Thomson tried to come back into the game and played the next five minutes of the first period but the injury was severe enough that he couldn't continue. Thomson will sit out the remainder of the season. He finished with an 8-4-0 record and 4.68 goals against, with 398 saves and one shutout. For his Suns career Thomson is 52-22-0 in 75 games....Going into their final weekend of the 2009-10 season the Suns are 566-224-29 in 820 games over 35 seasons......The Stingers split two games with the Jackson Hole Moose in December at Snow King Center in Wyoming, the Moose winning the Dec. 18 opener 5-4 and Bozeman prevailing in the Dec. 19 nightcap 5-3.
SUNS 8, stingers 3
SATURday, FEBRUARY 27
Bozeman Stingers 3 0 0 3
Sun Valley Suns 4 4 0 8
FIRST PERIOD—(1) SV, Jamie Ellison 11 (Jon Duval, Jeremy Mylymok), 0:41. (2) Bozeman, Peter McLane (Kris Engberg), 7:17. (3) SV, Cody Proctor 9 (Charles Friedman, Mylymok), 9:35. (4) Bozeman, McLane (Eli Gillian, Kyle Branstone), 9:51. (5) SV, Ryan Enrico 9 (John Miller), 15:17. (6) SV, Friedman 8 (Kris Webster, Blake Jenson), 15:35. (7) Bozeman, McLane (Gillian), 16:23, hat trick goal.
SECOND PERIOD—(8) SV, Proctor 10 (Matt Ward, Mylymok), 3:31. (9) SV, Miller 2 (Enrico, Zak Greenawalt), 13:19. (10) SV, Billy Tryder 6 (Enrico, Webster), 18:10. (11) SV, Duval 9 (Ellison, John Stevens), 19:55.
THIRD PERIOD—No scoring.
SHOTS ON GOAL—Bozeman 8-9-8 for 25; Sun Valley 18-14-18 for 50.
GOALIES—Bozeman, Josh Skinner (42 saves); Sun Valley, Colby Stoecklein (22 saves, 3-0-0 record).
OFFICIALS—John Olson and Eric Wingard.
NOTES—Bozeman's Peter McLane, who scored a hat trick in the first period, was a hockey star at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. He was the team's MVP, Outstanding Forward and Rookie of the Year over a career that ended with his graduation in 2004. He scored a team-high 35 goals in 2003 and 63 points in 2002.......Charles Friedman and Cody Proctor have stepped up their games this season. In four previous Suns campaigns, Friedman had a total 28 points. This season in 13 games he has 8 goals and 9 assists for 17 points. Proctor had just 14 points in two previous campaigns. This year in 16 games he has 10 goals and 13 assists for 23 points.....Filling in as Stinger players this weekend were local products Rune Haavik, Blake King, Bryan Winkler, Jeff Emerick and Sam Samudio. Bozeman goalie Josh Skinner played here for the Missoula Cutthroats two weekends ago......Suns forward lines were Jon Duval-Jamie Ellison-Vilnis Nikolaisons, Ryan Enrico-Billy Tryder-John Miller, Cody Proctor-Charles Friedman-Noah Loyd......Suns captain Vilnis Nikolaisons suffered a concussion on a hard hit along the boards 1:55 into the third period. He stayed down for three or four minutes while Dr. Frank Batcha checked him, then headed home before the game ended.....Tonight's game was a benefit for Sawtooth United F.C. and its youth soccer program.
2009-10 Sun Valley Suns
(11-5-0 overall: 11-5-0 home)
PLAYER GAMES GOALS AST. PTS. PMIN
Jamie Ellison 15 11 22 33 16.0
Vilnis Nikolaisons 14 11 18 29 4.0
Jon Duval 16 9 18 27 6.0
Cody Proctor 16 10 13 23 6.0
Blake Jenson 16 6 15 21 6.0
Charles Friedman 13 8 9 17 2.0
Ryan Enrico 11 9 7 16 8.0
Jeremy Mylymok 6 4 10 14 7.0
Billy Tryder 10 6 6 12 2.0
Eric Demment 8 5 6 11 18.0
John Stevens 10 4 5 9 0.0
Josh Jacobson 14 2 7 9 19.0
Jordan Pritchett 2 4 3 7 2.0
Matt Ward 11 4 2 6 4.0
Taylor Rothgeb 16 1 5 6 5.0
Trevor Thomas 10 1 4 5 10.0
Kris Webster 9 1 4 5 6.0
Ivars Muzis 11 2 2 4 10.0
John Miller 3 2 2 4 4.0
Ryan McDonald 2 1 3 4 0.0
Sinjin Thomas 5 2 1 3 2.0
Chris Warrington 4 2 1 3 0.0
Zak Greenawalt 13 1 1 2 8.0
Noah Loyd 12 0 2 2 9.0
Bryan Winkler 1 1 0 1 0.0
Bobby Sloper 5 1 0 1 0.0
Cooper Miller 11 0 1 1 2.0
Colby Stoecklein 3 0 1 1 0.0
Mat Gershater 1 0 1 1 0.0
Sam Samudio 1 0 1 1 0.0
Ryan Thomson 12 0 0 0 0.0
Blake King 1 0 0 0 7.0
Danny Ward 2 0 0 0 0.0
Tony Benson 1 0 0 0 0.0
Jimmy Johnson 1 0 0 0 0.0
Peter Stevenson 1 0 0 0 2.0
Caleb Baukol 1 0 0 0 2.0
GOALTENDER GAMES GOALS W-L AVG.
Ryan Thomson 12 55 8-4-0 4.68
Colby Stoecklein 3 9 3-0-0 3.09
Mat Gershater 1 8 0-1-0 8.00
Tony Benson 0.5 5 0-0-0 10.00
Shots—Thomson 454, Stoecklein 88, Gershater 44, Benson 23. Saves—Thomson 398, Stoecklein 76, Gershater 36, Benson 18. Shootout saves—Thomson 2. Shootout goals allowed—Thomson 1. Shutouts—Ryan Thomson 1. Empty net goals—0.
SCORE BY PERIODS 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOT
Opposition 31 25 20 2 78, 4.9
Sun Valley 31 40 36 1 108, 6.8
INDIVIDUAL MARKS
Two-goal games (15)—Jamie Ellison 3, Cody Proctor 3, Charles Friedman 2, Eric Demment 2, Vilnis Nikolaisons 1, Jon Duval 1, Jeremy Mylymok 1, Billy Tryder 1, Ryan Enrico 1.
Three-goal hat tricks (or more)—Vilnis Nikolaisons 1, Jordan Pritchett 1.
Game-winning goals (1)—Vilnis Nikolaisons 1.
Power play goals (11-32, 34%)—Vilnis Nikolaisons 2, Jamie Ellison 1, Jon Duval 1, Sinjin Thomas 1, Ryan Enrico 1, Billy Tryder 1, Jeremy Mylymok 1, Charles Friedman 1, Chris Warrington 1, Jordan Pritchett 1.
Power play goals (opposition): 10-48, (21%).
Suns shorthanded goals (2)—Vilnis Nikolaisons 2.
Shorthanded goals (opposition): 0.
Season penalty minutes: SV 169, opponents 153.
GAME RESULTS
Total record: 11-5-0
Record in 1-goal games: 1-2-0
Record in overtime: 1-2-0
Games scoring 9 or more goals: 3
Games scoring 7 or more goals: 9
December 11 (H) Park City Pioneers 8, Sun Valley 7 (OT)
December 12 (H) Sun Valley 8, Park City Pioneers 5
January 1 (H) McCall Mountaineers 7, Sun Valley 6 (OT shootout)
January 2 (H) Sun Valley 7, McCall Mountaineers 2
January 8 (H) Sun Valley 5, Cache Valley Trappers 0
January 9 (H) Sun Valley 4, Cache Valley Trappers 2
January 15 (H) Sun Valley 6, Vancouver Moto Ice 4
January 16 (H) Sun Valley 9, Vancouver Moto Ice 4
January 22 (H) Sun Valley 7, East Coast Gutter Snipes 6 (OT)
January 23 (H) East Coast Gutter Snipes 11, Sun Valley 6
February 12 (H) Sun Valley 8, Missoula Cutthroats 6
February 13 (H) Missoula Cutthroats 6, Sun Valley 4
February 19 (H) Utah Dawgs 8, Sun Valley 4
February 20 (H) Sun Valley 9, Utah Dawgs 2
February 26 (H) Sun Valley 10, Bozeman Stingers 4
February 27 (H) Sun Valley 8, Bozeman Stingers 3
