Ouch!
The Seattle Indians brought a strong hockey club of Canadians and two potent Colorado College alumni to Sun Valley Skating Center for last weekend's season finale of the Sun Valley Suns men's ice season.
And the results weren't pretty.
Seattle handed a wounded Sun Valley team 12-3 and 14-1 losses in a rout seldom seen on resort ice. The Indians amassed an unheard-of 63 points over two games and invoked the mercy rule of a running clock for much of Saturday's game.
Leading the way with 13 points apiece for Seattle were two native Canucks who started their collegiate careers at Colorado College in 1994 and continued playing minor league hockey for many years.
They were British Columbia's Stewart Bodtker, 33, a 6-0, 190-pound right-shooting center from Penicton who was a seventh-round entry draft selection of the Vancouver Canucks in 1995. He notched four goals and nine assists.
His running mate was 35-year-old Jason Gudmundson from Manitoba, a 5-9, 170-pound right wing who played a little for WCHL Tacoma Sabercats. He scored five goals and eight assists over the two games.
Sun Valley, playing without its starting goalie Ryan Thomson and captain Vilnis Nikolaisons, ended its 18-game season with an 11-7-0 record.
Leading scorer for the season was center Jamie Ellison with 11 goals and 22 assists for 33 points. It was Ellison's fifth Suns scoring title to go with wins from 2000-02 and 2007.
Check today's Express Web site for the game summary and Suns season statistics.
Hockey Summary
INDIANS 12, SUNS 3
fridaY, MARch 5
Seattle Indians 5 3 4 12
Sun Valley Suns 1 1 1 3
FIRST PERIOD—(1) Seattle, Stewart Bodtker (Jason Gudmundson), 1:20. (2) Seattle, Tim Marra (Bodtker), 1:35. (3) Seattle, Rob Maxwell (Bodtker, Tony Neville), 8:26. (4) Seattle, Gudmundson (Neville), 14:10. (5) Seattle, Gudmundson (Bodtker, Neville), 15:21. (6) SV, John Miller 3 (Billy Tryder), 19:55, power play goal.
SECOND PERIOD—(7) Seattle, Chris Garleau (Ryley McTaggert), 5:25. (8) SV, Tryder 7 (Miller, Blake King), 10:33. (9) Seattle, Jeremy Shanahan (Ben Steverson, Paul Sliwowicz), 15:31. (10) Seattle, McTaggert (Garleau), 16:29.
THIRD PERIOD—(11) SV, Blake Jenson 7 (Charles Friedman, King), 6:02. (12) Seattle, McTaggert (Antoine Dallain), 6:16. (13) Seattle, Sliwowicz (Steverson), 8:34, power play goal. (14) Seattle, Marra (Sliwowicz, Gudmundson), 11:12. (15) Seattle, Joe Manchevski (Bodtker), 14:35.
SHOTS ON GOAL—Seattle 16-13-15 for 44; Sun Valley 12-8-9 for 29.
GOALIES—Seattle, Darrin Campereau (26 saves); SV, Billy Cook (32 saves, 0-1-0 record).
INDIANS 14, SUNS 1
SATURdaY, MARch 6
Seattle Indians 5 6 3 14
Sun Valley Suns 0 0 1 1
FIRST PERIOD—(1) Seattle, Dan Rusler (Stewart Bodtker, Jason Gudmundson), 4:24. (2) Seattle, Chris Garleau (Bodtker, Dave Conyers), 6:33. (3) Seattle, Gudmundson (Rusler), 10:12. (4) Seattle, Bodtker (Gudmundson, John Bender), 10:30. (5) Seattle, Bodtker (Gudmundson), 18:09.
SECOND PERIOD—(6) Seattle, Garleau (Ryley McTaggert), 0:40. (7) Seattle, Gudmundson (Bodtker), 2:20. (8) Seattle, Garleau (Gudmundson, Bender), 6:53, hat trick goal. (9) Seattle, Garleau (Joe Manchevski), 8:51. (10) Seattle, Bodtker (Tony Neville, Gudmundson), 13:42, hat trick goal. (11) Seattle, Paul Sliwowicz (Jeremy Shanahan), 13:57.
THIRD PERIOD—(12) SV, Taylor Rothgeb 2 (Charles Friedman), 3:20. (13) Seattle, Antoine Dallain (Garleau, Tim Marra), 8:15. (14) Seattle, Gudmundson (Bodtker), 8:29, hat trick goal. (15) Seattle, Neville (Gudmundson, Bodtker), 13:02.
SHOTS ON GOAL—Seattle 14-11-15 for 40; Sun Valley 7-14-12 for 33.
GOALIES—Seattle, Darrin Campereau (17 saves); Sun Valley, Colby Stoecklein (26 saves, 3-1-0 record).
2009-10 Sun Valley Suns final statistics
(11-7-0 overall: 11-7-0 home)
PLAYER GAMES GOALS AST. PTS. PMIN
Jamie Ellison 17 11 22 33 18.0
Vilnis Nikolaisons 14 11 18 29 4.0
Jon Duval 18 9 18 27 8.0
Cody Proctor 18 10 13 23 8.0
Blake Jenson 18 7 15 22 6.0
Charles Friedman 15 8 11 19 4.0
Ryan Enrico 13 9 7 16 10.0
Billy Tryder 12 7 7 14 4.0
Jeremy Mylymok 6 4 10 14 7.0
Eric Demment 8 5 6 11 18.0
John Stevens 12 4 5 9 0.0
Josh Jacobson 15 2 7 9 19.0
Jordan Pritchett 2 4 3 7 2.0
Taylor Rothgeb 18 2 5 7 7.0
Matt Ward 13 4 2 6 4.0
John Miller 4 3 3 6 4.0
Trevor Thomas 10 1 4 5 10.0
Kris Webster 10 1 4 5 8.0
Ivars Muzis 11 2 2 4 10.0
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 15 1 1 2 10.0
Noah Loyd 14 0 2 2 9.0
Blake King 3 0 2 2 12.0
Bryan Winkler 1 1 0 1 0.0
Bobby Sloper 6 1 0 1 2.0
Cooper Miller 11 0 1 1 2.0
Colby Stoecklein 4 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
Danny Ward 2 0 0 0 0.0
Tony Benson 1 0 0 0 0.0
Billy Cook 1 0 0 0 0.0
Jimmy Johnson 1 0 0 0 0.0
John McGuone 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 4 23 3-1-0 5.87
Mat Gershater 1 8 0-1-0 8.00
Billy Cook 1 12 0-1-0 12.00
Tony Benson 0.5 5 0-0-0 10.00
Shots—Thomson 454, Stoecklein 128, Gershater 44, Cook 44, Benson 23. Saves—Thomson 398, Stoecklein 76, Gershater 36, Cook 32, 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 41 34 27 2 104, 5.8
Sun Valley 32 41 38 1 112, 6.2
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 (12-36, 33%)—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, John Miller 1, Jordan Pritchett 1.
Power play goals (opposition): 11-53, (21%).
Suns shorthanded goals (2)—Vilnis Nikolaisons 2.
Shorthanded goals (opposition): 0.
Season penalty minutes: SV 194, opponents 174.
GAME RESULTS
Total record: 11-7-0
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
March 5 (H) Seattle Indians 12, Sun Valley 3
March 6 (H) Seattle Indians 14, Sun Valley 1
Suns wing Blake Jenson skates the puck up the ice during last weekend’s season-ending ice hockey series with the visiting Seattle Indians at Sun Valley Skating Center.
