Jets roll over the Wild

(Jamestown,NY)The Jamestown Jets continued to role with an 11-5 victory over the Vaughan Wild at Jamestown Savings Bank Arena on Friday night.

The Vaughan Wild jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on the Jets when Kyle McCrae blasted a one timer into the back of the net. The teams would stay tied for a little over ten minutes until Garrett Jones scored his first of the season for the Jets on a pretty feed from Justin Hopkinson. Jones’ goal would like a spark for the Jets. Three minutes later, Jamestown’s captain and leading scorer Nate Hughes found the back of the net on a terrific pass from Kevin Tejchma. Forty seconds later, Ian Braun one timed a pass from Tejchma to make it 3-1 Jets. Rob Marlinski would pick up the second assist on the goal. This game was Marlinski’s first of the season in a Jets uniform after playing with the team some last season, and in 2008-2009. The Jets were not done in the first period. Vinny Masters skated coast to coast and buried the puck behind Wild goaltender Jake Smith to make it 4-1. The Wild would find some life with a little over thirty seconds when Sylvester Sevicik let a blast go from the point that beat Nick Barnett on the blocker side. The Jets headed into the locker room with a 4-2 lead.

Tyler Nelson would come out on fire in the second scoring three goals for the natural hat trick to put the Jets on top 7-2. Craig Tomassi decided he wanted in on the action and added a goal of his own from Marlinski and Hughes to extend the Jets lead to 8-2. Frustration set in for the Wild, which led to a fight between John Melcher for the Jets and Cole Rowden for the Wild. The show brought the fans at Jamestown Savings Bank Arena to their feet. David Moore then added another goal before the end of the period to take the Jets into the locker room with a 9-2 lead.

Vaughan would not go quietly as they would explode for two goals, just 15 seconds apart to begin the third period and cut the Jets lead to 9-4. At the 13:46 David Moore skated between all five Wild players on the ice, and faked out Wild netminder Smith to put the Jets in double digits. Kevin Tejchma added another goal at 6:50 from Braun and Hughes to make it 11-4. Vaughan added one more goal to end the scoring at 11-5.

Jets goaltender Nick Barnett made 28 saves on 32 shots in his Jamestown debut. The three stars of the game, the number three star went to Matt White of Vaughan, the number two star went to Kevin Tejchma of the Jets, and the number one star of the game went to Tyler Nelson.

The Jets will hit the road tomorrow for an 8:30 faceoff with the Powassan Dragons. Jamestown then has a Sunday evening date with the Bradford Rattlers in Bradford. Be sure to follow the Jets on the road at www.jamestownjets.com.

Jamestown will then return home on October 15 to battle the Algoma Avalanche at Jamestown Savings Bank Arena at 7:35