Butler Toronadoes

This Game Summary is courtesy of Meadville Hockey ERIE - Meadville outshot the Ramblers 50-20 and give credit where credit is due,the Prep goaltender kept the game from being 10-1. Prep came out with the oddest of stragegies, a 1-2-2 trap but every time they had control of the puck the would dump it in without forechecking and simply set up to defend. It looked more like a controlled scrimmage than a real hockey game. Nonetheless the Bulldogs Mike Noonan took a nice feed from a hard working Morgan Nickerson and pooped in the Dogs 1st goal at the 9:52 mark. Chris Learn started the play out of the Dogs end and was credited with an assist. Prep returned the favor on a fluke goal that 2 Meadville players tipped...the Dogs earned the assist and the 2nd assist on the lone Prep tally. Erie dumped and trapped and the game was about as exciting as watching paint dry. The Dogs were loose though and took advantage of the prep strategy by blistering 31 shots on net in the second period alone. Luke Killmeyer got the game winner on the power play when he jammed home a rebound in close. Mike Noonan and Chris Learn had a whack at it and assisted on the play. Not to be outdone, Tyler Learn won his own face off beat his man to the puck behind the net and made a perfect centering pass to Nickerson for his 39th on the year...3-1 Meadville. The team played conservatively in the third and ended up outshooting Prep 50-20 in the contest. The Dogs showed great discipline refusing to get involved in the "extracirricular" and Prep found themselves shorhanded a couple of times as a result. The good news: 2 more points and another win...off to Delmont Friday for the Norwin matchup.