Vudoo Earn Fourth Win of Season

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The Vudoo were coming off a victory over the Archers, while the Sewer Rats were coming off a shootout loss to the Pterodactyls.

Opening the scoring for the Rink Rats was Evgeny Nikitin, who scored with 9:35 remaining in the first period. With 1:40 to go, Tom Godon was able to tie the score, and send it into the second at 1-1.

In the second, Eric Vogt, who leads the Rink Rats in points, was set up by Andrew Viox, second on the team in scoring, to give them a 2-1 lead. Vogt, Viox, and Nikitin are the top three scores for the Rink Rats, and their production has been vital to the team. The Vudoo were going to have to clamp down on these three if they were to come back. And they did, but also had their own big player step up, too.

James Woods-Corwin knew his team needed to gain some ground on the Sewer Rats, whom they trailed by 11 points. Woods-Corwin then went on to score four straight goals, starting with 5:52 remaining in the second period. Woods-Corwin scored from Ray Ziesse, then scored on the power play from Tom Godon less than a minute later, after Andy Szilvasi was called for tripping, to give the Vudoo a 3-2 lead.

The Sewer Rats, who lead Division IV in penalty minutes, once again found themselves shorthanded, when Chris Mazza was sent off for tripping. The Vudoo did not score here, but Woods-Corwin did score a few minutes after, again from Godon, with Kurt Seidel also contributing on this one. Woods-Corwin then finished off the scoring, from Corey Wendling, giving his team a 4-2 victory and earning Man of the Match honors.

But this game was not without fisticuffs, because both teams were involved in a fracas after the clock hit zero. For the Sewer Rats, Eric Vogt was called for fighting and hitting from behind. For the Vudoo, Dan Scerra was assessed five minutes for fighting, while Woods-Corwin was given a penalty for joining the brouhaha as the third man. All three will be suspended for their next game.

Player GP G A PTS PIM PPG SHG GWG GTG SOA SOG
Woods-Corwin, James
1
4
0
4
10
1
0
1
1
0
0
Godon, Tom
1
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Seidel, Kurt
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ziesse, Ray
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wendling, Corey
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Thrun, Tom
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Schwanda, Jim
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Scerra, Dan
1
0
0
0
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
Totals
1
5
5
10
25
1
0
1
1
0
0
Goaltender GP MIN GA AVG W L SOW SOL SO Saves %
Others
1
45
2
2.000
1
0
0
0
0
-
-
Totals
1
45
2
2.000
1
0
0
0
0
-
-

Click header to sort. Ledgend: GP: Games Played; G: Goals; A: Assists; PTS: Points; PIM: Penalties in Minutes; GWG: Game Winning Goals; GTG: Game Tying Goals; PPG: Power Play Goals; SHG: Short Handed Goals; SOA: Shoot Out Attempts; SOG: Shoot Out Goals; MIN: Minutes Played; GA: Goals Against; AVG: Goals Against Average; W: Wins; L: Losses; SOW: Shoot Out Wins; SOL: Shoot Out Losses; SO: Shut Outs; Saves: Saves; %: Save Percentage.