JETS FALL IN SHOOTOUT

JETS FALL IN SHOOTOUT!

2010-10-22

(Jamestown,NY) The Toronto Moose jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a shorthanded goal by Giancarlo Scarpone. Garrett Jones had the puck stripped at center ice and Scarpone made a nice move at the blue line to head in a breakaway to beat Barnett for the early lead.

Jamestown had plenty of chances on their two first period power play attempts but Toronto goalie Frank Crupi made a number of spectacular saves to allow the Moose to head to the locker room with a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes.

Toronto took advantage of a penalty to Steve Frangione and took a 2-0 lead on a point shot from defenseman Mark Rowe. The shot deflected off the shoulder of Barnett who came out to take the shot away from the Moose defenseman.

John Melcher put the Jets on the board finishing a beautiful passing play less than a minute after the Moose went ahead by two. Nate Hughes tied the score for Jamestown on a breakaway with less than nine minutes left in the second period.

The score remained 2-2 heading into the third period despite opportunities at both ends of the rink. Jamestown took their first lead of the game on a goal by Kevin Tejchma less than one minute into the final frame.

Nick Barnett kept the Jets ahead on top with a spectacular pad save to rob Juri Egger with six minutes left in the contest. The Jets found themselves shorthanded in the final minutes after Craig Tomassi was sent to the box for cross-checking with 1:40 left in regulation. The potent Toronto power play proved to be too much and AJ Simone tied the score with 15.1 seconds left in regulation.

Jamestown had opportunities to put the game away in overtime but failed to beat Crupi who was spectacular all night. The overtime session decided nothing despite a 5-3 shot advantage in favor of Jamestown.

The first three shooters for both teams failed to score and the shootout went to sudden death. Ivo Michel beat Barnett to give the Moose a 1-0 shootout advantage and David Moore was stopped by Crupi to give the Moose a hard fought 4-3 victory.

The Jets will be back in action on Sunday morning when the second place Elliot Lake Bobcats will come to town. Face-off is set for 11:00 a.m. which makes it perfect to bring the kids to see some exciting Jets hockey.

(courtesy jamestownjets.com)