Maksymum and Stars Split Weekend

 

 

Maksymum (Rochester) Selects traveled over to the Cicero Twin Rinks this past weekend for a series with the Stars. This was the first meeting between the two teams this season.
Saturday’s game was a back and forth game with 3 lead changes as the Stars got on the board 55 seconds into the game on an Alex Brink goal. Maksymum tied the game 5 minutes later with a goal from Tyler Gmerek. The Stars took the lead midway in the period on Jeremy Marginsky's goal to take a 2-1 lead into the first intermission. The Selects then tied the game early into the 2nd period on a power play goal from Ashton Laird. The Stars then took the lead again midway in the period on a goal from Alex Tuch. Then with about 5 minutes remaining in the 2nd the Selects tied the game again at 3-3 on a goal from Mikel Williams. Maksymum's Chris Morgan's goal at 7:47 of the third period proved to be the game winner as the Selects edged the Syracuse Stars 4-3.

In Sunday’s game the Stars exploded with 4 goals in the third period, 3 of them in the last 6:39 to defeat the Maksymum Selects 7-3. Leading the offensive attack for the Stars were Alex Tuch and Jeremy Marginsky each with a pair of goals and single tallies by Trent Yule, Josh Sova, and Anthony Angello. Goaltender Tyler Kraft made 17 saves in picking up his 4th win on the season. With the victory the Stars split the weekend series against Maksymum and improve their record to 14-8-0 and remain in second place in the Western Conference; two points behind the Jersey Wildcats and New York Applecore.

The Stars will travel down the road to Rochester to the Sports Center at MCC this weekend for the “Battle of the Stars” as they play two games against the Buffalo Stars.