Tim Alexander Memorial Tournament: Rocky River Outskates Avon Lake 6-2

ROCKY RIVER –  Game two of day two of the Tim Alexander Memorial Tournament consisted of the Rocky River Pirates handling the Avon Lake Shoremen, and skating to a 6-2 victory on both teams home ice.  The Pirates staved off a late Shoremen rally to hang on for the win.

Luke Witzigeruter had the big night for the Pirates, with a hat trick.  He paced himself well, scoring a goal in each period.

River came out guns a blazing in the first period, firing 18 shots on goal.  Avon Lake goal tender Dillion Aslaksen turned back 15 of them in a supreme effort.  Both teams also had a power play but could not cash in.

River did strike early and often however, scoring a little over 4 minutes into the contest.  The opening goal came off the stick of Logan Fortune from a beautifully timed pass from Luke Witzigeruter.  A minute later, it was Fortune doing the feeding on a Luke Mallet goal.  Luke would then get one of his own later in the period off of a pass from Danny Asmar as River held a 3-0 lead after one period.

The second period was more of the same as River extended the lead at the 4:09 mark with another goal from Witzigeruter, set up again from Asmar.  The Shoremen would get on the board later in the period on a power play goal from Murphy Mohar.  He took a vicious shot during the play however and had to be helped off the ice.

The Shoremen mounted a small rally in the third, scoring at the 10- minute mark on a power play goal from Jacob Schaltenbrand.  The mighty 10^th grader used his small size to slip in perfectly and poke the puck past River goaltender Ethan Mylett to cut the deficit to 4-2.

Dilliona Aslaksen had a great game, with over 40 total saves, and kept it a lot closer then it could have been.  The Shoremen battled hard, but in the end, River was just too much, hanging on for the 6-2 victory.  Their last goals coming in the final seconds as Witzigeruter earned his hat trick.  Then for good measure James Byall finished off the scoring.

*** A full photo gallery can be found on page two***

Goal Summary

First Period – RR Logan Fortune from Luke Witzigeruter @ 10:21

First Period – RR Luke Mallett from Logan Fortune @9:17

First Period – RR Luke Witzigeruter from Danny Asmar @8:22

Second Period – RR Luke Witzigeruter from Danny Asmar @ 4:09

Second Period – Murphy Mohar.  Power Play Goal @1:01

Third Period – Jacob Schaltenbrand.  Power Play goal at 5:51

Third Period – Luke Witzigeruter from Ethan Routenberg @ 1:01

Third Period – James Byall from Ethan Routenberg @ 0:14

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