Announcement
Fremont, Ohio - The Ice Wolves took a 4-3 lead with 10:10 left in the second period, but could not hold the lead as the Rocky River Buccaneers skated off with an 8-4 victory at the Fremont Rec Center.
Jordan Lones got the Ice Wolves on the scoreboard just 3 minutes into the game with an unassisted goal. After Rocky River evened the score, Lones got his second of the game with an assist from Aaron Albright to give Fremont the 2-1 lead. The Buccaneers tied the game once again with their first of 4 power play goals. They took a 3-2 lead with just 1:16 left in the first period but freshman Logan Apling tied the score with just 5 ticks on the first period clock with the assist of Paul Wendt.
Zach Dawson got the first goal of the second period with Apling and Mark Konieczny assisting to give Fremont a 4-3 lead. The lead lasted until Rocky River got a short handed goal with 5:33 left in the second period. A power play goal with 2 minutes left in the second gave the Buccaneers a 5-4 lead heading into the final period.
The Ice Wolves took all four 3rd period penalties and Rocky River made them pay scoring 2 more power play goals to end the game. The final goal came with just 6 seconds left in the game.
Jeff Russell scored the first 5 goals for Rocky River while Matt Russell stopped 17 of 21 Ice Wolves shots on goal.
TJ Humbert got the start in goal for the Ice Wolves and stopped 30 of 38 shots. The Ice Wolves fall to 4-6 on the season and 0-1 in the North Coast High School Hockey League.
