STARS (B) KEEP JR. JACKALS WINLESS
The Stars B team had five different players score to down the Elmira Jr. Jackals 5-1 in the first game of a two game series on Saturday afternoon. Dominick La France got the Stars on the board with his goal three minutes into the game. One minute later Zach White made it a 2-0 lead before Dan Edwards scored the lone Jr. Jackals goal as the first period ended with the Stars up 2-1. Luke Alletzhauser scored the only goal of the second period as the Stars increased their lead to 3-1 after two. Third period goals by Jim Angelicola and Doug Geertz closed out the scoring for the Stars victory. Jr. Jackal’s goaltender Ed Palmeri kept his team in the game making 60 saves.
In Sunday’s game Zach O'Mara and Andrew Kremer each scored a pair of goals which lead the Stars B team to a 6-1 win over the Elmira Jr. Jackals. Scoring the other goals for the Stars were Jim Angelicola and Valentin Milyukov. Also contributing to the win were Myles Gaines with three assists and Bill Kent and Dan DelZoppo who each picked up two assists. Stars Goaltender Kollyn Jones picked up his fourth win of the year making 17 saves. The Stars improved their record to 9-7-1 and will travel to Rochester on Wednesday for the beginning of an important week of the season. Wednesday's game against Maksymum will be a battle for fourth place as Maksymum is only one point ahead of the Stars. Following Wednesday's game the Stars return home to the Onondaga Nation Arena for a weekend series against the Buffalo Stars.
LOSS WEEKEND FOR STARS (A)
The Stars (A) team travelled to Haverhill, MA this past weekend for games against the host Valley Jr. Warriors, Capital District Selects and Applecore. In their first game on Friday night against the Warriors the Stars fell 2-1 in overtime. Scoring the lone goal for the Stars was Mike Zalewski.
The Stars were looking to get back on track on Saturday playing two games. Capital District was the first opponent of the day. The Selects seem to have the Stars number as they scored four unanswered goals in the first half to take a 4-0 lead into the intermission. The second half started like the first as Capital District built up a 5-0 lead. The Stars did stage a comeback midway in the half with goals from Josh Larose, Joe Wilson, Zack Marginsky and Ryan Farnan to make the score 5-4 with just :57 left. The Stars then pulled their goaltender to have the added attacker but that strategy failed as the Selects ended the scoring with an empty net goal with four seconds remaining to make the final 6-4. The Stars are thankful that this would be the final time this season that they have to face the Selects.
Capital District has a record of 4-14-1-1 for a total of 10 points with half of their wins and points (2-1-1) against the Stars.
In the final game of the weekend against Applecore the Stars jumped out to quick 2-0 lead on goals from Joe Wilson and Brendon Rothfuss. Applecore then scored four straight goals to take a commanding 4-2 lead. Wilson’s second goal of the game just before the first half ended made it a 4-3 game at the half in favor of Applecore. In the second half Applecore scored the first two goals to increase their lead to 6-3. Syracuse goals by Justin Bruckel and Ryan Farnan got them back to within a goal, 6-5, but a later Applecore goal finished the scoring and gave Applecore a 7-5 win.
Despite picking up just one point over the weekend the Stars still remain in second place just two points in front of Green Mountain. The Stars travel this weekend to Foxboro to take on the South Shore Kings for a two game series.
