The Kenosha Thunder traveled to Nagawaukee Ice on Friday to meet up with KMMO. The Thunder were coming off a overtime loss to WNS on Wednesday.
"With us its either been a blowout, overtime or a one goal loss", said Kenosha Coach JR Litkey.
Tonight was no exception.
Kenosha outshot KMMO 35-14 but came up on the short end of a 3-2 loss in Classic Eight Conference play.
"We've played a tough schedule early but this is a huge win for us", said KMMO Coach John Brymer. "We have been working to be better in our own zone and I think we did that keeping shots on the perimeter".
KMMO got on the scoreboard first. Alex Stemberger was able to pick up the puck off a shot by Jack Smith and was able to get it by Kenosha goalie Andrew Craig with just over a minute left in the first period. The period looked like it would end that way but Kenosha on the power play scored again. Sam DeLany scored when he gathered up a loose puck in the crease and flipped it over Craig' leg pad for the 2-0 lead thru one period.
Kenosha kept the pressure on in the second period and finally got on the board when Anthony Svoboda flipped a backhander thru traffic from the mid slot with under four minutes left in the period and thought they tied it at the 2:41 mark but the goal was disallowed because of a quick whistle.
KMMO got their third and game winner goal with just over four minutes gone in period three. Alex Stemberger jumped the route on a breakout pass and came up the slot and shot it past Andrew Craig for a 3-1 lead.
Kenosha kept working hard and on the power play scored with under three minutes left when Chris Hill from the back circle sniped a top corner goal for a 3-2 game. The Thunder worked hard but could not get this one tied and KMMO had a 3-2 win, despite being outshot 35-14.
"We had good coverage in our zone, guys blocking shots and a good team win", said KMMO goalie Paul MacLean. "Over all on defense we had a strong performance".