Hockey: Back-to-back wins for Glacier Nationals
The Daily Inter Lake | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 12 years AGO
CODY, Wyo. — The Glacier Nationals swept a two-game series with the Yellowstone Quake over the weekend, winning 4-2 on Friday and 4-3 on Saturday at Victor J. Riley Arena.
John Tesarek tied Saturday’s game at 3-3 with 32 seconds remaining in the second period, then netted the game-winner at 9:32 in the third with assists from Jacob Hayes and Chris Cutshall.
Hayes and Tanner Dodd also scored for Glacier (12-13) which remains in fourth place in the American West Hockey League with 24 points.
Goaltender Pierre Gustafsson stopped 28 shots to earn the win.
The Nationals host the Great Falls Americans at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday at the Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish.
Saturday
Glacier 1 2 1 — 4
Yellowstone 2 1 0 — 3
First period
Yel - Tommy Toohey, power play (Jimmy Tich, Josh Neumann), 6:13
Gla - Jacob Hayes (Tyler Latimer), 16:55
Yel - Jaden Sveinson (Trent Carter, Neumann), 19:20
Second period
Gla - Tanner Dodd, power play (Jonas Svehn), 2:36
Yel - Sveinson (Carter), 14:40
Gla - John Tesarek (Brett Fernandez), 19:28
Third period
Gla - Tesarek (Hayes, Chris Cutshall), 9:32
Shots on goal - Glacier 49, Yellowstone 31; Saves - Glacier 28 (Pierre Gustafsson), Yellowstone 45 (Rocco Yapello); Power plays - Glacier 1-13, Yellowstone 1-2; Penalty minutes - Glacier 14, Yellowstone 57; Attendance - 285.
Friday
Glacier 1 1 2 — 4
Yellowstone 2 0 0 — 2
First Period
Yel - Sawyer Scanlan (Cosimo Yapello), 13:33
Yel - Mitchell Fehd (Jimmy Tich, Josh Neumann), 14:17
Second Period
Gla - John Tesarek (Tanner Dodd), 18:08
Gla - Jackson Schroeder (Padraic Ripple, Dodd), 14:13
Third Period
Gla - Chris Cutshall (Tyler Latimer), 12:50
Gla - Cutshall (Latimer, Tesarek), 19:13
Shots on goal - Glacier 48, Yellowstone 46; Power plays - Glacier 0-9, Yellowstone 0-3; Penalties in Minutes - Glacier 8, Yellowstone 20; Goalie saves - Glacier 44 (Ethan Wiese), Yellowstone 44 (S. Leahy); Attendance - 505.
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