RECAP : GROWLERS VERSUS ROYALS DEC 7

Reading Royals (9-7-2-4) at Newfoundland Growlers (16-7-1-0)

Friday, December 7, 2018 – Mile One Centre, St. John’s,NL

SCORING	1	2	3	T
Reading	2	3	2	7
Newfoundland	3	1	1	5

SHOTS	1	2	3	T
Reading	10	11	5	26
Newfoundland	10	11	10	31

	PP	PIM	PTS
Reading	1 / 3	4 min / 2 inf	7 G + 9 A = 16 Pts
Newfoundland	1 / 2	6 min / 3 inf	5 G + 8 A = 13 Pts

V-H	#	Per	Team	Time	Goals	Assists	Type	On Ice (+/-)
1 - 0	1	1st	REA	3:58	S. Dornbrock (1)	N. Luukko, A. Krushelnyski	PP	V	5 12 17 19 25	H	5 14 24
1 - 1	2	1st	NFL	9:12	R. Moore (7)	S. Pooley, R. Short		V	9 11 18 21 43	H	3 12 16 40 43
2 - 1	3	1st	REA	10:15	M. Huntebrinker (8)	J. MacDonald		V	3 4 17 43 86	H	7 8 14 16 43
2 - 2	4	1st	NFL	12:00	J. Piccinich (4)	S. Babintsev, M. Bradley	PP	V	5 17 18 25	H	5 7 14 27 40
2 - 3	5	1st	NFL	16:16	J. Piccinich (5)	H. Elynuik, A. Gudbranson		V	3 5 17 25 86	H	5 9 14 16 24
3 - 3	6	2nd	REA	3:44	A. Krushelnyski (6)	S. Swavely		V	5 12 14 19 25	H	7 8 14 16 43
4 - 3	7	2nd	REA	6:05	A. Schmidt (5)	A. Krushelnyski		V	4 12 14 19 25	H	8 9 14 16 43
4 - 4	8	2nd	NFL	11:44	S. Babintsev (8)	H. Elynuik, J. Piccinich		V	5 12 14 19 25	H	3 7 14 16 46
5 - 4	9	2nd	REA	17:20	M. Huntebrinker (9)	N. Luukko, C. McCarthy		V	3 11 17 25 86	H	5 24 26 27 29
6 - 4	10	3rd	REA	7:38	M. Huntebrinker (10)	J. MacDonald		V	3 4 17 43 86	H	8 12 29 40 43
6 - 5	11	3rd	NFL	8:11	J. Kestner (9)			V	4 9 18 29 43	H	5 9 24 26 27
7 - 5	12	3rd	REA	9:27	J. MacDonald (10)	M. Huntebrinker		V	3 4 17 43 86	H	5 12 24 29 40

READING GOALIES
No	Name	Min	SH	SVS	GA
1	C. Booth (W)	60:00	31	26	5

NEWFOUNDLAND GOALIES
No	Name	Min	SH	SVS	GA
34	M. Garteig (L)	57:11	26	19	7

Game Story

The Newfoundland Growlers saw their six-game home winning streak come to an end Friday night in a goal-filled evening, falling 7-5 to the Reading Royals.

Reading opened the scoring at 3:58 of the first period when Scott Dornbrock capitalized on a five-on-three powerplay firing it past Michael Garteig for an early 1-0 lead. Ryan Moore tied the game at one with 10:48 to play in the middle frame, capitalizing on a bouncing puck that Callum Booth couldn’t track.

Reading re-stored their lead just over a minute later when Michael Hunterbrinker made good on a one-timer for a 2-1 score. J.J. Piccinich replied with eight minutes left in the first period on the powerplay tying the game at two.

Piccinich added his second of the period with 3:44 to play in the first period putting the Growlers up by one after 20 minutes.

Alex Krushelnyski roofed a backhand past Garteig with just under four minutes expired in the second period tying the game at 3-3. Adam Schmidt followed that up by giving the Royals their second lead of the game at 6:05 of the second period making it 4-3.

Sam Babintsev annihilated Booth’s water bottle with 8:16 left in the second period tying the game at 4-4. Hunterbrinker continued the offensive outburst scoring his second of the evening and giving the Royals the lead once again with 2:40 to play in the second period for a 5-4 score.

Hunterbrinker completed the hat-trick at 7:38 of the third period after his shot took an unfortunate bounce off a Growler, making the score 6-4. The goal marked the first two-goal lead of the night.

Josh Kestner cut the lead in half just over 30 seconds later firing home his ninth of the season making it a 6-5 game, but Josh MacDonald restored the two-goal lead just a minute and a half later for a 7-5 game which would hold up as the final score.

Quick Hits

Rodi Short recorded his first career ECHL point with an assist on Ryan Moore’s goal
Scott Pooley extended his point streak to five games
The three stars were 3 – A. Krushelnyski (REA), 2 – J. Piccinich (NFL) and 1 – M. Hunterbrinker (REA).

What’s Next?

The Newfoundland Growlers continue their six-game homestand with a rematch tomorrow night against the Reading Royals. Puck drop is 7 p.m. Tickets are available at mileonecentre.com.