Rangers Drop Three to Shattuck

Rangers drop three to Shattuck
Posted: Tuesday, Dec 7th, 2010

FARIBAULT, Minn. After a 4-0 start in the Rooster Cup, the Brookings Rangers dropped their first game of the season, 4-2 , on Friday to Shattuck St. Mary’s .

Saturday wasn’t any better for Brookings as Shattuck won two more games 9-2 and 5-2 to complete the weekend sweep.

“It was a phenomenal e x p e r i e n c e for the kids to see how the game should be played and basically where the game kind of comes from, so to speak,” said Brookings head coach Jesse Rounds of his team’s weekend. “It’s the best of the best at Shattuck and playing in that facility where Sidney Crosby and some of the NHL greats have played is just an experience in itself. “Being able to see kids that have opportunities already to play college and they are 15-and 16-year olds, is kind of neat for our kids to be around that and be surrounded by that atmosphere.”

The Rangers gave up four first-period goals in Friday night’s 4-2 loss before coming back and scoring single goals in the second and third periods. Brookings was outshot 34-24 on the night, but 21 of Shattuck’s shots came in the first period as Hunter Rowbotham finished with 30 saves in goal. “I thought we would have taken a game from them the way we were playing the last two periods of that first game,” Rounds said. “We won the last two periods we gave up four goals right away. Our legs weren’t quite there in the first period and we missed a couple of breakaway chances and a couple of 2-on-1 situations where we could have capitalized but didn’t . “So we definitely could have taken that first game.”

Brookings got on the board first in Saturday morning’s game, but Shattuck came back with two goals to take the lead and the Rangers had to answer late in the first period for a 2-2 tie after 17 minutes.

Shattuck went on to score six goals in the second period and added another in the third for the 9-2 win.

“We were ready to play the game at the start of the game, but to play a full three periods is what got us,” said Rounds. “It was a tough loss for our kids and they kind of got down on themselves.

“That third game, we were kind of tired and didn’t have our game legs under us. Shattuck had already played 25 games this season and if we had had our game legs, I think we could have taken one from them.”

The third game was tied at 2-all early in the second period before Shattuck scored three unanswered goals for the 5-2 win.

The Rangers’ next action is at the Fargo Tournament on Friday. Friday’s Game

SHATTUCK 4, BROOKINGS 2 Brookings 0 1 1 2 Shattuck 4 0 0 4 First Period 1, Shattuck, Brett Boeing (Rudolfs Kalritis), 10:13. 2, S, Liam Biard (Jon Ellis, Jake Vitta), 8:08. 3, S, Carter Horwitz (Broydon Stufko), 6:40. 4, S, Arthur Raersky (Ellis, Reid Brown), 0:58. Penalties Cody Kuster, S (Slashing), 16:26; Andrew Behshid, S (Slashing), 0:26. Second Period 1, Brookings, Logan Newman (Matt Eng, TJ Theodosopoulos), 2:42. Penalties Zac Larson, B (Hooking), 13:30; Kuster, S (Hooking), 12:22; Biard, S (Slashing), 0:14. Third Period 2, B, Ryen Zerfas (Aaron Held, Joey Texley), 5:49. Penalties Brett Gauer, B (Tripping), 9:51; Brown, S (Roughing), 6:42. Saturday’s Games

SHATTUCK 9, BROOKINGS 2 Brookings 2 0 2 2 Shattuck 2 6 1 9 First Period 1, Brookings, TJ Theodosopoulos (Logan Newman), 8:07. 1, Shattuck, Liam Biard (unassisted ), 5:22. 2, S, Brett Boeing (Broyden Stufko), 3:08. 2, B, Matt Eng (Newman), 1:14. Penalties Andrew Behshid, S (Slashing), 5:57. Second Period 3, S, Michael Rodriguez (unassisted ), 15:25. 4, S, Nik Rados (Dante Hahn, Thom Haas), 15:03. 5, S, Stufko (Jon Ellis), 6:30. 6, S, Rodriguez (Reid Brown, Doc Gentzler), 6:17. 7, S, Biard (Rodriguez, Gentzler), 1:39. 8, S, Rodriguez (Gentzler), 1:27. Penalties 2, Will Steck, S (Head Contact), 13:20. Third Period 9, S, Biard (unassisted), 13:28. Penalties Andrew Farney, S (Interference), 12:10; Riley Bullington, B (Tripping), 6:20. SHATTUCK 5, BROOKINGS 2 Brookings 1 1 0 2 Shattuck 2 1 2 5 First Period 1, Shattuck, Cody Kuster (Dante Hahn), 13:23. 1, Brookings, Zach VanLiere (Logan Newman), 11:10. 2, S, Doc Gentzler (Liam Biard), 0:24. Penalties Carter Horwitz, S (Cross Checking), 11:56; Garrett Gerstner, B (Hooking), 6:48. Second Period 2, B, TJ Theodosopoulos (unassisted ), 12:34. 3, S, Reid Brown (unassisted), 6:55. Penalties Cole VanLiere, B (Holding), 13:38; Brett Gauer, B (Tripping), 8:17; Michael Rodriguez, S (Roughing), 8:04; Riley Bullington, B (Roughing), 8:04; Biard, S (Roughing), 7:17; Andrew Behshid, S (Holding), 1:35. Third Period 4, S, Biard (Thom Haas), 7:46. 5, S, Jake Vitta (unassisted), 3:08. Penalties Rodriguez, S (Unsportsmanlike), 7:14; Ryen Zerfas, B (Too Many Men), 6:05; Rudolfs Kalritis, S (Interference), 1:09.