The Bears quickly showed the Mustangs that they were a different team since their last encounter, scoring on the first shift of the game. Vlad Rubes completed the beautiful tic-tac toe passing play to put the Bears in front 1-0 only 46 seconds into the game.
New arrival Tony Demelinne showed off some of his amazing puck handling by carrier the puck wide and threading the needle to Schlamp on the doorstep for the empty net goal.
Demelinne go in on the action again by setting up Esposito on a 2-0 rush for the Bears 3rd goal of the period.
The Mustangs replaced goalie Fraser Carlson with backup Mike James after Carlson gave up 3 goals on only 5 shots. The change in goaltenders seemed to spark the Mustangs who scored 3 unanswered in a span of 4 minutes to level the score at 3 all before the end of the first period.
The second period saw the ejection of import Kurtis Dulle from the game after referee Daryl Hamilton took charge of the game, whilst handing out 3 minor penalties in a row to the Bears.
The win now propels the Bears in front of the Knights for 7th spot on the AIHL ladder. The Bears next game is in Canberra this Saturday night. Expect the Bears to be looking for revenge after the Knights won their last encounter despite the Bears outshooting them by 20 shots.
The Habitiat Furniture 3 Stars of the Game were:
- Tony Demelinne
- Adrian Espostio
- Michael Schlamp
Photo credit: Kona Howlett
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 9 |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 3 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 19 | 3 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
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| SKATERS | GP | G | A | PTs | PIM |
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| Vlad Rubes | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Tomas Landa | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Michael Schlamp | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Gallo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jaroslave Spurny | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 41 |
| Brady Johnston | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Lucien Hackett | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Ryan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Austin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Scott Clemie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Manco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Laurie Mock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Nelson-Bond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Kane Spence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Zvonicek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel McFadden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GOALIE | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
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| Alan Becken | 1 | 0 | 1 | .813% | 4.50 |
| Chris Slauenwhite | 2 | 1 | 0 | .791% | 4.50 |
| Stuart Clemie | 1 | 0 | 0 | .778% | 6.00 |
